Comments Welcome Weirdest gambling superstitions/rituals you have seen or done?

[dunover]

So for lightening the mood I always remember odd behaviour by either myself or others, going right back to arcades decades ago. The foreign bloke who accused people's 'eyes of being evil' and cursing his Electrocoin (IIRC) play and wouldn't press start until they weren't looking. Those that 'stroked' the start button continually until they built up the absolute minimum necessary pressure to spin the reels. People who covered the glass every few spins. Just a few odd rituals I remember.

Myself? I always try and position the cursor right in the middle of the start button since autoplay stopped for UK. Then starting when the seconds on the clock are either ending in 5 or 0 (I've managed to wean myself off of that one of late).

All of the above are absolutely ineffectual, absurd and pointless and we know it, so why?

 

[Deanna]

Indeed! I don't have any strange rituals really other than sometimes looking away from the screen if I think the feature is going to hit. I especially seem to do it with Cash Bandits. Like that helps, you know, if I'm not looking. Ha. I was at a land-based casino last weekend and had to move machines two different times. I've never seen anything like it. Two different women were half standing and rubbing their hands all over the screen, up down, sideways - like they were...heck, I don't even know what to compare it to. I couldn't take it, it was kind of freaking me out.

 

[09237653]

many many years ago, my brother used to ctl,alt,delete the partycasino software client to 'save' his slot sessions after busting out to be sure it was the same 'session' later on when playing again, this had a unintended side effect of replacing bonus balances with (lost) cash balances which they eventually picked up on and banned him saying he owes them lots of money, he is still banned there to this day because of this.

 

[dunover]

Indeed! I don't have any strange rituals really other than sometimes looking away from the screen if I think the feature is going to hit. I especially seem to do it with Cash Bandits. Like that helps, you know, if I'm not looking. Ha. I was at a land-based casino last weekend and had to move machines two different times. I've never seen anything like it. Two different women were half standing and rubbing their hands all over the screen, up down, sideways - like they were...heck, I don't even know what to compare it to. I couldn't take it, it was kind of freaking me out.

Wow! Maybe out-of-work masseurs?

 

[Deanna]

I think they figured when the feature hit, if they had sex with the machine they'd hit big. I'll never know, I ran away HAHA

 

[dunover]

many many years ago, my brother used to ctl,alt,delete the partycasino software client to 'save' his slot sessions after busting out to be sure it was the same 'session' later on when playing again, this had a unintended side effect of replacing bonus balances with (lost) cash balances which they eventually picked up on and banned him saying he owes them lots of money, he is still banned there to this day because of this.

Confused it all with compensated slots did he? I've heard many players have doubts because when they reload an online slot it gives the default reels like some versions of Bonanza do, and they think that they were 'due' a win and that will reset their chances lol

 

[09237653]

Confused it all with compensated slots did he? I've heard many players have doubts because when they reload an online slot it gives the default reels like some versions of Bonanza do, and they think that they were 'due' a win and that will reset their chances lol

this was back probably around 2000, and yes we grew up on seaside arcades and knew very little about online random slots so we did assume they were like the ones down the arcades.

 

[dunover]

this was back probably around 2000, and yes we grew up on seaside arcades and knew very little about online random slots so we did assume they were like the ones down the arcades.

Understandable, as you know we still see people suggesting the very same here today. My favourite is The Bandit when he gambles up to the top feature first attempt in a session, then when it's crap shouts "You're telling me the game doesn't know it went up first time???"

 

[YouTubeSlots]

I've got a few,

I've always felt when you want to win really bad, you won't.

And when you don't care and have already accepted you've lost before you start, You win!

Another is that online casinos tend to always start playing much more in my favour after midnight.

Slots play better at launch, then they eventually fall in line with the rest.

Chasing a bonus on a slot that is playing like shit and hardly teasing scatters is a waste of time, Because when it lands eventually it's usually always Shit.

Some of these theories do hold weight though In my opinion. Some most likely are just superstitions so a nice pick and mix.

I could go on and on, but that will do for now.

 

[Deanna]

"Slots play better at launch, then they eventually fall in line with the rest."

