Like the classic land-based games, online pokie machines have a payout level somewhere around 94%, giving the casino a typical average edge of 6%. In theory, that means if you place 10 x 0.10 spins, the pokie game would ‘on average’ payout 0.96 pence (a loss of 0.4 pence). Check out some strategies for trying to beat the edge – some smart and some daring…..
Pokie luck
Although it’s not much of a strategy for beating the pokies – good old luck is still the best way to beat the online pokie machine edge and hit winning spins and sessions. The question is – how do you go about getting lucky when playing pokies.
Well, firstly let’s consider the concept of the machine’s advantage. If a pokie game has a 94% average reward level, then essentially that means over a huge number of spins (such as 100,000 or 1 million) – the machine will gobble up 40.00 from every 1000.00 slid in, and spit out 960.00 in payouts (making a profit of 6%).
Now, in theory that means that ‘the average gamer’ will lose on the machine. However – take note, because the long-term average is created from every spin made on the pokie, including gamers hitting jackpots and conversely those getting really unlucky. In effect, short term spins (such as your random sessions) won’t necessarily hit the ‘average’ and periodically you’re likely to get well over average.
In view of the fact that online pokie gaming is fair but random, you may find luck using the tips below:
>Play regular pokie sessions to try and locate luck
>Play a decent spin number per session
>Set a session profit target and quit if you hit it – before your luck runs out!
Random pokie spinning
Although we’ve just looked at what average pokie payouts really mean – it’s still worth mentioning that in theory playing pokie machines with level stakes (such as 0.10 per spin) would be predicted to deliver a small long-term loss. However, if you use different spin sizes (for example use 0.10 in one session and 0.20 in the next) then you could beat the edge if you got a better payout level using the higher spin value. Of course, the opposite could happen and you could potentially do better with the lower spins!
Ultimately, there is no genuine way to remove the online pokie edge. However, like all classic games of chance, there is always the potential to win by finding lucky spins and sessions. In fact, since the jackpot spin is always guaranteed to strike periodically for lucky gamers – it just illustrates that you don’t always have to be average on the pokies!