Jackpot! What Makes for a Winning Online Slots Game?

by Bodog Casino | Nov 3 2009

What makes someone a winner?

In sports you have to have "swagger". You know, a confident walk with your chest out and head held high like you're destined to make Sports Center. To win in the corporate world you have to be business bold. Just Google a picture of Jon Hamm from “Mad Men” for a visual. Wanna be a great actor? Be hot enough to model but have the presence of a seven-foot sumo wrestler.

It's easy to spot a winner when they have these features, but how do you spot a winner when it comes to slot machines? We stare at slots and break them down like Tyra Banks:

Progressive Machines Need Lots of Zeros

Did someone else get to it first? That's what most gamers think about when they pull up to a slot machine. The laws of probability say when it comes to slots tell you that it doesn't matter if someone won a jackpot two seconds before you but we still think it'd be better to be playing a machine that's long overdue. The progressive on the Mid-Life Crisis slot machine in the Bodog Casino is currently at over $750,000; it's due. That's the kind of machine we think is ready to be a winner.

The More Coins You Play the More You Win

We're not trying to hate on some slots, but some machines don't pay the way they should when you show the stones to bet the maximum. That's why you have to find the machines that payout out for playing more paylines. 20-line games like the Food Fight slot machine and I.R.I.S. 3000 slot machines are great games that pay the player for playing more coins. We suggest avoiding that dollar slots that make you pay $3 a max spin but payout just $1,600. Luckily, although you may find these games in live casinos, you won't find these slots in the Bodog Casino.

Easy to Understand Pay Tables

There's nothing more annoying than playing a slot, getting a few icons on the payline but receiving no payout for it. No, the machine isn't screwing you over. Generally it's because the game just doesn't pay for that certain icon combination. That's why we suggest picking machines with pay tables you can understand. It's easier to be a winner when you know what winning combination to look for while playing.

So check the pay tables before you play and make sure you know what you're playing for.