Truer words were never spoken. Every time I try a new game, I'm like OMG, I'll never stop playing this, I'm killing it! Yeah. No.

 

[dunover]

"Slots play better at launch, then they eventually fall in line with the rest."

Truer words were never spoken. Every time I try a new game, I'm like OMG, I'll never stop playing this, I'm killing it! Yeah. No.

Kinda like the N. American land-based players who seem to believe the slots near the entrance are 'tweaked' to pay more than the rest.

 

[dunover]

P.S. Another classic (The Bandit again often comes out with this) is believing or suggesting the feature will be good because the scatters landed on the same row or in a symmetrical pattern.

 

[Jono777]

Quick one for now, will revisit this thread when not so tired as I have loads lol.... ....

Before the removal of the Dead or Alive "teaser spin" I used to sometimes do batches of 3 rituals on a tease for the bonus

1) Really hard stare at the screen, reel by reel.
2) Point at the remaining reels, physically touching monitor
3) Close eyes and listen for the 3rd 'dunk'

rinse and repeat.

On those days when it was bonusing often, I'd sometimes think "It's due to land on a number 3" etc all bonuses today have come from 1&2 etc.....

Also during a bonus I occasionally follow the 9 win lines in order spin by spin as they progress with the mouse pointer and 'click' that position if they happen to land.

The mindset of a gambler eh lol?

 

[sufferinsilence]

As a sports gambler: completely ignoring the match or event you have a bet on because "they know"...

Or, and bare with me here for a minute, betting on the side you don't want to win because that means the one you support will win

 

[dunover]

Quick one for now, will revisit this thread when not so tired as I have loads lol.... ....

Before the removal of the Dead or Alive "teaser spin" I used to sometimes do batches of 3 rituals on a tease for the bonus

1) Really hard stare at the screen, reel by reel.
2) Point at the remaining reels, physically touching monitor
3) Close eyes and listen for the 3rd 'dunk'

rinse and repeat.

On those days when it was bonusing often, I'd sometimes think "It's due to land on a number 3" etc all bonuses today have come from 1&2 etc.....

Also during a bonus I occasionally follow the 9 win lines in order spin by spin as they progress with the mouse pointer and 'click' that position if they happen to land.

The mindset of a gambler eh lol?

I used to do that on Rhino autoplay back in the day, was convinced if I didn't watch I would hear the crash-crash-crash of the 3 diamond scatters far sooner. Listening would produce more features than watching and 'a watched autoplay button never greys out' lol

 

[satchnz]

Myself? I always try and position the cursor right in the middle of the start button since autoplay stopped for UK.

No way! This is my secret winning strategy!

 

[slot_zombie]

Due to the built in delay for the UK, this only applies to non-UKGC casinos.

Spoiler alert: all Pragmatic slots.

I found that gluing my eyes to the balance is more efficient than looking at the reels. If a win or bonus is coming in, when spin is pressed the credit will go down almost instantly before the reels even start spinning. If there is a 0.5 - 1 sec (or so) delay in the credit going down, it's a dead spin.

Can use this to predict whether a tease is actually going to land or not (unless there is a win on a win line as well). Good for the teasing Bass games.

Of course it's pretty much killed the fun. I realise this is more of a tell than a superstition but it does kind of fit in with the theme of daft player behaviour

 

[Deanna]

Due to the built in delay for the UK, this only applies to non-UKGC casinos.

Spoiler alert: all Pragmatic slots.

I found that gluing my eyes to the balance is more efficient than looking at the reels. If a win or bonus is coming in, when spin is pressed the credit will go down almost instantly before the reels even start spinning. If there is a 0.5 - 1 sec (or so) delay in the credit going down, it's a dead spin.

Can use this to predict whether a tease is actually going to land or not (unless there is a win on a win line as well). Good for the teasing Bass games.

