Bank Busters 90%-93%
Big Bang Event (Bigger) 86%progressive/83%-94%
Deal or No Deal Passion Deluxe 86%-94%
Deal or No Deal Blue Version 88%-92%
Deal or No Deal Passion 90%-96%
Diamond Jackpots 88%-97%
Ebay 86%-94%
Game of Life 86%-96%
Happy Days 88%-94%
Hot Hot Penny Super Respin 87%-94%
Indiana Jones 86%progressive/86%-94%
Jaws 89%-92%
Jeopardy (new) 86%-94%
Monopoly Jackpot Station 86%progressive/86%-94%
Monopoly Grand Hotel Big Event 86%progressive/86%-96%
Monopoly Real Estate Tycoon 86%-94%
MR WOO 91% – 92%
Party Spin (ultimate) 88%-95%
Powerball 87%-96%
Price is Right (Cliffhangers) 85%-98%
Slingo 86%-92%
Star Trek 86%-94%
Video Poker 92%-101% (with perfect play)
Wheel of Fortune Multi Win 87%-89%progressive/88%-94%
Wheel of Fortune Super Spin 88%-94% (Bonus Frequency is 1 in 40 for penny version and 1 in 49 for nickle version)
Wizard of Oz 86%progressive/86%-94%
Wolf Run 86%-94%
Updated May 2010
Hot Shot Cash Wheel 86%-98%
Sex and the City 90%-95%
Fireball 85%-96%
Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk 86%-96%
Wheel of Fortune 100 line progressive 88-89%, non-progressive 86%-94%
Ultimate Tower of Power 86%-88%
Megabucks Multilevel 86% (all machines)
Super Big Game Show Community 88%-90%
UPDATED November 2010
Alice in Wonderland 89%-94%
Hot Shot Progressive 85%-96%
Press Your Luck 87%-96%
Lord of the Rings 86%-96%
Star Wars Droid Hunt progressive 87%-89%, non-progressive 88%-94%
UPDATED January 2011
Rickety Cricket 88%-93%
Ice Cap Cash 82%-92%
Arctic Spirit 85%-92%
Jumpin Jalapenos 86%-94%
Playboy Platinum 85%-96%
Witches Riches 87%-98%
African Diamond 82%-98%
Mystic Pearls 86%-96%
Goldfish Race for Gold 88%-96%
Ultimate Tower of Power 87-88%
Heat Engine 90.7% fixed all machines
Final Update to Payouts Before Meet and Greet March 2011
Cash Wizard 86-90%
Rhythms of Rio 90.1 fixed all machines
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 88-94%
Turtle Bay 85%-96%
Wild Wheel 87%-98%
Jackpot Vegas Hits 88%-90%
UPDATED MAY 2011
Dirty Dancing 89%-96%
Hot Spin 88%-90%
Price is Right Ultimate Show 86%-94%
Cranky Condor 92%-99%
Gazellions 89% fixed all machines
Money Vault 85%-94%
Attack/Revenge From Mars 86%-94%
Cashman Fever 89%-95%
Sex in the City Big Diamonds 88%-95%
Star Trek- Battle Stations 86%-90%progressive, 86%-96% non-progressive
Code Red 85%-96%
Great Goldfish Giveaway 89%-95%
Mummy Returns 89%-92% (Bonus Round Frequency is 1 in 62 for 3 symbol trigger and 1 in 7 for 2 symbol trigger)
King of Dragons (Aruze) 92% fixed all machines.
UPDATED JUNE 2011
Best Fortune (Aruze) 92-99% (another high payout penny slot if you can find it!): 25 credit min base bet= 92%; + 5 high power ante= 95%; 50 credit base +10 high power credit ante= 96%; 75 credit base + 30 high power ante= 97%; 100 credit base + 40 credit high power ante= 97.7%; 125 credit base + 50 credit high power ante= 98.6%.
