Video Slots Online Strategy

Video slot machines are not limited to the ever so popular Video Poker: several hundred different games or, rather, their virtual representations could be found in every online casino. It’s possible to select certain effective strategies for Video Poker, but for other games finding a universal strategy is impossible: the outcome of every spin is determined by a random numbers generator.

Strategy: winning jackpot on slot machines

Winning a jackpot – the largest prize possible – is the most attractive feature of any video slots. To do this, a player needs to fulfil certain conditions, such as always betting a maximum number of coins (normally five) and then getting a certain winning combination. The combination to win jackpot on video slots is a sum of certain winning symbols (normally each of the reels of the machine has just one such symbol). So probability of a win is fairly small.

As a player can’t affect the outcome of a particular spin, the strategy to win jackpot is based on a very clear principle: it is best to select such slot machines, where the probability of a win is greater. Luckily for the fans of fruit machines, there are not many companies that make software for online casinos, and the number of popular slot machines is even smaller, so the probabilities for most popular machines have been calculated a long time ago. When selecting a fruit machine to use, it’s good to have the table below at hand:

The table nicely illustrates the fact that the smaller the jackpot, the better odds of winning are offered (although every rule has certain exceptions).

Strategy for playing slots with progressive jackpot

​Machines with progressive jackpot are more popular versions of slots, where a whole range of different games is joined together into a single network, which can have tens of different machines. The size of progressive jackpot is increasing with every bet made, and can reach several millions of pounds. Of course, the probability of winning it is not very big.

As in case with regular slots, the win is determined by what the random numbers generator produced for the round, and the player can’t influence the game in any way. It’s sensible to only use a single strategy, not a strategy, per se, let’s call it a rule. It is simple: the chances to win jackpot go up if the jackpot goes down in size. So it’s best to select the machines with the smallest jackpot.

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO PROBABILITY OF WINNING PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS IN THE MOST POPULAR VARIETIES OF SLOTS: