How to win on Slots

When it comes to how to win on slots there are unfortunately no guaranteed ways to ensure you make a profit BUT below are four tips to help improve your chances of winning.

Tip 1:

Check the RTP Payout Rate

Every slot game comes with a Return to Player (RTP) payout rate e.g. 92% payout rate, 96% payout rate.

The game RTP represents the percentage of bets that the slot is designed to payout in winnings (over a large volume of wagering).

For example, if a slot game with a 95% payout rate received £10,000 in bets over the course of a month, it should theoretically payout £9,500 in winnings during that time period.

How do I view the RTP rate?

You can see the RTP rate within any slot game by touching the help icon (which is often a ‘?’ or ‘i’ symbol) within any slot game (see icon circled in bottom left of image below):

Once you have accessed the help area you simply need to navigate to the ‘Game Rules’ or ‘Payouts’ section to see the slot game’s RTP payout rate:

Higher RTP = Higher Winning Potential

It goes without saying that a game with a high 96.71% RTP like Big Bass Splash is statistically more likely to payout than a game with a lower 94.50% RTP like Golden Winner.

Are RTPs the same across all websites?

Quick shockingly, the answer to this question is NO. The same game can often have different RTP rates depending on the casino / betting website you play at.

For example the popular slot game Book of Dead has a payout rate of 96.21% at Bet365 but just 91.25% at 888 Casino. That’s approx 5% difference and likely to mean your gaming experience at Bet365 is likely to be far better (your balance should go further as you are statistically likely to hit more winning spins) than your gaming experience at 888 Casino.

Playing Real Money Slots

The moral of the story above is that if you are playing real money slot games then you need to be very sensible with…

a) Where you play (which betting site / casino)

b) Which slot games you play

Quite frankly you would be crazy to play a slot game at a low 91% RTP on one site when the same game is available at almost a 97% RTP payout rate elsewhere.

Best Slot Sites

Brands like Kwiff, Party Casino, Ladbrokes & Coral tend to offer high RTPs, whereas brands like Jackpot Joy & LeoVegas tend of offer much lower RTP payout rates (on exactly the same games).

If you do intend to play slots with real money then please be very careful where you choose to play. We also strongly suggest you play slot games for free before you risk hard earned real money (to familiarise yourself with how they work).

Best High RTP Slots

The highest RTP slots in the UK are:

Ugga Bugga – 99.07% RTP
Book of 99 – 99.00% RTP
1429 Uncharted Seas – 98.60% RTP
Marching Legions – 98.12% RTP
Money Cart 2 – 98.00% RTP

Tip 2:

Check the Volatility Level

Another key thing to look out for is the volatility of each slot you play:

‘High Volatility’ slots tend to offer big potential max wins (i.e. they allow you to win over 50,000 times your bet on any spin) but they payout very infrequently.
‘Low volatility’ slots are the complete opposite and tend to award smaller max wins (typically up to 5000 times your stake or less) but they payout more frequently.

How do I check a slot’s volatility?

Simply tap the ‘i’ , ‘?’ or ‘help’ button within any slot game & navigate to ‘payouts’, ‘game rules’ or ‘volatility’ to see a slot game’s volatility level:

What’s better? High or Low Volatility?

In our opinion, the customer experience tends to be better when playing low / medium volatility slots (with frequent small payouts) …especially when you only have a small (less than £100) balance to play with.

If you play a high volatility slot with a small balance, you are likely to burn through your money relatively quickly and consequently receive little enjoyment.

Best Low Volatility Slots

Tip 3:

Play Slots with Good Bonus Rounds

Bonus rounds & bonus features can hugely maximise your winning potential on a slot game. A good bonus round can award…

Multipliers – that multiply your win 2 times, 10 times, 100 times etc
Free Spins – that give you extra spins at no cost
Wild Symbols – that substitute other symbols to generate winning lines / combinations
Gamble Feature – which allows you to double up your win
Extra Win Lines – which reveal additional winning combinations

Which Slots have the best bonus features?

Big Bass slot games from Pragmatic Play are famous for having generous fishing bonus rounds which tend to award handsome payouts.

Another range of slots with great bonus features are Inspired Gaming‘s Grand Chance slots. If you enable both the ‘Fortune Bet’ & ‘Gamble Feature’ within Grand Chance slot games, you will maximise your winning potential.

Top 5 Slots for Bonus Rounds

Tip 4:

Play Megaways Slots

A final tip to increase your ways to win, is to always look out for ‘Megaways’ versions of slot games. Many Pragmatic Play, Blueprint Gaming & Inspired Gaming slot games are available in multiple variants e.g. the standard Reel King slot & the Reel King Megaways slot.

What are Megaways Slots?

All Megaways slots come with enhanced winning lines i.e. instead of the slot game having 25 win lines, they have over 200,000 win lines!

More win lines = more chance of winning, so if a slot game has a Megaways variant, we advise you play that version instead of the standard / original slot.