San John`s Blog about Slots

Often when you see this, you will notice that the other pays on the machine don’t pay exactly as much, or in the same manner, as the machine with the bigger jackpot. Usually these differences in the top jackpot amounts are a good indicator that the game is just a bit different. The most glaring of these differences is, of course, in the top award. However, many times you will also find that the winning combinations among the rest of the pays aren’t paying the same as the other game, even when everything looks the same. Often the difference may be as simple as the game paying only left to right, while the other, better game paid both ways. Or this game may only be a five-line game, while the other was a nine-line game. Or the bonus entry structure is less frequent because the requirements aren’t set to occur as often as in the other game. Or some of the pay symbols, or bonus awards or rounds, may be missing.

There are a host of such subtle differences among these games. It is consequently very important that your machine selection also include comparisons. This will require a little legwork on your part, and some skills in observation. Among reel slots, this will be easier and faster, because you will not have to look much beyond the belly glass of the game to find out what kind of symbols it has, and what they do. Among the video slots, you will have to do more investigating. You will need to read the help and pay screens, learn the payoff and bonus structure and amounts, and then compare these to other machines of their kind, and especially to other machines that look the same. You can usually save yourself some time by first looking at the top jackpot amounts, which should give you an indication of the differences in the machine’s pay and bonus structure. But there will be no substitute for diligence and ability to apply the skills and knowledge you have acquired. Your success as a slot player will, therefore, directly depend on your abilities to do these things.