- Loosest Casinos In Vegas
- Loosest Slot Machines In Vegas
- Loosest Slots On The Strip
- Loosest Slots In Vegas Casinos
- Online Casino Slots Gaming
- Loosest Online Casino Slots Usa Casino
Our 13th Annual Guide to the Best Slot Paybacks in the Nation
- In this article, I am going to show you how to win at slots. We will start from a series of practical tips on how to choose a winning slot machine to then move onto the loosest slots you should.
- Elsewhere, Casino Queen in Illinois once again can boast the loosest slots of any region that singles out results for individual casinos. As it has for several years, Casino Queen topped the Illinois survey, last year returning 92.53 percent of wagers to players, down from last year by a 10th of a point.
by Frank Legato
It has been a dozen years since Casino Player first gave recognition to the casinos that had shown themselves to be the most generous in the nation. It was 1994 when the magazine first issued awards to the casinos with the “loosest slots.”
Welcome to the 13th edition of our annual “Loosest Slots” awards. This is where we tell you the casinos and regions in North America that have, for the past year, given their players back the highest percentage of the money put into their slot machines.
In this example you have reduced the house edge to a tiny 0.5% - there are rarely better opportunities than that available in online casinos. Where to Play Loose Slots in 2019? Here are my recommendations, the first is for readers outside of the US. For US players, skip to the second recommendation below. #1 Loose Slots at Unibet Casino.
As we do every year, we first mark the occasion with the story of how the awards—and the concept of “loose slots”—got started. Players, in fact, began referring to slots as “loose” or “tight” in response to information first published by Player. Shortly after the magazine published its first issue in 1988, our editors decided to take the information publicly reported by regulatory agencies (only two at the time, in Nevada and New Jersey) on slot “hold” or “win”—the percentage of slot wagers kept by the casino as profit—and presenting it in a way that would be useful to slot players.
CP took the reported hold percentages and reversed them to show the “payback percentage”—the percentage of slot wagers returned to the players in jackpots. The regulatory agencies reported the information to the public every month, so we began publishing monthly charts showing slot payback in Nevada and Atlantic City. The charts grew as the industry grew, to include every new riverboat and Native American jurisdiction as their payback numbers became public.
Before long, players were referring to casinos with low slot paybacks as “tight.” Generous casinos inevitably became known as having “loose slots.”
It didn’t take long for the casinos to get over their initial misgivings about having their generosity logged by a magazine, and to start considering “loose” as a potential marketing hook. Billboards began to herald “loose slots” as something to differentiate one casino from another.
And, when Player began tallying up each year’s actual payback numbers for annual “Loosest Slots” awards, the awards themselves became badges of honor, to be shouted from billboards and advertisements.
Annual calculations of the loosest slots by casino and jurisdiction are recognized as a much better gauge of casino payback policy than examining the charts from any single month. It takes several months for slots on the floors to reach payback numbers similar to their theoretical settings. One month’s actual numbers will often reveal short-term aberrations—such as a single-month percentage exceeding 100 percent, for instance, if there happened to be several large jackpots.
Four or five months offer a much more accurate picture of slot payback, and a year’s worth of actual numbers gives a fairly accurate picture of a casino’s payback policy.
The numbers you find in the following pages will show you where the loosest slots are in 2006, based on the percentage numbers reported over the past 12 months. Before we give you this year’s highlights, there are questions that our readers always ask concerning this subject which we feel should be addressed up front.
First, a word on the nature of payback percentage: It is a long-term number that does not reflect the odds of any one player of winning or losing in the short term. A 100 percent payback percentage does not mean you win every time. It means that, over time, that machine will return as much in jackpots as it takes in wagers. The flip of a coin is 100 percent payback. Over time, it will come up heads as many times as it comes up tails.
Next, the percentage numbers reflect both regular slot and video poker percentages. The casinos are not required to separate video poker percentages from slot percentages in their reports to the state regulators, so this is viewed as proprietary information. However, as our video poker experts have reported time and again, the casinos with the highest overall percentages are almost always the same casinos with the highest-returning video poker pay tables.
