As with any game of pure chance, there is no real effective strategic system for winning at slots. You will probably, of course, encounter someone who claims to have developed thefool-proof' slots strategy system but please, ignore such advice. The outcome of slots is accidental. The slots machine don’t remember wins or loses, they have no memory, so don’t try to overreach them. But there are some tips, which you can use as a basic strategy. You should always be looking for the machines that have the highest payout. 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. Make sure you know the payout schedule before you start pumping in your virtual coins. Determine your losing limit for the day. If you are more likely to exceed this limit you’d better give up the game. It is not wise to think that you will be a winner all the time. You will lose too. Don’t think that machine will feel guilty if you insert a lot of coins and get nothing 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. Don’t make high bets if you are not very lucky with this very slot machine. 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. It may seem strange but some gamblers forget to do it. Never make high bets if you play slots you have never played before.

There exist at least two types of slot players.
Persistent player.
This type of slots player is the one that believes the win is right around the corner. Any second now the slot machine will roll over and all the coins will be flying out and you will be rich.
The player will play until the machine pays out. He must have found a machine that haven’t paid for a long period of time or he has inserted to many coins and has got nothing. They know the next big win, or any win is due to pay out. They can’t leave the machine because as soon as they do it will burst forth and pay out large sums. Makes sense if you have lost 0. 00 and have yet to win. The machine must pay.
In the old days when a payout occurred players would feel the coins to see if they were hot or cold. If the coins where hot then the slot machine had not paid out in a while and to the chaser this was good as the machine was do. In fact the coins could be hot only because of the numerous lights that heated the coins.
Chaser is the next type of slot players.
The player have won and being reinforced by the win gains trust in the slot machine. A sense of comfort exists between the slot machine and the player.

It seems that every type of activity has its own rules of etiquette, and playing the slots is no exception. To decide whether to deal or not to deal with this slot machine is of great importance. 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? The most commonly accepted signal is to hang a coin cup over the handle of the slot machine. Placing the coin cup on the seat means the same. If you play in the casino that uses a cashless system you can just leave the jacket or one of your belongings on the seat. In your turn if you see somebody’s belongings or a coin cup never sit to this slot machine. You can sit to any other slot machine. If you find a card left by the previous player the second etiquette rule has to be applied. Sometimes you can find in the slot machine a card left by the previous player. If it happens to you, put the card on the top of the slot machine. The player will come back and find it easily. While most casinos do allow smoking, it is important for those who smoke to be courteous to others, and to position the ashtray in a manner which inconveniences other players the least. 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.

Slot machines are honest because state gaming commissions make sure they are. What you can really doubt is the honesty of some manufactures.
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. There is a chip inside of every slot machine, this chip is programmed to select numbers randomly. The numbers the computer selects correspond to the symbols that appear on the slot machine’s screen. The computer code that generates the random numbers is responsible for whether the machine is “loose” or “tight,” so gaming inspectors look at the machine’s code to make sure that a slot machine doesn’t cheat. The machine has to pay out either to the legal rate or better. Of course the latter happens very seldom.
It is next to impossible to say whether the chip is programmed not in a right way because the machine is not supposed to pay out with every spin. Inspectors look at brands of machines and their chips before they are installed in casinos, but they can’t inspect each machine. Once inspectors approve a brand of machine, the manufacturers can make changes to individual machines as long as the changes fall within the legal bounds. Using their right to produce slot machines they insert different chips, which makes the machine pay less.
For example, the Nevada Gaming Commission caught American Coin using chips that did not allow poker royal flushes. Similarly, Universal Distributing Company was caught programming machines to show a “near miss” 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 you’re playing a machine that is not honest, you can 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.

There is a man who managed to cheat 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.
Tommy is now 53 and he can be said to have spent all his life inventing different 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. In some way he managed to fool the manufacture who showed him the inner construction of a slot machine. It was enough to learn everything that he wanted. Carmichael invented what he called a “light wand. ” The wand, built with a camera battery and a bright miniature light, was used to shine into the slot machine and blind a sensor, causing the hopper to pay out coins. He sold these wands and could earn up to ,000 a day. Now he could afford the most expensive cars and several houses.
Eventually, all good things come to an end. While using his devise Tommy was caught by the police. While charges from that incident were later dropped, he was caught under similar circumstances in Laughlin and later Atlantic City. By this time, authorities had tapped his phone and recorded conversations with other cheats who used his device. He served three years’ probation and lost both homes. He has been banned from entering any casino.