The Slot Expert’s Guide to Playing Slots

The casino floors are jammed with new and different kinds of slot machines. In The Slot Expert’s Guide to Playing Slots, John Robison tells you what they are, how they work, and how you should play them. The Slot Expert’s Guide to Playing Slots also covers general practicalities of slot play, offering facts and tips on machine selection, payout percentages, slot myths, the value of systems, taxes on jackpots, and the use of slot clubs. The book contains graphics of slot and video poker pay schedules you’ll encounter, along with representative return percentages. Learn how to: Tell the difference between multipliers, bonus multipliers, buy-a-pays, multi-lines, progressives, and the hot new Australian-style slots. Identify when you should play full-coin and when you shouldn’t. Distinguish high-hit-frequency from low-hit-frequency machines and understand how playing them will affect the payback rate.

John Robison earned a master’s degree in computer science from the prestigious Stevens Institute of Technology. He’s the video poker columnist for Midwest Gaming and Travel magazine and a contributor to Casino Player, Strictly Slots, and Atlantic City Insider magazines. He’s also the managing editor of Frank Scoblete’s Gaming Pages (slotexpert.com), and the slot and video poker expert on Memphis’ WMC Good Times radio show, 790 on your AM dial.