Nevada and a few other jurisdictions publicly report their percentages by region rather than individual casino. In the case of Nevada, the sheer number of casinos makes individual casino listings impractical, so the state breaks the numbers into regions including Reno/Tahoe in the north, and six sub-regions of Clark County in the south—Las Vegas Strip, Downtown, Boulder Strip, Laughlin, North Las Vegas, and Balance of County.
Next, it is possible that the jurisdiction in which you play is not included in the listings—particularly if the casinos you frequent are Native American casinos. Not all casinos are required to report their hold percentages publicly, and if they are not required to make those numbers public, the casinos view the percentages as proprietary information, and will not reveal them to us or anyone else.
Finally, no, pennies are not yet broken out in our payback percentage charts. The penny phenomenon hit the slot business so quickly that the regulatory agencies have not yet caught up. Though they are probably played by at least as many players as choose the nickel denomination, the agencies have not yet broken their payback numbers out of the “Other” category that includes dimes, half-dollars and two-cent denominations. We can only report and analyze what is made public. When penny numbers are made public, you will have them.
A New Day
So who gets the crown as having the loosest slots in 2006? Not who you may think. This year’s survey reveals some firsts.
For the first time in more than a decade, our survey shows that the loosest slots in America are not in Nevada, and that the loosest slots in Nevada are not in Clark County.
For years, we have been reporting the loosest slots in the nation can be found in the locals casinos surrounding Las Vegas—in the northeast suburbs (“North Las Vegas” on the charts), along the Boulder Strip, and in other off-Strip areas of Clark County.
A survey of percentages for the past 12 months shows that the loosest slots in the nation are in Illinois, at the Casino Queen riverboat casino in East St. Louis. Casino Queen has been in the Top 3 in our survey before. This year, the riverboat casino hotel beats them all, returning 95.13 percent of all slot wagers to players in jackpots over the past 12 months.
Casino Queen was the only place in the nation to record overall slot payback percentage for the year that exceeded 95 percent. Congratulations to these folks for giving more back to players than anyone else.
No. 2 on our Loosest Slots list was in Nevada, but not in the Las Vegas Valley. This year, the second-loosest slots in the nation—and the loosest in Nevada—are in the Reno/Tahoe area, with 94.96 percent of wagers returned to players. That was enough for Reno to squeak by our third-place finisher nationwide, the Boulder Strip—the group of properties along Boulder Highway in southeast Las Vegas that includes Sam’s Town, Boulder Station and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder.
There were few surprises elsewhere in our survey this year. In Atlantic City, Borgata turns in the highest payback again—the third Loosest Slots award in the resort’s three years of existence—returning 92.51 percent of wagers. Close behind were Trump Plaza at 92.25 percent and Trump Taj Mahal at 92.15 percent.
Everywhere else, there were repeat winners: President in Missouri; New Orleans in Louisiana; Cripple Creek in Colorado; Mohegan Sun in Connecticut; Casino Queen in Illinois; Argosy in Indiana; the Gulf Coast in Mississippi; Prairie Meadows in Iowa; and Lac-Leamy in Quebec.
A few tidbits within the numbers: Although failing for the second year in a row to reach our top three (after six years as Number One), North Las Vegas does have the loosest dollar slots in the nation, returning a hefty 96.49 percent of wagers to players last year. The highest annual payback number on our chart was 97.25 percent, returned by $5 slots at the Lakeside Casino Resort in Iowa. The “lowest loosest” number was 89.22 percent, returned by nickel slots at Foxwoods.
As always, our Loosest Slots results are certified by the Ventnor, NJ, accounting firm Rimm, Lavinsky, Horowitz and Pollard LLC.
To all of our Loosest Slots winners, congratulations from Casino Player. You have proven you know how to give slot players a fair shake.
