Texas is a vast landscape teeming with opportunities, and while many have implored the state to make casino gambling one of them, that has yet to happen. There are numerous Texas gambling bills on the table right now, but the odds of any receiving the 2/3 legislative approval necessary to bring a vote to the … [Read more…]
As popular as smartphones have become for playing slots on the go, one of their shortcomings is the small screen size. Thus, a big advantage that tablet play offers over play on your cellphone is the much larger size screens, along with the user friendly interface and easy-to-read buttons. Current versions of the iPad and … [Read more…]
Every slot player can tell stories about slot machines that were beyond “loose,” seemingly spilling money with every spin, and other slot machines that were so “tight” it was hard not to believe they were rigged somehow. It is also every slot player’s dream, upon entering a casino, to find that one machine that will … [Read more…]
If you play slots often, there have probably been times when, if you did not know better, you might have been convinced that someone tampered with the machine you have been playing, fixing it so it would hardly ever pay out. Or perhaps there is a certain machine that has been lucky for you in … [Read more…]
Online slots, and more recently mobile slots, have revolutionized the casino gambling industry, opening up new ways, unheard of a quarter of a century ago, to make slot play conveniently available to more people than ever. Although land-based casinos, too, have been proliferating, not everyone who would like to play in one, has access. The … [Read more…]
The rationale behind requiring slot players to deposit a minimum amount of money is to increase the likelihood that they will play long enough for the slot machine to exert its statistical edge against the player. Even the loosest slots tend to have a house edge of at least 2%, which over time can amount … [Read more…]
Slot games, like any other form of gambling, can get tedious after a while if there is little variation from spin to spin with the same symbols coming up over and over again. When the earliest slot machines first appeared on the scene, the prospect of inserting coins and watching three spinning reels with about … [Read more…]
As a long-time journalist in the field of all things related to online gaming, I’ve written countless articles encouraging lovers of slot machines to take their action to the internet. Of all the reason why online casinos are more appreciable than the brick-and-mortar variety, there is one motivation I hadn’t even realized—until now. If you’re … [Read more…]
The city of Pendleton, Oregon has a true downhome atmosphere, where the most prominent economic generators are products fashioned from wool. On the eastern edge of town, located just off Interstate 84, is an establishment that stands out among the area’s dominant classic architecture. It’s called the Wildhorse Casino, and it’s become even more famous … [Read more…]
Approximately 4 ½ million people live in New Zealand, so it is no surprise that gambling has become a big business there. In fact, an estimated 75% of the adult population engages in some form of gambling, and 40% gamble at least once a week. Slot machines, which are called pokies in New Zealand, just … [Read more…]