Of course it's pretty much killed the fun. I realise this is more of a tell than a superstition but it does kind of fit in with the theme of daft player behaviour

I try really hard NOT to look at the balance so it doesn't spoil the fun. I hate that the balance immediately reflects what is happening because it takes a little bit of the fun away from watching the graphics but I'm with you, sometimes my eyes stay glued to the balance when I'm spinning and I have to mentally stop myself and try to ignore it. It almost causes me to completely zone into a trance, spin, spin, spin, spin, oh wake up, balance changed!! hahha

 

[Ginogenelli]

Loads of people used to rub their pound coin on the fruit machines in pubs etc if the machine kept rejecting it

 

[Jono777]

Loads of people used to rub their pound coin on the fruit machines in pubs etc if the machine kept rejecting it

Strangest thing is though, it worked lol!

 

[dunover]

Shame rubbing my debit card on the ATM never got me a withdrawal when skint lol

 

[dunover]

Oh, I just remembered another one I witnessed in arcades - people putting their fag packets on the glass resting on the bottom edge, but it MUST be as tight into the left lower corner of the glass as possible.

Then on the subject of the glass over reels, people who made patterns out of pound coins on the glass and eventually took them off and fed them back in, always leaving a certain arrangement with the remainder.

 

[L&L-Jan]

3) Close eyes and listen for the 3rd 'dunk'

Only during bad sessions though, like last 3 weeks

 

[Deanna]

Oh, I just remembered another one I witnessed in arcades - people putting their fag packets on the glass resting on the bottom edge, but it MUST be as tight into the left lower corner of the glass as possible.

Then on the subject of the glass over reels, people who made patterns out of pound coins on the glass and eventually took them off and fed them back in, always leaving a certain arrangement with the remainder.

Color me stupid. I'm from Columbus, Ohio and I have idea what a 'fag packet' is. Cigarettes?

 

[dunover]

Color me stupid. I'm from Columbus, Ohio and I have idea what a 'fag packet' is. Cigarettes?

 

[Jono777]

Only during bad sessions though, like last 3 weeks

Ssssh lol

Best thing I ever did is move my budget from VS over to you guys

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Ssssh lol

Best thing I ever did is move my budget from VS over to you guys

Dont worry Jon, it only gets smoother here on out max rtps and value for money.

No more scummy scam rtps and 2 free spins on a SHIT! RAW Gaming slot.

Those days are in the past now my friend,

Now! the Temple has truly risen from the sands!

 

[k6kaysix]

On the arcade community games (Think the likes of Money Mad Martians) I let the pick time out and pick itself as I used to be convinced it would give me a greater chance of it picking the pot bonus (obviously it makes NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER)

The pensioners in the arcade giving me helpful advice to press the Start button a bit slower 'so the machine has a bit of time to think'

 

[k6kaysix]

Oh, I just remembered another one I witnessed in arcades - people putting their fag packets on the glass resting on the bottom edge, but it MUST be as tight into the left lower corner of the glass as possible.

Then on the subject of the glass over reels, people who made patterns out of pound coins on the glass and eventually took them off and fed them back in, always leaving a certain arrangement with the remainder.

Sometimes you would line up coins on a fruit machine to keep track of how much you were in as it was easier than trying to keep track in your head, £1 coin = £10 in and so on

It does lead me to another urban myth thought that I often heard about in that sometimes if someone had cleaned out a machine they would often leave a 2p coin or something nearby to tip off their other player friends/rivals that it was toast!

 

[Avernite]

I guess the only one was years ago for about a month, closing my eyes during a fruit warp tease so I could hear the 5th Fruit plink in.

Other than that it's trying to ignore tells. Book of madness on some sites will always slightly lag on a loss, or drop smoothly for a win.

 

[slot_zombie]

I guess the only one was years ago for about a month, closing my eyes during a fruit warp tease so I could hear the 5th Fruit plink in.

Other than that it's trying to ignore tells. Book of madness on some sites will always slightly lag on a loss, or drop smoothly for a win.

That's pretty much all NLC games.

 

[satchnz]

Other than that it's trying to ignore tells. Book of madness on some sites will always slightly lag on a loss, or drop smoothly for a win.

It is amazing the number of slots that spin slightly differently when a win is about to drop vs a dead spin.

