Topic: Are online slot games purely based on luck, or is there any skill involved? (Read 925 times)

But the goals is to get big win with high multiplier until succeed in getting jackpot or maxwin, this is the reason why gambler doesn't really care about consecutive losses and always plays even in the long term.
Realizing something when the mind and heart are filled with ambition will never be easy, they can't think about how much loss and also how much the disproportionate amount of victory is obtained, this is why gambler who likes slot games always increases the amount of betting capital to pursue all the desires of winning big.
On the other hand, victory can make someone more curious and try to achieve more victories, just like an addiction because they will only do whatever it is based on the desire of the heart to continue playing.
Luck is saving factor for gambler to be able to get refund of the money that has been lost but unfortunately no one is able to get lucky in row every time.

I highly agree with you, using of strategies in gambling isn't going to give any hedge to gamblers. The ones who lose money in gambling because of their weak luck will end up losing even more money by using any kind of strategy. That's why I believe it's much better to follow your advice and not to use any strategy on online casino games, especially on those slot games.

I am not a big fan of slot games and I do not get it when people say it is their favourite game to play. Slot games depends totally on luck because there is not skill anybody can use in a game that depends totally on luck for you to win. I have played slots games and I did not like the experience I had while playing. It is fun when you are winning but when you start losing then you will realize that playing it is not fun. Slot games are for people that just want to gamble between getting a choice of winning or losing instantly. The only way you can enjoy slot games is when you use small wager so it gives you more turns to try your luck again and become hopeful that things will be different each time that you play but still you lose because slots game are one of the hardest type of gambling to win.

Well of course they don't have 100% or even 80% win rates because that would completely crupple and end an online casino.  Slots are the profitable agent for these casinos and they rely on to to be profitable to be able to be a successful casino.  For the gambler ypu need to understand that and just have fun when playing.  More like a lottery than a given profit engine for gamblers.

There is no online game that has 100% or even 80% of winning rate since the developers are expecting to impress the casino using their service to also make money. Everything is based on luck and we should always look for that because that is the only way we could make money from any form of gambling apart from bets that are based on skills for one to win. If we are always lucky then we can be making consistent profits everytime we make an attempt in gambling. Their are people are gambling effortlessly because they know the part how they can strategize to make some profits without going too far or going for some kind of bets that has higher risk than profit.

Absolutely right slot games are unprofitable to every gambler in the long run, you might get lucky with it once it twice but if you keep going back regularly you might end up losing a lot... even in land based casinos people lose a lot more than what they gain. I  have tried slot games a few times and I had to stop because I wasn't lucky with it at all, there are no strategies that can be used in this game, it's just based on luck and chance, even if you decide to play for entertainment you still need to be careful so it won't turn to an addiction

you are absolutely right, the martingale system is most often used in the dice game. And what can be said with confidence, it only gives the illusion of victory, since in the long run, dice will beat the player without a doubt, for some time it will be lucky, but later the system will fail. I will join you and also say that systems and strategies do not always work.

A martingale strategy doesn't work in a slot game. I mean, the strategy isn't reliable at all, but when it comes to slots, you can't even apply it. Imagine you are starting your spins with $0.1 and you keep doubling the amount after each dead spin, after a few dead spins, you only get a small multiplier that doesn't even compensate you for what you have lost so far. That doesn't make any sense.

Martingale strategy is mostly used in games where there are fixed bets and fixed outcomes or odds such as Dice. If you keep doubling your bets, you know that if you get a win, you get double of what you are betting and all previous losses will be covered in that win. That is the basic mindset behind this strategy.

I wouldn't recommend using any strategies in gambling, by the way.

Of course, keeping rules will help you stop at the right time and only gamble with an amount of money that you can avoid to lose in order to limit your losses and gamble responsible. No rules on winning or making profit in gambling because Slot is strictly a luck base game and does not need any skill before you can hit the jackpot. Some people think that skill is needed to win big but they forget that winning is not by experience.

There are no skills involved in casino games at all, some gamblers even try to use some betting systems like the martingale strategy to try make profit from slot games and other casino games but it's a 50/50 thing you might lose or win, gamble responsibly so you don't end up having regrets. When it comes to sports betting I can partially agree that a little bit of skill is involved but it doesn't work everytime, you can make use of analysis and predictions to minimize your losses

While selecting a high RTP and low volatile slot can increase the win chances, one should not fall into the illusion of control. Ultimately, the slot machine is meant to be entertainment, and its results are random; therefore, trying to find a perfect slot might not be a great long-term strategy.

