May 2007
How do you win one of the massive networked slot machine progressive jackpots?
According to the urban myth, you have to
1. Pick the correct slots machine
2. Spend a lot of time playing at that machine
3. Be a wizened slots pro.
4. Learn how to play in just the right way
If you were thinking along the lines of 1., you are bang on the money. Detroit has collated stories of its recent slots winners and here are some of the lucky ones:
There's the 81-year-old who scooped more than $1.5 million at Greektown Casino after sticking a $20 bill or two into a Wheel of Fortune nickel slot machine.
A percentage of the money played at all of the networked slots connected to Greektown helped to pay the jackpot, making it one the biggest on the block. There are many people going after for the same jackpot, so the odds that you'll win are very low.
The octagenarian, didn't even know at first that he'd won the big one. The machine locked down and the casin attendants hurried over to congratulate him.
Slots experts agree that progressive slots pay out a little less than nonprogressives in terms of the % payout. They are higher-risk machines, but offer much bigger pay days.
The staff at Casino Windsor still remembers the young man who won the $2.8 million jackpot on a Megabucks machine which is tied into other machines throughout Ontario.
He and some friends were messing around and stuck a few dollars into a machine. When he scooped the big prize, he couldn't move and stayed rooted to the spot. He would not do anything until his Dad arrived.
So the moral of the story is, for progressives, you have to be at the right slot at the right time and it could be you.......but it might not.
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