Hacksaw and its cohorts are a perfect example. Symbols drop more quickly when it’s going to be a winning spin. Slower for a dead spin. It is subtle but noticeable. Unfortunately it is a tell after you’ve hit the spin button so it’s not possible to take advantage of.

 

[avfcalex23]

This sounds ridiculous but I’ll sometimes screen record my features. Hoping the site recognises I’m recording it and gives me a big payout for clout

 

[satchnz]

This sounds ridiculous but I’ll sometimes screen record my features. Hoping the site recognises I’m recording it and gives me a big payout for clout

I record ALL of my play. Wins of 250x or more get saved to my media server. Wins of 500x or more go on YouTube. Why? Because!

 

[k6kaysix]

It is amazing the number of slots that spin slightly differently when a win is about to drop vs a dead spin.

Hacksaw and its cohorts are a perfect example. Symbols drop more quickly when it’s going to be a winning spin. Slower for a dead spin. It is subtle but noticeable. Unfortunately it is a tell after you’ve hit the spin button so it’s not possible to take advantage of.

That reminds me quite a few of the arcade games do that with audio rather than visual clues, Black Knight Community for example you can tell if you're getting 1 wild pick, 2 wild picks or the bonus just based on the little sound effect it makes (once you notice it you notice it every single time)

Amazing how sound affects the old brain chemicals when gambling I've noticed, it is a complete shock to the system if the sound is on mute/knackered

 

[dunover]

It is amazing the number of slots that spin slightly differently when a win is about to drop vs a dead spin.

Hacksaw and its cohorts are a perfect example. Symbols drop more quickly when it’s going to be a winning spin. Slower for a dead spin. It is subtle but noticeable. Unfortunately it is a tell after you’ve hit the spin button so it’s not possible to take advantage of.

I noticed that on the awful new flash versions of old MG slots like TS2 - you eventually knew by the split second difference in the spin whether it was going to be a winning ways-pay or not.

On that subject, my favourite action on TS2 was looking at the balance when two scatters had come in within say the first 3 reels which pays you 1x, and staring only at the balance only up the top to see if it had risen by 2x or 20x which would mean 3 or 4 scatters and I could then look forward to playing the feature.

Only thing was, it hurt when I saw it rise by 2x and excitedly waited to choose my FS round, only to look down and see that I hadn't triggered it but the monocled n*nce had actually given 3OAK for 1x on top of the 1x for just two scatters which it did in certain reel configs.

 

[slot_zombie]

As with all MG slow spin = win, fast spin = dead spin.

A slow spin that's faster than the average slow spin with 2 scatters = third scatter guaranteed to drop.

Should probably get out more.

 

[Jono777]

"Monocled N*nce" - Now that is a blast from the past

 

[dunover]

Oh, and another one that completely boiled my p*** when I first started online gambling was those UK Bingo sites with slots, with the ludicrous chat person/hostess always on the screen who then would make a pattern of keyboard characters from asterisks etc. in the chat for 'lucky dust' or whatever. Even worse were the clowns who had just triggered a feature on their slot and said they wouldn't start them without the said sprinkling of lucky dust!

OMFG!!! Made me want to submerge my head in a sink full of cold water.

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Oh, and another one that completely boiled my p*** when I first started online gambling was those UK Bingo sites with slots, with the ludicrous chat person/hostess always on the screen who then would make a pattern of keyboard characters from asterisks etc. in the chat for 'lucky dust' or whatever. Even worse were the clowns who had just triggered a feature on their slot and said they wouldn't start them without the said sprinkling of lucky dust!

OMFG!!! Made me want to submerge my head in a sink full of cold water.

Yeah i remember the same, every bingo site chat-room had those mods in trying to be everyones best mates (Especially the loyal addicts) They got the most dust sprinklings of all, You used to see people so bothered about some staff member posting a bloody good luck lady bird they had made from txt/numbers it was sad, I used to read the chat and just shake my head at how pathetic it all was.

I got banned from the chat by a couple of them for calling out how sad they all were, i wonder if its all still the same now? I dont have any accounts with those bingo sites anymore as i made about a 1000 of them 15 years ago, and got a good gubbings from pretty much all of the 888 entire network which is most of them.

