Loose Slots and Where to Find Them

Where can one find the loosest slots? This is a question every slots player wants to ask. Before we tell you where you can find them, let's explain what loose means and how it works.

A slot machine has set odds that make it pay back a predetermined amount to players over the long term. It does not pay each player; it pays to the collective whole a total that is appropriate to its set payback percentage. The payback percentage is the money put into it that they give back as winning spins.

A payback percentage of 90% means 9 out of 10 bet units is returned to players. Slots considered lose pay about 95%. The loosest slots can pay 97% or more. They can never pay over 100% or else the casino would lose money.

Loose is a term given to a slot machine that pays out more than other slots. If it pays less, the machine is said to be tight. Those who believe in "losing streaks" and "winning streaks" also talk about hot and cold machines. A slot machine is hot when it has been paying out heavily. It is cold when it hasn't paid out for many consecutive spins.

It isn't useful to rely on the supposed hot and cold phases of a slot machine. It is pure chance and not some fixed pattern that can be predicted. But loose and tight slots do exist. Casinos have reason to have them because it helps their business. In fact, one of a casino's main selling points is the jackpot prizes that people have won from their slot machines.

Now where are the loosest slots to be found?

The loosest slots can be found in those places where

a) competition is tight b) slots are the main selling point c) operation costs are low d) people are not waiting for something

To explain them in turns:

- Where many casinos are vying for your attention, it is likely that the slots will be looser unless they have something better to offer you. Go to places where the casinos compete fiercely with one another.

- Slots are the biggest "come ons" for average casinos like in downtown Las Vegas. They don't have much else to offer unlike the upper-class casinos on the Strip, which are largely for tourists and very wealthy people. Those casinos offer a whole range of first-class services; slots are just one of them. So don't count on the machines there being very loose.

- When overhead costs are minimal, the casinos pay back more of their customers' money. This is one of the biggest reasons for you to play slots online. Payback here is the better than anywhere in Vegas.

- Slot machines are tight in places where the customers are "stuck." An airport is a good example. People are waiting for flights to arrive or depart there. So the airport doesn't need to do anything to make you stay. It puts the slots there just in case you're bored and you're willing to play a few coins.

Our recommendation? Play slots online! It'll give you the most fun and the biggest bang for your bucks!