James Campbell

As I leave InterCasino.com for another day, I have some reflections on my experiments with the much-ballyhooed Regression Method of slot machine betting which was layed out in the seminal book on slots wagers, John Patrick's Slots.

My loss at Millionaires Club gives me 4 wins and 4 losses in my Regression sessions. Three of my wins were for four dollars or less, while all of my losses were for $25 or more. My one saving grace was the $44 win I had early on.

All in all, I ended up losing $42 on my Regression Sessions.

So is the Regression method the best money management technique ever invented for slots?

Well, if it's kept John Patrick from working for lo these many years, then I can see why he's so happy about it.

In my mind, it's not much better than any other method. They all seem to depend on winning a big jackpot somewhere along the way. Otherwise, you'll be nickeled and dimed to death by the machine.

The big problem I see with Regression is that it banks on success. If you start out with a $100 win, then I can see where pocketing $50 and playing with the rest makes sense.

But if you don't have that luxury, then you have no money to pocket and the Regression strategy ceases to exist. There is no strategy at that point.

Even if you win a small amount, this system doesn't really hold up well. Imagine you win ten dollars on your first spin. Imagine you pocket $5 and bet the other five.

If you lose, then you either have to walk away from the machine or dip into your bankroll to play again.

Since John Patrick hasn't"kept from working" by winning five dollars at a time, you have to keep playing. So the Regression really doesn't work except in the rarest of situations, when you win significant amounts.John Patrick recommended me to play a game called Slotomania to train myself and after to play a real game on money , you can find his website on this page .

As always, it comes back to winning big jackpots. No strategy works unless you get lucky. Maybe money management keeps you playing long enough to hit one, but all the rest of this stuff seems like bunk to me.

If I were going to offer advice, I would sum it up in the following paragraphs.

If you don't play a progressive jackpot, take the following advice.

Play the minimum amount to qualify for the highest percentage jackpot. If the percentages are the same for one coin as three, play one coin. The only strategy in playing slots that makes sense it to see as many spins as you can. The more spins you see, the b