My strategy is looking for slots with must hit by progressives and playing them when the progressive is large enough so the the payback is over 100%.
]]>I guess, but my point is, you don’t know if the bank he leads you to is 98% or 96%. And if you have a terrible run at that recommended 98% bank, seems all customer service is lost, because too many customers expect some success in that scenario. How will they feel about the other banks? Might even lose a customer for good over it. I just think it’s too risky. Best to just put out the highest payout machines you can afford, and let it ride.
I’ve always felt that the more entertainment you get on a machine, including the down time waiting for the songs, videos, etc, to play through, the higher hold the house can get by with. Look for the basic machines like Double Diamond, Red White Blue, etc, because more money will get run through them, over the same amount of time. Casino will gladly give back some of that, through a slightly lesser hold.
Good article and discussion.
Because casinos understand customer service and building trust can mean long-term loyalty. Worth a try, right?
]]>There is zero risk that a slot manager would or could be held accountable for giving you blatant misinformation. You’re totally at the mercy of a casino employee who mind you (no matter how friendly he/she is), is richly incentivized and pressured to maximize the casino’s hold percentage. I simply don’t believe that EVERY slot manager is going to give you “good information”. Now, do I believe that the guy at The D would? Yes.
So if you follow this advice….as long as enough of them don’t point you to a bank of 85% machines…and the majority give you a solid recommendation, this would probably be better than sitting down at a random machine.
Also, I think anecdotal information from waitresses and other players would statistically be of almost no value. They may be able to separate a high volatility machine from a low volatility machine…that can be apparent relatively quickly. But if we’re talking looseness (pure payout percentage), that can only be calculated by tens of thousands of spins being meticulously tracked. I’ve never seen a player actually doing that in any type of scientific way. If they were, I imagine the same casino manager might back them off.
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