Yes, that is a typo (I had 100$ in my mind ...). Since these machines are fixed odds games each result of a spin is completely exclusive of the result from the

Yes, that is a typo (I had 100$ in my mind ...). Since these machines are fixed odds games each result of a spin is completely exclusive of the result from the other spin. So a 97% avg payout for a spin or over a billion spins (a game cycle) is the same. The problem is that a player cannot take a hit a continue playing while a casino can keep doing it theoretically forever. The problem with slots as with most games is to know when to quit. When a player who has lost 5 pennies coming back to bet 95 pennies is not the problem. The problem is for a player who has put in a thousand pounds over a year, wins a jackpot of 4000 pounds, does not cash out put again goes back to betting those 4000 pounds - that keeps losing. Correct, as you said, know how much I want to spend on entertainment, spend it and return back. I've actually seen that in land-based casinos, people go out with a fixed moolah in hand, play and lose that and come back. In online casinos, though, there's no stopping them.