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Book SynopsisSlot machines are the heartbeat of a casino. Enter any big house of chance and the first thing you'll hear is the humming, clanging, ringing, jingling of those dispensers of luck known as "one-armed bandits." SLOT MACHINE STRATEGY is a concise and easy-to-understand guide to the exciting, and potentially lucrative world of the casino slot machine. MacIntyre Symms offers important lessons, including: · How can you choose the North American casino with the best chance of paying off? · How do you decide whether to stick with the machine you are playing or move to a new machine? · How is slot machine strategy affected by casino innovations such as the progressive jackpot and multiple-coin machines? Along with helpful tips on how to win and win big, Symms also briefly offers slot machine history, a quick course in how to manage your money, and some of the wacky things to expect should you win the big jackpot.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction The Pulse of the Casino 1 Chapter One It's Not a Joke 7 Chapter Two Types of Slot Machines 21 Chapter Three Modern Slots 31 Chapter Four Legalities and Illegalities 41 Chapter Five Old Wives' Tales 49 Chapter Six Gimmicks 51 Chapter Seven Doing the Math 55 Chapter Eight Computer Games 61 Chapter Nine Money Management 67 Chapter Ten Cheating 71 Chapter Eleven Profiles of Slot Machine Winners 75 Appendix The History of Slot Machines 115 Glossary 131 Suggested Reading 143 0