Atlantic City
5¢
Borgata 90.74
Trump Marina 90.33
Trump Taj Mahal 89.93
25¢
Harrah’s 92.63
AC Hilton 92.19
Showboat 92.18
50¢
Harrah’s 94.15
Trump Plaza 93.02
Trump Marina 92.40
$1
Trump Taj Mahal 93.98
Trump Marina 93.35
Bally’s Park Place 93.23
$5
Trump Plaza 95.77
Trump Taj Mahal 95.15
AC Hilton 94.80
Overall
Borgata 92.51
Trump Plaza 92.25
Trump Taj Mahal 92.14
Connecticut
5¢
Foxwoods 89.22
Mohegan Sun 89.20
25¢
Foxwoods 91.00
Mohegan Sun 90.21
$1
Foxwoods 92.44
Mohegan Sun 92.13
$5
Foxwoods 94.34
Mohegan Sun 93.76
Overall
Mohegan Sun 91.48
Foxwoods 91.46
Colorado
5¢
Cripple Creek 93.54
Black Hawk 93.16
Central City 92.84
25¢
Black Hawk 94.99
Cripple Creek 94.99
Central City 94.64
$1
Central City 95.53
Cripple Creek 95.30
Black Hawk 95.27
Loosest Casinos In Vegas
$5
Black Hawk 95.83
Cripple Creek 95.46
Central City 94.53
Overall
Cripple Creek 94.29
Black Hawk 94.15
Central City 94.04
Illinois
5¢
Casino Queen 93.18
Alton Belle 92.72
Jumer’s Casino 92.31
25 Cent
Alton Belle 95.03
Casino Queen 95.02
Jumer’s Casino 94.94
$1
Casino Queen 96.25
Alton Belle 95.39
Harrah’s Joliet 95.29
$5
Alton Belle 97.14
Casino Queen 96.94
Empress Joliet 95.81
Overall
Casino Queen 95.13
Alton Belle 94.11
Grand Victoria 93.83
Indiana
5¢
Caesars 90.47
Belterra 90.24
Argosy 90.17
25¢
Trump 93.64
Belterra 93.42
Caesars 93.32
$1
Argosy 94.70
Trump 94.58
Majestic Star 93.95
$5
Argosy 96.55
Trump 96.36
Caesars 95.40
Overall
Argosy 93.32
Caesars 92.53
Belterra 92.44
Iowa
5¢
Mississippi Belle 2 93.00
Diamond Jo 92.29
Prairie Meadows 92.06
25¢
Diamond Jo 94.48
Isle of Capri Bettendorf 94.29
Mississippi Belle 2 94.07
$1
Prairie Meadows 95.76
Argosy of Sioux City 95.58
Rhythm City 95.28
$5
Lakeside 97.25
Argosy of Sioux City 96.45
Isle of Capri Marquette 96.25
Overall
Prairie Meadows 93.69
Diamond Jo 93.20
Dubuque Greyhound
Park & Casino 93.08
Louisiana
5¢
New Orleans 91.24
Baton Rouge 91.07
Shreveport/Bossier 90.03
25¢
New Orleans 93.03
Baton Rouge 93.03
Lake Charles 91.99
$1
New Orleans 94.66
Baton Rouge 94.22
Shreveport/Bossier 93.76
$5
New Orleans 95.83
Baton Rouge 95.25
Shreveport/Bossier 93.78
Overall
New Orleans 92.78
Shreveport/Bossier 92.40
Baton Rouge 92.25
Mississippi
5¢
Coastal Region 92.23
South River Region 91.76
North River Region 90.38
25¢
Coastal Region 94.34
South River Region 93.39
North River Region 92.76
$1
South River Region 95.70
Coastal Region 95.23
North River Region 95.20
$5
North River Region 95.94
South River Region 95.80
Coastal Region 95.69
Overall
Coastal Region 93.76
North River Region 93.33
South River Region 93.15
Missouri
5¢
Harrah’s N. KC 92.22
Ameristar St Charles 91.44
Mark Twain 91.29
25¢
Isle of Capri KC 93.98
President 93.88
Argosy Riverside 93.75
$1
President 95.63
Argosy Riverside 95.63
Isle of Capri KC 94.85
$5
Argosy Riverside 97.23
President 96.63
Isle of Capri KC 96.36
Loosest Slot Machines In Vegas
Overall
President 93.25
Isle of Capri KC 92.63
Argosy Riverside 92.62
Nevada
Loosest Slots On The Strip
5¢
Mesquite 93.81
Boulder Strip 93.50
North Las Vegas 93.15
Loosest Slots In Vegas Casinos
25¢
Boulder Strip 96.32
North Las Vegas 96.24
Balance of County 95.08
$1
North Las Vegas 96.49
Boulder Strip 96.17
Reno 95.84
$5
Laughlin 96.31
Balance of County 96.25
Reno 96.01
Overall
Reno 94.96
Boulder Strip 94.95
Balance of County 94.91
Quebec
5¢
Charlevoix 91.41
Lac-Leamy 90.78
Montreal 90.70
25¢
Montreal 91.59
Lac-Leamy 91.57
Charlevoix 91.08
$1
Lac-Leamy 94.38
Montreal 93.78
Charlevoix 93.52
$5
Lac-Leamy 95.23
Montreal 94.85
Charlevoix 94.24
Overall
Lac-Leamy 92.76
Montreal 92.57
Charlevoix 92.3
Loosest Slots.