Betty Boop Love Meter (Ballys) 88% all machines
Chinese Phoenix (Aruze) 85-95%
China Reels (Konami) 91% all machines
UPDATED JULY 2011
Alice (WMS Version) 87-96%
Captain Cut Throat 88-95%
The Hangover 88%-99%
Dive Quest 85-98%
Updated August 2011
Arctic Sun (Aruze) 87-92% (penny game)
Mega Strike (Cadillac Jack) Class II 86-95%
Mahjong Dynasty (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Girls Day Out (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Guys Night Out (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Jewel Heist (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Playboy Hot Zone (Bally) 88-94%
September 2011 Update
Batman: The Dark Night (IGT) 86-94%
Emerald Falls (Bally) 85-96%
Happy Slot (AC Coin) 90% fixed all machines
Riches of the Heart (Konami) 89% fixed all machines
Yahtzee (WMS) 86-96%
Battleship (WMS) 86-90%
Rise of the Incas (Aristocrat) 86-95%
Golden Pharaoh (Bally) 86-88%
FINAL UPDATE TO THREAD- OCTOBER 2011
Due to the repetitive nature of the basic programming options with payouts, this will be the final update as any pattern to payouts with this list is now fairly obvious. Future posts will be standalone threads highlighting a single machine that contains an unusual deviation from the norm (e.g. fixed payout games and higher then average paybacks will be posted in their own thread).
Cascading Reels Invaders (WMS) 85-96%
Fu Lu Shou (Aruze) 87-99%
Godzilla on Monster Island (IGT) 88-94%
Golden Pharaoh (Bally) 86-88%
The Phantom (Aristocrat) 86-92%
Batman- Back to Gothem (IGT) 86-94%
***SPECIAL UPDATE FEBRUARY 2012***
New 98% Payback Machine Now Clearly Posted
Well, I knew it would come time for the competition to start advertising their max paybacks right on the machines fronts. Aruze is going to try to capture this thought his new Cherry Chance Hot Seven Machine.
Here is the picture of this new slot:
SPECIAL UPDATE FOR MAY 2012
King Kong (see photo for version) 94% fixed all machines
Updated July 2012
Bally's 1,000,000 Degrees Scatter Pays 86% payback fixed- all machines
° Progressive Resets (with max bet)
» Nine 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $999,999
Occurs every 16,000,144 plays on average
» Eight 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $15,000
Occurs every 246,156 plays on average
» Seven 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $600
Occurs every 11,189 plays on average
» Six 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $150
Occurs every 1,231 plays on average
» Five 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $30
Occurs every 241 plays on average
• Free Games Bonus
– Occurs every 142 plays on average.
UPDATED MARCH 2013
Cash Wizard Tiki Magic (Ballys) 85%-94%
- Frequency of Bonus rounds= 'Wizard Wild Two Reels' 1 in 50 spins
'Tiki Magic Bonus' 1 in 60 spins
Update April 2013:
Hot Shot Progressive (New U-Spin Version with large double figure 8 top box bonus round).... Payback Range 85-96%. BONUS ROUND HIT FREQUENCY: is averaged at every 22 spins... You know when the machine says 'HOT SHOT'
Updated October 2013:
For the Triple Diamond Slot Game:
ODDS OF HITTING 15,000 coin top jackpot 1 in 864,000
ODDS IF HITTING 4,000 coin top jackpot 1 in 93,312
Updated November 2013:
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Back to the Future.... One of my favorite themed games...
great graphics and story line sync'ed well from the movie (which you have to see to appreciate the theme!)
Max Bet: 300
Top Award: 30,000
Hit Frequency: Approximately 39%
Payback range 86%-93.5%
Updated April 2014:
Batman- Classic TV Show Version
Played this game on demo mode and it does have great entertainment value. I feel these 'wonder wheels' will prove popular and the dynamic and various bonus games will be nostalgic (and slightly corny) for those who really remember the original Batman TV series and the creative characters and villains.
Highlight: Payback is fixed, all versions at 88.5%, typical for a mega progressive.
Updated June 2014:
ROLLING STONES
Great Game theme for the 60's-80's generation
Aristocrat Technologies, Five-reel, 40-line video slot
Denomination: .01, .02, .05,Max Bet: 250
Top Award: 1,000 times line bet Hit Frequency: Approximately 50%
Payback Range 86-96%
Thanks to Random$$$ for these additions:
Aristocrat - The Walking Dead = 88.5% -93.5% (unusually narrow range)
Alto - Peacock and Dragon = 88% - 92.3% (unusually narrow range)
GTECH - Bejeweled: 86.5% - 89% (unusually narrow range) Bally's Titanic - 85% to 88.5% (unusually tight)
GTECH's Sphinx 3D - 86% to 92% (narrower range than average)
Bally - Betty Boop's Firehouse 85% to 88.5% (Very tight)
Updated August 2014: IGT Winners Choice Payback 92%-98%
September 2014 Update: The show’s producers made all the survey information available to AGS game designers, so the questions in the game actually mimic the questions contestants receive on the show. 85-96% payback. Here is the photo of the new game: Enjoy
Updated August 2015---
IGT's WINNER'S CHOICE 2.... 92%-96% payback.
