Playing New Slots
New slots are being released by all the major online casino software manufacturers each and every month, and this has led to players often wondering do they tweak the payout percentages of these new games in the hope of getting players to believe they are more generous than they really are.
There is no real way of knowing whether this is common practise or not, but with players often reporting that new games do appear to be more generous than the older, more established games then there could be something in it!
One reason a new slot would be more generous in terms of payouts could be down to the way they have been programmed, as you will know very single slot game has a predetermined payout percentage and it is this fact alone that would give you a better chance of winning on a newly released slot.
Payout Percentages
If a slot game is programmed to payout lets say 96%, then there are two ways it can achieve this payout, one is for it to be very tight until it has taken enough money in to allow it to drop a few jackpots, or conversely it could be programmed to payout lots of large, regular wins when it is first released, to give it a huge payout percentage then become tight once these wins have been won.
A good example of this was on the Microgaming slot Mad Hatters, this was a brand new slot which was themed around the Mad Hatters tea party, and came complete with several bonus games that players could win, Microgaming sites all heavily promoted the new slot and with in a few days one lucky player managed to win $205625 whilst playing it!
For such a slot to payout such a huge win in such a short period of time after its launch one has to wonder whether this was down to luck alone or in fact the slots are programmed in such a way that they payout large amounts as soon as they are launched then tighten up over time.
Play To Win
The proof of the pudding is in the eating as the saying goes, and what players do seem to report when playing new Microgaming slots is that once you start to play then for the first time you can and do seem to win lots of bonus games, so maybe you should track down these slots and give them a try.
But remember that if the slot is cold I.E. not paying out in the first ten or so spins then maybe it is best to move onto another one as you never know if someone else has just pocketed a large jackpot win, and if they have you will just be feeding and feeding that slot with very little chance of a payout. If however you start to get some large wins make sure you cash out some of the winnings!