While it's not advisable to completely ignore the numbers and the strategies as well, paying some significant attention on the time limit and the money you set a preparation before you commence playing makes one able to have a game that is enjoyable. all while not under any pressure or expecting too much. After all, gambling should be an enjoyable activity, not one that causes tension or worry. Walking away and not playing for so long is healthy enough as compared to consuming yourself into achieving big jackpot.

You are wrong, though not generally, but you are wrong with most part of what you have said, for example, gambling and winning being about how the gambler is able to follow or obey rules is a misconception, following gambling rules have nothing to do with who wins in gambling who does not, especially when what we are talking about is luck based games like slot, casino games and so on.

Keeping to rule can either help a gambler save money; that is, they do not lose more than they can't afford to lose, and Secondly, following rules also can help the gambler be in good standing with the casino, so he or she does not get into any form of trouble with the casino.
But speaking of winning and losing, rules have no say here, luck is all that matters.

In the event that you've got a lot of experience in gambling, it can only give us learning and ability on the principle of things that are knowledgeable in self-control, there are no tricks, special ways, tactics and so on that can be applied to slots games to get victory, everything is in the scope of luck.

But the sad thing is that a lot of people believe that they can win with certain ways of arranging patterns and playing time. Looking at the RTP also does not necessarily get victory, one must be able to understand that people who are experienced in luck-based games do not have the tactical ability to get victory, do not believe in it because everything is based on luck.

if you watch streamers at all you will see that slots are just 100% luck. You can literally see thousands of spins each week on every slot out there and there is no pattern to tell you when a machine is about to hit a big base hit, hit a bonus, or give you a jackpot. You can literally be a blind person and have the same chances as a person with 20/20 vision. It's a pure gamble and 1 you are going to lose most of the time.

I've always heard that slots are how a casino pays the bills. They have a few random winners throughout a day, but overall players lose way more then a casino pays out. I'm talking about land based casinos here, but I am sure the same holds true for all these online casinos.

1 thing that can help you minimize losses is by checking the RTP which I see the OP sorta mentioned, but let me expand. Open 3-4 casinos that you are curious about and open the same slot on all of them. Go check the info page and see the RTP. I'll give an example below of why you need to check the RTP.

Stake.us             96.49 minimum RTP  96.6 maximum RTP
Gamdom.com     96.49 minimum RTP  96.6 maximum RTP
clubs poker         95.45 minimum RTP  95.5 maximum RTP

This is the RTP from the regular Sweet Bonanza game on all 3 sites. If you play the game on Stake or Gamdom you have the same chance/RTP but if you play on clubs poker you have less RTP. Basically you lose an extra 1% of your money playing the game on the lesser known casino vs the better known. You always want to check the RTP and give yourself the best chance of winning. If you hit a bonus game you'll see the difference as the lower RTP site pays out way less 99 of 100 games than you'll see on stake or Gamdom.

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For Poker and sports bettors, it does require good skills in the game to get closer to victory, but even like that, luck still cannot be separated from the betting field too.

That's right, skill doesn't work in slot, except if there's a problem with the machine or the casino site which maybe a gambler must have observed that there's a loophole somewhere in the casino slot game and they can take advantage of opportunity.
There are other games like poker and sport games that we can believe that a gambler need skill in order not to have much loses but in slot games, skill doesn't have any effect.

Bankroll management in slots? It's the first time I've heard of such a thing.

Although there is a popular belief of people who believe they can identify when the machine is 'hot', so to speak, and therefore more likely to hit a jackpot. Maybe there are people who after much observation may have an idea but I think it is more of an urban legend than anything else.

I guess the skill we can develop here is bankroll management, knowing how to extend our playtime on slots, even though, due to the house edge, we'll still lose in the long run. There's a reason it's called luck-based; it's all about luck. But when it comes to skill-based gambling, we should be looking at poker and sports betting. There are professionals in these areas who make money consistently.

If we come across a strategy claiming to beat the house, we should be skeptical. The only way to consistently win against the casino is through cheating, as no one can fairly beat the system.

I also doubt that there's any skills or strategy that a gambler can apply to hit the jackpot in slot games, you just spin and accept whatever your luck brings. That factor of the house edge will always prevail, whether they're manipulating their machines or not the casinos will always have the upper hand over the gamblers, that's just the way slots are programmed. The advantage that a gambler has in slot games is to have a good exit plan, that is if you hit the jackpot, withdraw your win and exit for the day, any attempt to increase your wins can lead to losing everything in the process.

Just like many of us. My answer in this kind of discussion is always the same. I don't understand why and how you would ask if adding skill would help in playing slots. Winning at slots is purely a matter of luck. Playing slots is also for entertainment, and no skill is related to it. It's like asking if there's a strategy for betting on slots, which there isn’t.