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Aspects of Slots That Make Them Addictive 2

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Lisa Turnbull

Whether its playing slots at a land based traditional casino or online, slots can become addictive.

They are easy to play and understand, can have easy wins and are extremely popular whereas compared to typical casino games such as Roulette or Poker, which are more complex and require more skill and strategy. 

Online slots at https://www.slotsuk.co.uk/ are also more accessible so are actually much easier to become so addictive. Players can pick up their phone, their laptop or their tablet and happily have a quick spin. Online slots usually also offer higher pay out percentages, a variety of games and higher jackpots whereas land based traditional casinos just cannot compete with. 

The addiction, of course, comes from the opportunity to win. Games with less than ten pay lines are not so popular now in new releases whereas games with as many as twenty pay lines and the new structure of 243 (two hundred and forty three ways to win) make the games more competitive and gives a bigger adrenaline rush. Some games now even offer 1024 (one thousand and twenty four ways to win). In summary three or more symbols appearing in these games is fairly certain to produce a winning combination. 

Hand in hand with multiple pay lines, slot game developers now include bonus features, additional games that players can get too following a win, Wild symbols making a win easier and Scatter symbols also giving huge benefits.  Free spins offer exactly that, the player the opportunity to spin some more without having to invest any money. Auto play also has an addictive feel to it. Newer games sometimes turn things around and rather than the Wild overriding every other symbol except the Scatter they can now move reels, appear at random with no strategy and take the player to a whole new level of additional bonus games. 

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How to Beat Casino Slots: Cheats vs Strategy 2

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Lisa Turnbull

What’s the best way to beat casino slots? Do the most common cheats still work? Can I put in place any particular strategies to win?

In this article, we are going to list you some common cheats that worked in the past (but don’t work anymore!).

Besides this, you’ll find a list of strategies you can make the most of to play at Slotsbaby.com successfully. 

Common cheats ‘to beat’ slot machines 

Since slot machines have invaded the casino industry, astute players have invented many ways to cheat their systems. Some of them worked for a while. Some others were just unsuccessful attempts soon fell into oblivion.

Let’s see the most common cheats used to beat slot machines. 

1. Fake coins 

One of the most common strategies ever existed consists of using fake or shaved money.

Fake coins were pieces of metal which players used to replace normal coins to play without spending any real money. The inventor of this method was called Luis Colavecchio.

Shaved coins instead, were cheated coins that players used for playing at slots. At that time, the mechanism of the machine wasn’t able to recognise the cheat.

Both these tricks don’t work anymore.  

2. The yo-yo method 

A little hole inside the coin was used to tie a lace around it so to be able to get the coin back once inserted.  

3. Bill- validator device 

Using coins is not the only way to play at casino games. You can also use bills and this could be tricked too. You could easily bet 1 USD and make the sensor believe you were betting 100 USD. 

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Slot Games That You Can Play For Fun 2

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Lisa Turnbull

The term slot machine was originally used for an automatic vending machine, but in the latter half or 20th century is used to refer exclusively to gambling device. In 1894 Bavarian-born American inventor Charles August Fay invented the first slot machine of the modern era.

The slot game is played by inserting either coin or token into the slot followed by pressing a button or pulling a handle to activate the reels which are marked by various symbols into horizontal segments. Slot games are a big stress buster and if played sensibly can yield money too apart from being fun.

Monopoly Online Slot

This is quite different from the traditional monopoly game and is one of the most popular slot games – you can play it here. A unique feature of this game is that you can play it in both offline as well as online mode. This is basically a 5-reel slot game with traditional graphics.

Based on WMS software with a play line of 20, the graphics uses many of the identical images as from the original board game and is a progressive video slot game.

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Earn Money with Slot Games 5

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Lisa Turnbull

Playing slots online is so much fun, especially at sites such as Mega Reel. You can have fun playing from the comfort of your own home and they can be great to help pass the time on a long journey. You can also play on mobile and desktop at any time. The 24/7 casino is the best! Although you can play online slots for free to practice, it’s so much more fun when you’re winning actual money. Here’s a breakdown of some of the best ways you can earn money while having fun with slots games:

Welcome bonuses

Who’s going to stop you from joining multiple online casino sites to bag the freebies? No-one! Do your research and take advantage of all of the fantastic welcome bonuses offered on most online casino websites.

Sometimes you’ll get the chance to win a Mega Wheel to unveil exciting prizes including lots of free spins and other prizes like Amazon vouchers. These are great as you only tend to have to make a small deposit of £10 to access the freebies.

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  • Vintage Athlete of the Month

    • Rusty Staub: A Man For All Ages
      April 8, 2024 | 1:26 pm
      Rusty Staub

      The Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Month is a former major league baseball player who came into the game as a teenager and stayed until he was in his 40s. In between, Rusty Staub put up a solid career that was primarily spent on expansion or rebuilding teams.

      Originally signed by the Colt .45s at age 17, he made his major league debut as a 19-year old rookie and became only the second player in the modern era to play in more than 150 games as a teenager.

      Though he hit only .224 splitting time between first base and rightfield, Staub did start building a foundation that would turn him into an All-Star by 1967 when he finished fifth in the league with a .333 batting average.

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