Posted on 03/25/2012 2:02:14 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Okay, I admit it. I'm ADDICTED to the Cleopatra slot machine. My wife even more than I am. To find out why, check out this VIDEO of a Cleopatra slot machine in action with its incredibly alluring sound effects...especially the "BOING" sounds of the bonus Sphinxes.
Normally the Cleopatra machines benefit those with INCREDIBLE will power since they will give FREQUENT payouts because they know most people will continue playing until they LOSE. However, over the past few years we are over $400 ahead. A word of warning here. There are more than one type of Cleopatra slot machine. They look subtlety different so I can't tell you what the differences are but I know them when I see the machine. We went to a different casino last week and the other Cleopatra slot machine really sucked. Stingy payouts because I guess this one didn't have confidence people would continue playing.
Next casino trip we go to the one with the GOOD Cleopatra slot machines. What I do is pull my wife away from the machine when she is ahead which is often with that particular machine. However, the next time I will put her on the Mexican themed Chilli machine with the Cleopatra winnings since if you bet 40 cents you can get a lot of play time for not much money. So if we win $40 on the GOOD Cleopatra machine, we put that money into the Chilli machine and go for EXACTLY 100 spins and STOP no matter where we are at.
But look at the VIDEO and you can see why it is so incredibly addictive. My advice is to have the strength to LEAVE when you are ahead. If you must continue gambling, then go the the Chilli machine with your winnings. At least that way you can extend your casino time.
Dammit, it that were all my Social Security taxes are going?
Those with the WILLPOWER are REWARDED on the GOOD Cleopatra machine. But few have to willpower to split while ahead. The trick is to take your winnings to a machine like Chilli where you can spend a LOT of time on while betting little (40 cents per spin). Okay, I know a lot of people HATE slot machines but, damn, they are FUn! If you have the WILLPOWER you will at worst break even or lose only a little. We are actually over $400 ahead over the past few years and it is FUn! Just don’t end up like Doug and live your life in front of one.
That is one the wife and I enjoy also.The star wars one that you sit at and has surround sound fun fun fun
For some reason, I don’t have a good histrory with slots.
And I think it is related to the noise.
Like, when I was a kid in HS, and I hit the ball just right on the pinball machine, it made this particular noise -
not the stupid bells and whistles, the sound of the three targets falling. It was addictive.
I wasted more money than I can think of in that pinball machine, just because of that noise.
Then, later, I went to a casino in Tahoe and - shudder.
Still later, I was stationed in Germany, and slots were everywhere. So I worked out a good scheme - I would drop one mark, pull the lever, and leave with whatever I got.
Over the years, I left Germany up 3 marks. Yeah, a win!
There are three casinos within feet of my current travel location, and I don’t even want to play. Funny.
Wheel of Fortune!!!!
Last Oct we took a two week cruise to Hawaii from San Diego I had about 50 bucks a day to gamble with i stuck to it well some days more some days way less I came home with all but about 200 bucks the last day while the wife was having a spa afternoon i hit one for 600 bucks it was fun it was one pull on a dollar wheel of fortune and you just have to walk away
Wheel of suckers
I’ve actually won playing Wheel Of Fortune. First time played it I got the spin after spending about $3 of my own money, hit the 1000 on the spin. Being t hat it was a a 50 cent machine, I left the casino with $500 more in my pocket.
Anyway, the crappy payouts there reminded me of the CRAPPY Cleopatra machine we played. The good news is that I can now distinguish between the GOOD Cleopatra machines and the stingy ones.
We have on occasion done well too
A little humor...Don’t go to Vegas without a Baptist. I love Jeanne Robertson and this is one of her funniest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuSRinUnIg
Well then, that revelation certainly has piqued my interest in the slots.........
Be careful, it's been reported that casinos monitor this site and if they get wind of your "system" you're likely to get banned.......
It is absolutely AMAZING the differences between the payouts of the GOOD Cleopatra Machine and the STINGY one. It’s like the latter just wants you to keep losing money and then walk away. The GOOD Cleopatra machine gives FREQUENT payouts because they have confidence that the machine will pay off in the long run. Also the sound effects are a bit different too. All I know is that my wife lost only ONE time on the GOOD Cleopatra machine and that was only $16. All other times were either break even or wins. Of course, I forced her to split when we were decently ahead. Now we will do a change of tactics and put the winnings into the Chilli machine and the total number of spins will be the amount we won at Cleopatra divided by the 40 cent bet. For example if wife wins $40 at Cleopatra machine then I will count out EXACTLY 100 spins and then STOP right there and leave no matter what.
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I actually studied this in grad school - the slots are set up to give you back 60 - 80% of your money, depending on how sleezy the joint is. They don’t want you to lose big, they want you to come back next payday.
The occasional big payout, for them, is just an advertising expense.
Brings in more folks willing to lose.
Gathering the coins up in a cup and taking them over to the window to trade them in for cash was part of the ritual. Now the experience is over too quickly.
Because of this change it's safe for me to walk into any casino
Next day was basically a repeat of the first with the Cleopatra dance, the laughter, and the FREE prime rib meal voucher. I tried on the third day to repeat but I only lost the $20 I put in the machine so I split.
My wife is the one who lost a grand total of $16 on the GOOD Cleopatra machine and I do the Cleopatra dance when the 3 Sphinxes hit. I always get laughter but, alas, no more freebie meals.
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