Why you should check the slot pay table

karen — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:14:34 +0000

Slots are one of the more popular games for players who are new to online gambling and want to try a game that involves less skill and knowledge. However, there is (or at least, should be) a lot more to playing the slots than choosing the game based on an appealing theme and your preferred betting options. You should learn how to read the pay table and take the time to do this every time before choosing which slot machine game to play. The pay table should be your absolute deciding factor about which game you ultimately play. Every game, whilst it may appear to operate in the same way, has a different pay out and you need to find one that most closely aligns with the way you play and the risks that you are prepared to take. You will find a link to the pay table somewhere on the screen and in the pay table all the symbols will be listed next to its payout in coins depending on how many of that particular symbol appears in a payline. Not all symbols have the same payout amount. If you play on a slot that only has a few symbols with high payouts, you either win or lose large sums of money. So if you are not a high risk taker and would rather play for entertainment for a longer period of time for smaller winnings, these are the slot machines to avoid. The average payout for a slot machine is 96 per cent.

Craps: Proposition Area Bets

karen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:06:31 +0000

As I have said in a previous post on this blog, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll avoid the proposition bets found in the centre of the table given their high house advantage. But sometimes you just want the thrill of 30 for 1 payoffs so here’s a short tutorial on how to play craps proposition bets. I just don’t recommend that you incorporate these bets into your craps playing strategy even though they are potentially profitable.

The proposition bets known as the ‘hardways’ and the ‘horn bet’ are probably the most popular proposition bets.

Hardway Bets: For a hardway bet to win, the four, six, eight or ten must roll as a pair so for example a hard four would be the roll of a two and two. You will lose a hardways if you don’t roll a pair or you roll the seven. Hardway bets do not come into action during the come out rolls until a point number is marked. The house edge on a hard 4 or 10 is 11.11% with a payout of 7 to 1. The house edge on a hard 6 or 8 is 9.09% with a payout of 9 to 1.

Horn Bets: These are one roll bets and whether you win or lose depends on the subsequent roll of the dice. There are in fact four different types of horn bets (craps horn bet, craps horn low, craps horn high and the craps horn yo) that combine the numbers two, three, eleven and twelve. If, on the next roll, one of the horn numbers wins, then the portion of the bet will be paid.

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Why you should check the slot pay table

Craps: Proposition Area Bets