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Online Slots
Strategies & Choices
by
Gayle
Mitchell
Online
Slots offer an exciting alternative for players seeking
a wider variety of choices.
This lesson deals with each of
the three groups separately
and I drop in some slots strategies along the way.
During your exploration , you should read the help menu for
symbol payouts and top jackpots to determine the best bet.
There are three groups of online
slots:
1. Basic
with a
single payline and constant jackpot.
2. Progressives
that
offer an ever-growing jackpot.
3. Bonus
Added.
Additional features of these online slots include multi-spins, 5 reels,
multi-lines, bonus
games
and nudge-hold.
Online Basic
Slots:
While exploring the choices of single payline,
basic machines,
you should seek out these features:
1) Multiplier symbols
that double/triple++ your credits for
winning combinations.
The
principle of a multiplier symbol is simple--whenever it appears on the
payline
with any other symbols that normally would have made a winning
combination, the
payoff amount is multiplied as displayed.
2) Wild symbols to increase your credit total.
While
wild symbols will reward extra credits or spins, it usually does not
double/triple
your
win as multiplier symbols do.
Therefore,
the ideal basic version will have multipliers and wild symbols.
3) Two coin maximum in the name of wager management.
4)
Look for a top jackpot at the low end (ex. 1000 coins) as the payouts
are more
frequent than a top jackpot at the high end (ex. 10,000 coins).

Online Progressive Slots:
Before playing
any single group of progressives, check out
the top jackpot amounts for comparison.
There are several
sites online where
jackpot totals are continually updated. The bigger, the better is the
rule
here. When a top jackpot reaches double and more than the minimum reset
amount,
it is hot, hot, hot for the big strike.
Additionally, when researching progressives, view the
previous hits and history of a particular progressive slot to assist
with your
selection.
Many progressives have been around for a while
and have developed a
reputation for the best bet. Example: MegaMoola.
Maximum bet in play is
mandatory with progressives. There
are far too many sad stories
of players who didn’t follow this rule and missed a golden
opportunity.
While you should always practice sound wager management,
this is not the time to play only one coin.
Online
progressives offer the added benefit of ‘instant
payment'.
No installment plan, but cold hard cash in your
hand---‘tis the best.
Have fun with these ‘life-changing slots’ and in the end may
all your progressive wins be progressively profitable.
Bonus Added Online Slots:
It’s the extra features and options offering players bonus
credit wins
that
separates this group of online slots.
1) You can now play your offline favorites at select casinos online.
Elvis, Monopoly, Cleopatra, Baywatch and Double Diamond to name a few.

2) Multi-spins: games within a game. You can
play 2, 4, 6 or more
games within added reels at a multi-spin game.
Ex. Double
Magic and Goblins
Cave.
3) 5 Reels: more than extra reels, these versions provide
options such as wild,
scatter pay and multipliers.
Ex. Bars & Stripes and Congo
Bongo.
4) Multi-lines: up to 40 paylines thereby offering multiple win
combinations. A
variety of options include multipliers, wild symbols, scatter pay and
progressive jackpots.
Ex. Pharaoh’s Tomb and Millionaire’s Lane.
5) Bonus: you will find free spins and a second bonus event. Put your
skills to
the test. Ex. Golden Goose and Zone of the Zombies.
6) Fruit Machines: familiar in the UK,
these games offer interactive fun. There are
nudge and hold features permitting the player to either move symbols
up or down or hold 1 or more reels for bonus credits. Ex. Fruit Fight
& Pub
Fruity.
Slots Strategies:
Read
all information posted. With many more payout options for bonus
versions, this
becomes very important.
It’s
easy to go from the current spin to the paytable while
playing.
Payouts
by symbol and top jackpot should be contributing factors in selecting
the game.
Be
sure to activate all paylines or you will lose credits if a win lands
on a
payline that you did not include with your bet.
If
you don’t bet maximum coin for each spin, at least bet 1-2
credits/payline.
The ‘hold and spin’ slot versions allow you to hold all or
none of the game symbols on the bottom reel and those selected are held
on all
the other reels for a second spin.
These online slots versions will test your skills.
For
example,
one of my
favorites, Triple Profits has a hold-spin option.
A
description of the strategy follows based on the paytable
options.
Hold three same symbols on the bottom reel.
Hold two same symbols with one exception depending on your
level of risk.
With this slot, any three of the combination of calculators,
safes and/or scales is an instant win.
Therefore, when presented with two calculators and one
scale, you can go with the instant win or hold the two same symbols,
the
calculators in this case, and try for a third calculator or a wild
symbol for a
higher payout.
The same decision applies to different colored moneybags or
different colored dollar sign coins. Three of the same color gives you
a better
payday, while a mix of three is an instant win.
The wild
symbol also presents an opportunity in that you can
hold just the wild symbol or select a higher paying symbol, perhaps a
red
dollar sign, which may produce a generous payout.
Your final playing decision should take into consideration
that three wild Gold Bars offer the top prize.
Lastly, your
favorite online slots will
always be your first choice, but like
all slot players; I am always searching for what's new.
In
the end, the variety in the slots playground never
disappoints.
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