{"id":3645,"date":"2017-06-13T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=3645"},"modified":"2017-07-01T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T18:36:33","slug":"when-are-penny-slots-not-really-penny-slots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/when-are-penny-slots-not-really-penny-slots\/","title":{"rendered":"When are Penny Slots Not Really Penny Slots?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Casinos often use the term penny slots to attract low rollers. After all, what could be the harm in playing a penny slot machine?<\/p>\n

But if you take a deeper look into the matter, you’ll notice that penny slots aren’t exactly what they seem. Let’s discuss why these games are misleading and how you can play slots for cheap.<\/p>\n

What is a Penny Slot?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The average player may think that penny slots only cost a penny to play. This is sometimes the case. But other times, you have to spend much more to play.<\/p>\n

\"\"Many “penny slots” I’ve seen require you to bet $1 or more per spin.<\/p>\n

How is this possible?<\/p>\n

The term penny slot means that you can bet as little as one cent per line. This sounds like a sweet deal in theory. But the problem comes in when you’re forced to play 50 or 100 paylines.<\/p>\n

This bumps the cost up to $0.50 or $1.00 per spin.<\/p>\n

Die-hard players won’t be bothered by this amount. But low rollers don’t jump on penny slot machines to bet $500 or more per hour.<\/p>\n

High-Cost Penny Slots are Normally in Land-based Casinos<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem described above is most common in brick-and-mortar casinos. And there’s a simple explanation why: land-based casinos can’t afford to let you play for $0.01 per spin.<\/p>\n

These venues have high overhead costs, and the slot cabinets themselves are expensive.<\/p>\n

Sure, it can be misleading to get players onto machines with the promise of penny bets. But the casino won’t make any money if they really let people play for such a small amount.<\/p>\n

Play Online Slots for True Penny Slots<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"If you don’t mind spending $1 or more to play penny slot machines, then by all means visit brick-and-mortar casinos.<\/p>\n

But if you want the cheapest games possible, then you’ll find these at online casinos.<\/p>\n

Going further, many internet slots let you play one line at one penny per spin. You can’t win much this way, but at least you’re only betting a penny.<\/p>\n

That said, head to online casinos for true penny slots and test them out first before betting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Casinos often use the term penny slots to attract low rollers. After all, what could be the harm in playing a penny slot machine? But if you take a deeper look into the matter, you’ll notice that penny slots aren’t exactly what they seem. Let’s discuss why these games are misleading and how you can …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,4,12],"tags":[995,424,416,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3645"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3651,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3645\/revisions\/3651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}