Keep in mind there is a trend afoot here. The slot manufacturers are making the newer machines increasingly volitile. I don't know where that trend is going to end. However ... having played slots regularly for 10 years now, in the past few years, I have been winning many fewer times ... however, the large payouts I receive add up to about the same as the small amounts I was winning more frequently.

The casino owners and slot manufacturers like this --- because people enjoy the increased excitement of a larger potential payback. The machines are not busy as long (because, on average, you lose your money faster) and therefore more people end up playing the same machine. Also, the number of lines gets up to 50 which generates more money. Add to this, the fact the denomination is dropping to favour amounts with a poor payback percentage (eg. pennies, or 2 cent) --- and this is a common theme everywhere. You will only really know if the Philly casino is worse than the others if you can survey the payback percentage. Is it published anywhere?

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