 

[slot_zombie]

Those bingo sites used to be profitable when they had good bonuses at the start. Used to pile into the random-but-so-obviously-somewhat-compensated Eyecon slots like shamans and fluffy favourites then return to them with a cash deposit if the bonus busted out.

Was overall +ev for me for many years but not life changing of course. Kept my gambling head above water anyway.

 

[kg2025]

The only ritual I have is, I wait to smoke a fag until I got free spins , I'd call it my lucky smoke . Then when I started playing Megaways I couldn't wait that long, who can wait over an hour for a smoke waiting for a bonus to hit

 

[kg2025]

Loads of people used to rub their pound coin on the fruit machines in pubs etc if the machine kept rejecting it

Done that many a time on the old Barcrest machines , it did work too . I won 200 pound when I was 15 at the local snooker hall . I only put in a tenner , it's been downhill ever since

 

[dunover]

Done that many a time on the old Barcrest machines , it did work too . I won 200 pound when I was 15 at the local snooker hall . I only put in a tenner , it's been downhill ever since

That's just it, most gamblers invariably start with a win, as I did.

 

[Jono777]

Yeah i remember the same, every bingo site chat-room had those mods in trying to be everyones best mates (Especially the loyal addicts) They got the most dust sprinklings of all, You used to see people so bothered about some staff member posting a bloody good luck lady bird they had made from txt/numbers it was sad, I used to read the chat and just shake my head at how pathetic it all was.

I got banned from the chat by a couple of them for calling out how sad they all were, i wonder if its all still the same now? I dont have any accounts with those bingo sites anymore as i made about a 1000 of them 15 years ago, and got a good gubbings from pretty much all of the 888 entire network which is most of them.

Made a "small fortune" from those Cassava sites when I first set out.

Used to have my auto clicker program running pretty much 24/7 across 3 towers with a KVM switch to flick between them attached to one monitor, whilst at work, whilst in bed, yup all the bloody time, but well worth it lol.

Hard grind to build a withdrawable balance but as long as you just played the freebies, it was approx £100 pcm per site IIRC. Exception was Foxy Bingo which offered free £25 houses every hour was it? - Rare but was nice to come downstairs following day occasionally and check PC "Oh look, I've had a Foxy hit in the night"

Eventually got banned but was well, well in front across many of their brands. Also had way more than my share of spawn on the Virtue Fusion sites with paid games and thier 1xWR deposit matches.

 

[satchnz]

Those bingo sites used to be profitable when they had good bonuses at the start. Used to pile into the random-but-so-obviously-somewhat-compensated Eyecon slots like shamans and fluffy favourites then return to them with a cash deposit if the bonus busted out.

Was overall +ev for me for many years but not life changing of course. Kept my gambling head above water anyway.

I cut my teeth on online slots with Fluffy Favourites on B365 back in 2020!

 

[kg2025]

That's just it, most gamblers invariably start with a win, as I did.

I thought it was Christmas when the machine starting pumping out 200 pound coins , little did I know

 

[satchnz]

Used to have my auto clicker program running pretty much 24/7 across 3 towers with a KVM switch to flick between them attached to one monitor, whilst at work, whilst in bed, yup all the bloody time, but well worth it lol.

Of course you moved on to mining crypto?

 

[dunover]

I cut my teeth on online slots with Fluffy Favourites on B365 back in 2020!

I played that Eyecon Secret garden one with the 3x FS and doubling wilds, basically a copy of IGTs Cleopatra, plus they had another few the same, one was Egypt-themed.

I think 3 roses triggered FS and the birds were top symbol, well, there were a few but I think the bluebirds or thrush was.

 

[satchnz]

I played that Eyecon Secret garden one with the 3x FS and doubling wilds, basically a copy of IGTs Cleopatra, plus they had another few the same, one was Egypt-themed.

I think 3 roses triggered FS and the birds were top symbol, well, there were a few but I think the bluebirds or thrush was.

I’ve not seen Secret Garden but I’ve played Cleopatra many times in casinos down under, Vegas, and online.