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Many of these folks give the whole “profession” a bad name. In fact, I started recording some of them and taking photos; call it an art project of sorts. There’s a fine line between waiting behind a machine for a few minutes and sometimes practically sitting on a person’s lap: Other folks will not leave…
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This is an important one, but only under the right circumstances. If I’m zipping through a big casino (or really any casino) and I see an advantage play machine that is out of order, I won’t say anything. Maybe there’s some sort of tilt issue, maybe it needs more vouchers loaded in…who cares? I don’t…
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This is something I often wonder until I take a step back and think about it from a different perspective. If you can get past my lathergic, unpleasant delivery at the beginning of the video below, I think there are a few good points. The most obvious reason is that everyone knows “the house always…
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Here’s an important one when you’re trying to decide whether “camping” (i.e., waiting for a machine) is worth it. First, of course, I need to make sure the person on the machine isn’t an advantage player. For me, I can usually tell within a few seconds, but because it might not be so obvious for…
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You might wonder sometimes how a casino decides to lay out the slot room floor. Or maybe you’re a normal person and you don’t wonder. But I do, and I tend to think of it like a grocery store. When a grocery store has a hot product it thinks it’s going to sell like hotcakes,…
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This is more of an actual slot strategy than a bigger-picture casino observation, but it’s still general enough that I think it warrants a quick explainer. This is going to be about as brief as it gets, as I break down this concept in-depth whenever it applies to a specific game. You’ll often hear me…
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Why? There are a few reasons for this. First, you could drop it. Duh. But if you think about it, there’s an opportunity for that to happen as an advantage slot player. You’re not going to the casino like a normal person and sitting on a machine for an hour and then leaving. I mean,…
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Card pulling is something a lot of people do, and it’s something I always used to do up until mid-2025 or so. I still do it at some casinos, but for the most part, I’ve stopped being as flippant about it. We’ve all heard that it’s a good idea to use your casino player’s card.…
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The casino always screws you over. But at least it’s out in the open: The house has an edge in every game, and if you gamble enough, you’ll lose everything. Fair enough; we all signed that unwritten contract upon entering. So if you’re playing a slot machine in a typical casino and the RTP (return…
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Can you get by while knowing how to beat 10 common machines correctly? Yes, and Bruce Lee did say, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” So true. It’s better to master a few than be half-right on hundreds.…