Did you know that the biggest percentage of the profits a land based casino will make come from slot machines? Some have gone so far as to call slot machines the financial core of the modern land based casino. And they have done that with good reason. Slots are an extremely popular game. Slot machines take up most of the casino floor and it is one of the most played casino game.

Why are slots so popular you ask? Because they are simple to play, require absolutely no skill, are fun and have a tempting jackpot. You are just one pull of the lever or just one push of the button from getting a payout or even a jackpot.

When playing slots the house advantage varies from one place to another. You will find slots machines that have a house advantage as high as 10% and machines that have a house advantage as low as 1%.

The payouts a slots machine will offer are influenced by these factors:

• The betting amount
  
  Smaller bets mean a higher house advantage. When playing a nickel machine you will face a house advantage as high as 10%. But when you play a $20-100 machine you will face a low house edge of just 1%. Also you will face worse odds if you bet small. Only by always betting maximum coins will you increase your odds and lower the house advantage on that machine.


• The area where the casino is located
  
  If you are in Vegas and want to play a game of slots then you should know that the casinos on "the Strip" offer worse odds that the downtown casinos.