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Our annual guide to where players can find the best slot returns in the nation By Frank Legato In 2022, most slot players know the meaning of “loose slots.” It means the slots that offer the highest return-to-player percentage (RTP)—the highest payback percentage. For slot enthusiasts, the search for loose slots never ends. When […]
Why do you lose after a big win in a casino? By Frank Scoblete She loves playing the slot machines, and she and her girlfriend Wendy would go to the casinos once a month for a weekend stay. They played, they took in the shows and they had delicious meals. They are not rich […]
For once, a slot computer malfunction works out for a player By Frank Legato “Malfunction voids all plays.” For as long as anyone can remember, those words have been displayed on the front of every mechanical slot machine or at the bottom of the screen of every video slot machine. For the nearly 40 […]
The bells, whistles and soothing sounds of slots help make the pain of losing more delightful By Frank Scoblete If you like the original movie version of Mary Poppins, you are certainly familiar with its great song “A Spoonful of Sugar.” The song lauds the salutary effects of some sugar placed in some horrible […]
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More of the most popular slot games on today’s casino floors By Frank Legato Last September, we featured an article offering a snapshot of the most popular slot games in the business at that time. Readers are always asking us what the most popular slot machine is, so we decided to compile a list […]
Some of the oldest myths concerning slot machines are still around, and are still the subject of “expert advice” By Frank Legato As you may know, every month, I do a humor column for our sister publication, Strictly Slots. Last month, I poked fun at a recent blog entry I found titled “Six Ways […]
Revealing the truth about winning back-to-back jackpots By John Grochowski I’ve received many an email, phone call, and—in days of yore— letters delivered through the U.S. Postal Service, asking if it’s possible to hit more than one big jackpot in a short time on the same machine. The questions aren’t always precisely in these […]
Some of this year’s best casinos as chosen by our readers For 21 years, Strictly Slots magazine has asked readers to vote for their favorite casinos in a number of different categories, ranging from Overall Casino to all types of slot gaming, for our annual Best of Slots Awards. Readers love it, casinos love it, […]
Yet another study shows that reducing payback percentages doesn’t hurt casinos. But what about the players? By Frank Legato The issue of shrinking payback percentages on the slot floor has been burning for more than a decade. It’s in the news once again. After the Great Recession of 2008–2009, players began to complain that […]