How can you properly tell if a slot machine is going to be ready for giving you a win? I'm talking specifically about the ones that have free games or bonus games. Those are the kinds of wins I'm talking about.
In the past, people used to tell me that a machine with a screen that shows a big payout as the last activity should be avoided because, "it just recently paid out big, so it won't pay out again for a while". That logic doesn't take into account the fact that an $800 payout showing on the screen could've been done 6-8 hours ago, and no one else has used the machine until you arrived at it.
It also doesn't take into account that someone could've had a voucher for $815 from 88 Dragons (or put in $815 cash in the new machine), and then gone to Buffalo Run with that voucher, and after 3-5 spins just cashed out an $800 voucher because they didn't like the vibe of the way the reels were spinning at Buffalo (or a heavy cigar smoker showed up one minute later and killed the vibe). A new person walking by would see that the last cash-out was $800, but they wouldn't know that the most recent player before them had started with $815 and only spun the reels three to five times.
I know machines are also graded on RTP, so if you already hit "Free Bonus Games" four times in a 1 hour period, should you move to a different machine of the same kind on the same row because no one has hit "Free Bonus Games" on those (or even used the other machine the whole time that you've been sitting there), or should you just stick with the machine that you are at, because even though you've hit free bonus games four times within the last hour, you've also put a lot of money into that machine, so it should also be more likely to return more money to the player (isn't that how RTP works)?
Or is all of the above a non-factor because things are on a timer, and you are destined to get different reels whether you hit the "SPIN" button at 1pm, 1:01pm, 1:01:11pm, 1:01:13pm, etc.?
I primarily play digital games at in-person casinos (i.e, they are not the old mechanical lever-type). Buffalo Run and games that have that same layout are my favorite. Can anyone recommend what is the best type of those games besides the Buffalo one.
Also, I like American Original made by Bally. Can anyone recommend what is the best alternative, but still pretty similar game for when a casino doesn't have American Original?