As with any game of pure chance, there is no real effective strategic system for winning at slots. Never believe if somebody says that he has an incredible winning strategy. The slots are casual, there is nothing that can influence the outcome of the game. The slots machine don’t remember wins or loses, they have no memory, so don’t try to overreach them. But it is wise to play with useful tips, which can really help you. It doesn’t mean that you will win a lot of money, but you will not lose so much. Play slots with the payout above 95%. Like other casino games it is very important to know the odds and probabilities of the game you are playing, the same thing with slots. Before you start playing slots get acquainted with the payout schedule. Determine your losing limit for the day. If you are more likely to exceed this limit you’d better give up the game. You will not be a winner every time you play. The machine will not feel bad if you spend a lot of money and don't get anything back. Give up the machine that isn’t paying out and is not going to. When things are going your way and you're on a lucky streak, take advantage of it and bet more. When you're slumping, bet less. Play the slot machines that your bankroll can afford. Play dollar machines if you don’t have much money. Cash out the credits you’ve won before leaving the slot machine you’ve been playing. Sounds obvious, but a lot of people forget! Never make high bets if you play slots you have never played before.

Here is the list of the most amusing myths concerning slots.
You can spot a winning slot machine.
The only way you'll spot a winning slot machine is when the bells are ringing and the money is dropping. Slot machines use random numbergenerator and that's exactly that. Random.
Casinos place loose slots near the cashier, aisle ways, etc.
In reality it is not to casino’s advantage to place loose slots at one and the same place, because in this case gamblers would play only these slots. The slots are mixed and nobody can say for sure whether this slot is a loose one or not.
Count the number of symbols on the reels to determine your odds.
This is mathematically impossible, remember the RNG (random number generator) determines the stops. Thereare literally millions of combinations on a 3 reel slot machine, so there is no way of determining odds by the symbols on the reels alone.
Casinos can tighten or loosen slot machines from the back office.
It is not as simple as that. The casino can’t just change the chip of the slot machine. It is illegal and it has to be permitted by the commission.
A slot machine that has not been paying is due to hit.
It is not so. With every game the chances of winning are the same.
Pulling the slot machine handle produces more wins than pressing the spin button and visa versa.
It is also a mistake. These things are only mechanisms for beginning the game. The machine knows whether you win or lose before the symbols begin to stop.
Playing with hot coins improves your chances.
It is false. Nothing can affect the outcome, the machine doesn’t care and doesn’t know whether your coins are cold or hot.
Casinos set slot machines to payback more on the weekends.
One more rude mistake. The chances and odds are always the same. It doesn’t matter when you play.

It seems that every type of activity has its own rules of etiquette, and playing the slots is no exception. Though slots are played by one person, still thinks which can and can’t be done during playing slots. The first piece of slot machine etiquette is to determine deal or not to deal with particular slot machine. As a gambler you are sure to have faced such a problem: you want to go to the bar or to the restroom, but still want to keep this slot. How can other understand that your machine is in play? To do it you have to hang a coin cup over the handle of the slot machine. Placing the coin cup on the seat means the same. In casinos that use a cashless system, a personal item such as a jacket can be placed on the seat instead. If you see any of these signals at a particular machine, be sure to respect the signal and move on to a free machine. This is an extremely common occurrence, and just about every slot player has either found an abandoned card, left a card in a machine, or both. If it happens to you, put the card on the top of the slot machine. The player will come back and find it easily. Now smoking is allowed in most of the casinos. So if you smoke respect other players and place the ashtray as far from other players as possible. Tipping is another difficult issue for many slot players, and many people are unsure how much to tip the attendant that brings the winnings. In the case of a jackpot tip him with 0,5% of your jackpot.

It is true that slots are designed to be honest and not to deceive a player. But there are some manufactures that design the slots in such a way that they can deceive players.
In the old days, slot machines worked mechanically, with independent wheels spinning until they each stopped randomly. Today’s slot machines are light years away from those lumbering machines of old. Now the integral part of any slot machine is a chip, which is programmed to select numbers randomly. After selecting a number a corresponding symbol appear on the screen. There is a computer code. It generates the random numbers and determines whether the slot machine is loose or tight. The gaming inspector will examine the machine to make sure it will not deceive the player. The machine has to pay out either to the legal rate or better. Of course the latter happens very seldom.
Because slot machines don’t pay off with every spin, it’s difficult for customers to tell whether a slot machine’s chip has been programmed to pay off less often than is legally required. The machines have to be examined before people begin to play them. Of course it is very difficult to examine every single machine, that’s why inspectors examine only brands. In the case of the approval of the brand the manufactures can produce the slot machines, even change them if it doesn’t go out legal bounds. Manufacturers can change chips to make a machine pay less as long as the inspectors have approved that particular chip.
There is an example when there was inserted an illegal tip which doesn’t allow royal flushes. Or a chip that shows near misses of a jackpot. The effect was two-fold: the machine didn’t pay off, and customers continued to play the machine, thinking that they were very close to a big jackpot. If you think that you have come across such a machine you have a right to complain. In the case if the complaint the inspectors will visir the casino and check whether the machines have a legal chip. Manufacturers that cheat are fined or they can lose their license.

Meet the man who beat the slots.
Slot machines pay on a random basis, but what if you could improve the payout a little? Would you do it? Tommy Glenn Carmichael would and did.
Carmichael, now 53, had a long history of inventing devices to cheat slot machines. He was caught with one, called a top-bottom joint, and sentenced to prison. Then he was released, but continued to work at inventing devices for cheating a slot. For example, he invented a tool called a slider made from guitar wire that he used to insert into the machine and trip a switch, which released coins from the hopper.
When the slots were computerized he needed a new tool. Tommy found a manufacture who showed him the inside of a slot machine. It was enough to learn everything that he wanted. His new inventions was a light want that blinded the sensor of the slot machine and as a result got winnings. Other gamblers liked his invention and he had a lot of customers, which allowed him to earn up to ,000 a day. Now he could afford the most expensive cars and several houses.
But as known good things can’t last forever. For Carmichael, they ended in front of a slot machine at Circus, where he was caught with the light wand when he tried to run from security. While charges from that incident were later dropped, he was caught under similar circumstances in Laughlin and later Atlantic City. By that time the police already have all necessary clues to prove that Tommy was guilty. He got three years’ probation and lost everything that he had bought before. He has been banned from entering any casino.