Every online casino player knows the excitement of playing slots. It’s no surprise that slots are the most popular casino game in USA online casinos. The simplicity of the game and the flexibility of playing on any type of budget makes it a game for every type of casino player. Slots have been around for ages and have evolved over the years into the online extravaganza we know today. Each online casino has a wide variety of online slots to offer, with the best online casinos boasting hundreds of different titles.
Use the links provided to play free casino slot games online - no download or charge necessary. You will also find links to play other online casino games free, with a chance to earn real money! Our links take you to exciting online casino games that generously give you free casino money just to try them out. If you find some games that you like and wish to make a deposit, there are some great bonuses waiting for you!
Remember that all online casino games have certain playthrough requirements before you can withdraw your winnings, therefore it is always a smart idea to read the terms and conditions before depositing your money into any online casino.
Basics of online slots
In a nutshell, slots rules state that you insert coins and spin the reels. Once the reels have stopped spinning, you will see a combination of symbols on one or more “paylines.” Depending on the combinations, you could be rewarded on the slot’s credit meter.
There are many options of online slots to choose from, all offering different themes, experiences, and rewards. Some of the most exciting slots, of course, are progressive slots, which are jackpot slots steadily increasing over time. Progressive slots build up until a lucky winner hits the jackpot and then the figure resorts back to the base. Progressive slots can offer huge rewards, sometimes building to over $1 million. For example, the Big Series at Borgata NJ online casino has exceeded $2 million!
How to find free slots online
USA online casinos love to boast about their huge slots selections, therefore it is very easy to find FREE online slots! Yes, many online casinos will offer free spins and slots bonuses so that you can try out the slots in their libraries. These free slots bonuses come in many different variations. Most of the time, players will receive no deposit casino bonuses from online casinos which they have registered with, rewarding them with real money bonuses and free play. Registration bonuses will generally give you a certain amount of free spins and bonus money to play free games online. These can be used to experiment with different games before risking your own money on them. Free slots bonuses often come with bonus rounds which can lead to even more real money rewards and even more free spins!
Once you have registered with some of your favorite online casinos, you will want to start racking up your loyalty points. Online casino loyalty points will earn you even more bonuses to play free games online. A huge benefit of playing slots online is that you can rack up on your loyalty points while spinning the reels! Earn money playing slots and gain loyalty points at the same time.
How to win at slots
Now that we have established how to get free spins and play free games online, we ask the next question. How do you win at slots?
The options of online slots to choose from are never-ending. Each game offering different payout structures and different volatility. These factors affect how much you could end up taking away with you from each slots game.
Volatility refers to the risk involved with that particular game. Learning about the volatility of the particular slots titles will show you how frequently you can expect the slot to pay out and about how much you could earn. Low volatility slots will hit frequently but have lower payouts, while high volatility slots will hit less frequently, however, will payout in much higher amounts.
It’s also important to pay attention to each slot’s RTP percentages. RTP stands for “return to player” and refers to the amount of money a player can expect to win back from a game over a certain amount of time. This is a theoretical percentage and is typically used as a reference. Slots and other online casino games all have different RTP rates. The average RTP rate for online slots is 96% however, some online slots have extremely high RTP rates. Blood Suckers by NetEnt is one of the online slots with the highest RTP rates at 98%. It is important to take note of these percentages before gambling your money on a game.
Online Casino Slots Gaming
Different types of online slots
There are hundreds of different slots out there varying in paylines, themes RTP rates, volatility, etc. However, all of these slots can be boiled down to 5 main categories - 3-reel slots, 5-reel slots, bonus slots, feature slots, and progressive slots.
