Depending on the payout schedule of a slot game, winning payouts will vary from game to game. Knowing the difference between the jackpot payout of a progressive slot and a straight slot is quite important. Let's examine what a fixed payout schedule looks like:
The above image is a screenshot of the payout table from the "Red, White and Blue" 3-reel straight slot game.
As the table shows, the maximum payout is for 10,000 coins on a 3 coin bet. For a two coin bet, the max payout is 4,000 coins, and a single coin wager can win as much as 2,000 coins on a single spin. It is clear to see the more coins one bets, the better the odds and payout are.
Players who do not pay any attention to payout schedules are often the same players who walk away from the slot machines without a coin in their pocket. Similarly, those players who only pay attention to the maximum payout (in this case, 10,000 coins) are not doing themselves any favors as well.
On the other hand, the smartest way to examine a payout schedule is to look at the lower winning symbol combinations. Choose a machine that offers the most winnings for the lower and medium symbol combos, because these are the ones you will be hitting most often, which consequently, will keep you playing longer. Do not play a slot machine simply because it has a high maximum payout.
Reasons for doing so, are the simple fact that your chances of winning the large jackpot are a lot lower than winning smaller payouts. By walking around the casino, you should look at all slot machine payout schedules before you begin to play.
For example, let's say you want to decide between two slot machines. One machine offers a payout of 10 coins (on a 3 coin wager) for the lowest winning symbol combination, while the other machine offers a payout of 15 coins for a 3 coin wager with the same odds of winning as the first machine. The choice should be obvious.
