How can I manage my budget while playing slot machines?

Question

What's a good strategy for managing my money when playing slots at a casino?

Answer 1

A good strategy for managing your budget when playing slot machines is to divide your total budget into smaller vouchers and play with one voucher at a time on different machines. For example, if you have a $500 budget, you can create five $100 vouchers. This helps to keep your spending in check and prevents you from using more money than you intended. Once you hit a bonus or lose the voucher, you move on to the next machine with a new voucher.

Comments

If I tried this and got your result, I would have left after the fourth machine.  I have done that kind of thing many times.  It's funny, not really if you want to keep playing, how often you get up 20-30% or more within 1/2 hour.  I do this and leave all the time.  I used to just play and play after getting up quickly, mainly because I just wanted to keep playing slots.  My wife and I both play and thankfully we agree on this, and it's hard, but we just force ourselves to leave up a couple hundred.  I play horses and a number of times I played a pick 5 bet usually around $200, and went to the slots and covered the bet and left.  No one ever lost money at the casino when they left while they were ahead.

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I think sometimes slot players are determined to win the jackpot, that we forget that a $56.00 profit is a very reasonable amount of money to make per hour. And that was only 25 minutes. May not work consistently, but it’s a strategy worth trying for us gamblers. Let’s face it, we’re going to gamble anyway, lol.

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Hey Zack. Like your strategy!
I win a lot and learned to get hand pays written in a check. That keeps me only playing only what I bring to play.
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When my husband and I get the feel to go to the casino, we take out the money we would be willing to lose, then when drive to the nearest department store and buy something we have needed or wanted for a long time. That way, we don't feel like shit at the end of the day because we lost all our money, and we actually have something to show for it!!

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My philosophy when I’m playing a slot machine is I’ll start with $10 if I don’t make any money I move to another machine the way you do it is you lose $100 if it’s not a good machine