3-reel slots
3-reel slots are also known as classic slots and are very similar to the earlier forms of slot machines. 3-reel slots range from one to five paylines meaning there can be up to five different ways for the symbols to line up to form a winning combination. These classic forms of online slots are not as common anymore now that they’ve been replaced with modern games offering more paylines and special features. Tech companies are still creating modern classic slots, however, for those players who still enjoy playing 3-reel slots.
5-reel slots
5-reel slots are also known as video slots and can offer a large number of paylines. In the same way as 3-reel slots, the paylines in video slots can be formed in a horizontal fashion as well as diagonally, along with additional formations on the screen. Video slots offer many additional opportunities for winning combinations, making these games more exciting than the classic online slots.
Another exciting feature of video slots is the variety of graphics. Many come with storylines and captivating animations. The visuals and sound effects in these video slots make these games much more entertaining.
More extra features in 5-reel slots can include free spins, scatter symbols, multipliers, and bonus rounds. Extra features can potentially increase your winnings or at least earn you more opportunities to increase your winnings.
Bonus slots
Bonus slots allow players to play bonus rounds. These slots typically include a single payout line. Players will look for a particular bonus symbol to appear in one of the spaces which means they will receive a bonus payout.
Feature slots
Feature Slots are special online slots games with special features. These special features in feature slots are called scatter symbols and they are used to trigger certain prizes. The goal is to see these scatter symbols appear in particular combinations depending on the respective slots game. When you land on scatter symbols, you can win special prizes including free spins and bonuses.
Progressive slots
Progressive slots are the big moneymakers. These are the jackpot slots that build and build over time until one lucky winner lands on the right combination and brings home the bacon! Progressive slots can be included in any of the above categories and can also include special features like free spins, multipliers, and wilds. The chances of winning these jackpots are slim and random, however, the rewards are great. Some progressives can even top $1 million.
Usually, the way it works is, a portion of each wager goes towards the jackpot, so the jackpot grows as more people play. There is usually a list of games which all contribute to the same progressive jackpot. There can even be additional jackpots in the same progresisve slot which can be won through other combinations. Players can see the progressive jackpot amount through a display where the group of games included in the progressive jackpot are listed. Not all online slots include progressive jackpots, however, many of them do.
Online slots terminology
Free spins - Players can earn free spins during bonus rounds, giving them additional opportunities to win and increasing their winning odds. A multiplier is sometimes added to any wins accrued during the extra spins.
Multipliers - These bonus features are found in certain games. Multipliers increase your winnings, multiplying them by a specified number. (x2, x5, x10, etc.)
Wilds - These symbols are found in slots games. They can be used in order to create winning combinations. Wilds come in different forms including:
- Expanded wilds, which cover an entire reel
- Walking wilds that move around from reel to reel while the player spins
- Sticky wilds, which stay still and remain on the reels for a certain number of spins
Loosest Online Casino Slots Usa Casino
Jackpots - Many online slots are linked to particular jackpots. Jackpots accrue over time and can eventually pay out millions.
Scatter symbols - These lucky symbols pay out big bonus rewards or activate bonus rounds which can lead to free spins or other rewards. Different games have different rules however, for the most part, scatter symbols must appear in double or more across the reels.
Paylines - These lines appear on the screen, showing a payout based on the winning combinations. Different slots games have different numbers of paylines which usually run from left to right. In order to win, the player must match the symbols along an active payline.
Play free slots online now!
Let us guide you to play FREE games online. Just follow the links above and find some of the best free slots - no download necessary. There is no charge to play these online casino games and you can start playing immediately for free! These games will give you free money to try them out. You can keep what you win, however, you will be required to run a certain amount of your winnings through the machines before cashing out. Be sure to read the requirements for full details.
When you find some games you love and wish to make a deposit, you will start receiving even bigger bonuses. Online casinos love to reward their paying players. Once you have learned how to win at slots, practice on a few free games online and then start winning the big bucks!
Note: If you wish to play for real money, please make sure that you meet all legal, regulatory requirements before gambling in an online casino. For your safety, you must be 21 or older and be located within a legal online casino gambling jurisdiction. Our site receives visitors from all over the world and, therefore, we are incapable of knowing if you are currently located in a place where online casino gambling is legal. Ultimately, YOU are responsible for determining if it is legal for YOU to play any particular games or place any particular wager under the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located.