Down $1.85M, Then Up: Slot Tips From the Big Players

Narrator: Tonight, on The Week in Gambling: slot tips from the big players. A two-million-dollar comeback, eighty spins planned in advance, and the max bet question. Narrator: Jack's Gut Call, from the thumbnails alone: Vegas Matt. Jack: What happens in Vegas... Penny: ...ends up on your W-2G. Both: Win it. Log it. W2gMatch it. Jack: Down one point eight five million. Jack: He walked out ahead. Penny: Because he knew his number. Narrator: Previously: Jack found a wallet full of players cards. Tonight, a diner at dawn, and the habits of the big players worth copying. Narrator: Story one. NG Slot: I Won My One Point Eight Million Back, Then Left the Casino. Narrator: He says he was down one point eight five million on the trip. First spin of the session, at thirty-one twenty-five a spin: a bonus. Then another. Then a third. Narrator: The bonus paid three hundred fifteen thousand, six hundred twenty-five dollars. He says that put him up three thousand, seven hundred eleven for the whole trip. Jack: Down almost two million, then up three grand. Penny: And then he stood up. Jack: Legend. Narrator: Tip one, from NG Slot: keep the trip's total, not just tonight's. A big night can still be a losing trip, and the other way round. Jack: Hit like, and subscribe for Fridays. Penny: Got a slot question? Ask below. We answer. Narrator: Story two. Brian Christopher Slots, day fifty-five of Betting Two Million to Win Two Million. Narrator: The plan, set before the first spin: two hundred fifty a spin, eighty spins. Halfway through, ten thousand in, sixteen hundred back. Narrator: Then the Fireball bonus: seven thousand, and a handpay. The day still ended down eighty-one hundred. The series, he shows, is up sixty-eight eighty. Jack: Eighty spins at two-fifty, planned before he sat down. Penny: That's a budget, not a vibe. Narrator: Tip two, from Brian Christopher: decide the bet and the number of spins before you sit down. Bet times spins is the most tonight can cost. Narrator: Story three. Vegas Matt: Max Betting Every Slot Machine I Play. Narrator: Every machine's max bet is different. On Charms Full Link it was thirty-seven fifty. On Fever Spins, seventy-two. Narrator: A Charms bonus paid twenty-five sixty-two fifty, and the Fever Spins Major added nine seventy-four. Jack: Max bet on every machine. Jack: Very Matt. Penny: Read the help screen first. Every time. Narrator: Tip three, from Vegas Matt's video: know the max bet before you press it. The help screen shows what each bet level pays and qualifies for. A bigger bet makes every spin cost more. Narrator: The rest of the week, with a tip from each. Lady Luck HQ played Dragon Link at twelve fifty a spin, and one bonus paid twenty-six twenty-two. Big bets swing hard: size the bet so the bankroll lasts the night. Narrator: Brettski and a friend split twenty thousand into ten two-thousand-dollar vouchers, and finished six thousand ahead. Fixed units make a night easy to count. Narrator: Mr. Hand Pay gave Eldon, eighty-three, ten thousand in free play. Eldon left with forty-three thirty-seven. Free play is still a session: log it too. Narrator: And the most-watched clip of the week: Bandit AP's card counter, walked out in Las Vegas. Slot Queen, Stacey, Cowboy Slots and Jackpot Jonny all had busy weeks too. Narrator: The funny one. NG Slot sat down at a Buffalo to bet eight hundred a spin. The machine's max was four hundred. Jack: He wanted eight hundred a spin. The machine said four. Penny: Smart machine. Narrator: Comment of the Week, from POV Slots: do you usually set a loss limit, or just ride it out? Jack: From the comments: loss limit, or ride it out? Penny: Set it before spin one. Keep it. Narrator: The board: wins and losses, as the creators' own videos tell them. Narrator: Jack's gut: zero for two. Penny: still not surprised. Narrator: Machine of the Week. Penny's review: the Buffalo that stopped NG Slot at four hundred. The only machine this week that set a limit. Four stars. Narrator: What the big players do. A plan before the first spin. The trip total, not the night. Fixed units. The max bet read before it is pressed. None of it changes the odds. It changes what you keep track of. Jack: I just say my night. Jack: Free on every account. Penny: It nets every session for you. Narrator: Say it. Snap it. Hand it off. W2gMatch dot com, slash session tracker. Penny: Card in. Penny: Every spin is random. No machine is due. Jack: That's why we listen to her. Narrator: Penny's penny tip. A penny machine is rarely a penny a spin: read the total bet. Card in every time, because the casino's win-loss statement only counts carded play. And every spin is random. No machine is ever due. Narrator: Know the line: a slot jackpot of two thousand dollars or more comes with a W-2G, the form the casino files when you win big. Every dollar is taxable, and this year only ninety percent of losses are deductible. Narrator: In Washington, as of our last check, the bill to restore the full gambling-loss deduction still waits for a House floor vote. Ninety percent stands for now. Penny: Slot questions? Ask in the comments. We check every answer. Jack: She checks. I nod. Narrator: Next Friday: Penny asks who was at the table. Narrator: The Week in Gambling. Every Friday, ten a.m. Eastern. Ask any slot question in the comments. Penny checks every answer. Jack nods. Narrator (end card): Like, subscribe, and ask Jack or Penny any slot question in the comments.