Secrets of Modern Slot Playing (Paperback)

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Product Description

An up-to-date and entertaining book with helpful tips on how to play today's standard reel-spinning and multiline video slots. The book also explains how the new generation of coinless (ticket-in, ticket-out) slots work."

Its 108 pages reveal up-to-date slot-playing secrets passed along by casino insiders, computer programmers, mathematicians, and slot-wise players nationwide -- plus the author's 30 years' experience in the slot trenches. The author states that today's one- armed bandits are computers in slot's clothing. He then describes, with a touch of humor, how they work, how to find the loosest slots, and how to play them.

The book also discusses slot-playing myths, the role of luck, streaks, common slot- playing mistakes, betting strategies, how the casinos think and how they want you to think, and more!

If you try your luck at today's high-tech computerized slots, you owe it to yourself to learn all you can about them. And Secrets of Modern Slot Playing tells you in easy- to-understand non-technical language all that you really need to know to come home a winner more often.

Don't play another slot machine until you've read this book!

About the Author

Larry Mak is a former high-school science teacher and science writer at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. He is currently a free-lance writer of slot-playing articles and the publisher of a slot-playing book based on thousands of hours playing slot machines at the major gaming meccas across the U.S., plus interviews with hundreds of slot players on the casino floor, slot machine designers, slot supervisors, slot mechanics, and other casino personnel at all levels. Mathematical and probability figures were provided by mathematicians and computer programmers at Caltech.

Product Details

• Paperback: 107 pages
• Publisher: L&M Publications; 3 edition (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966459202
• ISBN-13: 978-0966459203
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,522,734 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts on Modern Slot Playing, May 13, 2000

By	June Van Hemert (Utah) - See all my reviews

An unusual book on the subject of gambling in that it is at the same
time instructive, easy -- even fun -- to read, and gives the reader a
much better understanding of how to play the slots than he had
before. The casual gambler actually understands little of the game; if
he learns things of value -- such as the best locations on the floor
to find a "loose" machine -- he obviously is in for a better
evening at the slots than otherwise. Larry Mak's fine little book does
just that: shares with the reader the author's long experience in the
casinos and his exceptional insight into the mysteries of slots.
There are definitely things to know about casinos that will assist the
average player in improving his experience there. This book gives him
that edge. Well worth the price.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have book for any casino patron!, July 13, 2001

By A Customer

I just took an hour or so and read the Secrets of Modern Slot Playing by Larry Mak. I found it very informative and I believe that it will be helpful during my next trip to Vegas. I have read several other books on slot playing over the years, i.e., Slot Machine Mania and Break the One Arm Bandits. It is nice that Larry Mak has issued a 2001 edition because the information in these previous books has become somewhat outdated due to the fact that technology changes so quickly. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to further their enjoyment playing slots and those who are interested in learning a few valuable secretes to help increase their chances of winning!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO SETS FOOT IN A CASINO, November 15, 2002

By A Customer

I can't believe I have played all these years without knowing the information contained in this book. There is no magic here, but there are strategies that casinos use in placing loose slots amongst tighter slots. Knowing where these slots are may increase your winnings. There is other helpful knowledge here such as avoiding progressives and common sense ways to get a grip on how to curtail your losses (which involves controlling yourself basically). But how many of us really take a minute to set up a plan how much we are going to let ourselves play with? Like I said, its not magic, but a lot of common sense tips to use to make sure you are playing with your head and not your emotions....