Crazy Money II - Incredible Technologies. 90% - 96% payback, 50% frequency (Thanks to Randomslots$$$ ont his one)
UPDATE: July 2016: Aruze Super Vault- Disclosed frequency of Bonus Wheel hit:
1 every 64 spins, payback range 87-97%aruze super vault.jpg
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So who pays for those Volcanic eruptions? Pirate Battles? Carnival Parades? and Glittering Showrooms? Slot Machines. 60-65% of casino revenue is generated by those bell-ringing one armed bandits that seem to multiply on casino floors like rabbits. So how does the average player gain an advantage and possibly win? Well... aside from cheating (which we really don't suggest you get involved in) the only way to gain some sort of advantage is to choose your slots with utmost care and discrimination.
Slot machines in Las Vegas are required by law to payout 75% of the money that goes into them, actual payout in Las Vegas is approximately 95%. Will you be the one that takes the money instead of gives it? That is up to luck, but with a little investigation one can easily learn to identify which machines are more favorable to the player than others. Slot machines are all about the payout... Red White and Blue, Double Diamond, Dick Fucking Clark, Cherry whatever. At the end of the day what every slot player needs to do is look at the pay schedule on the machine they want to play. Very often the same machine one row over will pay 5,000 credits on 3rd credit jackpot while you're playing on a 2,000 3rd credit machine. Plain and simple you're cheating yourself.
Slot Spotlights
A few notable slot machines we here at VT have found more playable, or more interesting, than the other nonsense out there like Leprachaun's Gold or Tabasco Slots or whatever.
We like machines that have the best payouts on the lowest winning spins. These will keep you going longer between larger wins and not enact the ATM-In-Reverse principle seen at many of the larger joints (Venetian being the worst we've experienced).
100 or Nothing
Red, White and Blue
Slot Machine Jackpots Photo Gallery
Wheel of Fortune
Wild Cherry
Slot Machine Payback Percentages
Below are the slot payback percentages for Nevada's fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2003:
5¢ Slot Machines
The Strip - 90.32%
Downtown - 91.50%
Boulder Strip - 93.03%
N. Las Vegas - 92.97%
25¢ Slot Machines
The Strip - 92.59%
Downtown - 94.83%
Boulder Strip - 96.47%
N. Las Vegas - 96.63%
$1 Slot Machines
The Strip - 94.67%
Downtown - 95.35%
Boulder Strip - 96.48%
N. Las Vegas - 97.21%
$1 Megabucks Machines
The Strip - 89.12%
Downtown - 88.55%
Boulder Strip - 87.76%
N. Las Vegas - 89.41%
$5 Slot Machines
The Strip - 95.33%
Downtown - 95.61%
Boulder Strip - 96.53%
N. Las Vegas - 96.50%
All Slot Machines
The Strip - 93.85%
Downtown - 94.32%
Boulder Strip - 95.34%
N. Las Vegas - 95.32%
The Math of Casino Slot Machines
For every dollar you wager in a slot machine, you will lose 100% - Payback% of that dollar. For example, you're at Bellagio playing the $1 Double Diamond slot, wagering Two Credits ($2) per spin. According to the table, for every $2 spin you will lose 5.33% of that bet... just shy of 11¢. Granted these 11 cents don't get extracted instantly... this is computed over time. So if your bank roll limit is $10 it will take you, on average 52 spins before your bankroll is toast (under $1) and you are out of credits.
How was this number derived:
Slot Machine Payout Chart
STAKE x (Payback Percentages) = STAKE x (Payback Percentages) = STAKE x (Payback Percentages) = ...
Repeat calculation until the number gets below the minimum bet - if you play long enough, you're gonna go broke. THAT is a FACT. Slot machines are entertaining, relaxing, require little thought beyond pressing a button. IF you want to truly GAMBLE, you might want to look into Video Poker, and eventually Blackjack as other options.
Granted, sometime in there you just might hit that $500 win on the Wheel of Fortune, or The Elvis progressive might shake rattle and roll $1000 your way... but the math inside the machine determines that you will in fact lose a certain percentage of your wager on each spin, and the more you spin... the more you will lose despite short runs of successful jackpots. If you find you are UP... leave. Every spin of a slot machine generates a random number that has NOTHING to do with previous numbers. SLOT MACHINES do NOT run in streaks (even if you might wish to think they do). Don't expect to get any of the money you put into a machine out of it unless you learn to press the CASH OUT button.
Gamblers Library
Slot Machine Payout Percentage
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