All I know is I had ten dollars in the one that was empty and on my first spin I got the double up feature playing $1.76, and ended the feature with $11,300.00🥰

You’ll know when you’re gonna win when you put all your money into the machine and you’re 1 spin away from losing it all. Works everytime

I’ve been absolutely drained by one of these before. I had the entire screen filled up without a bonus for a good 100 spins. My fiancé kept getting the bonus without any lit. Learned a lesson on visuals that day

Best way to know if you’re going to win (or at least get your money back) is to check that “must hit by” number. Jackpots start getting taxed by anything over $1200. The closer that number (must win by) is to $1200 the higher chance you have of the best RNG on any machine. The lower the number, and you may as well be using your money for something else because it’ll eat it. Doesn’t matter if it looks like it’s about to hit or bonus or not. A technician has to reset the machine. To view the must win by # it’s usually found in the info or help menu

Give this guy an award! About time someone did this!

Games like the firecracker game and Cash Falls are designed to tap into the sunk cost fallacy. "We've bet this much, so it HAS to pay off!". It also gives the illusion that the game is ABOUT to pay off, without it being a "must pay by" jackpot where you can calculate how much you have to play before it will pay out the jackpot. The number of slot machines in Clark County, NV is down a third from its peak, yet the casino win on slots is at historic levels.

This is the style of play we are all here for - he goes hard so we dont have to!

It doesn't matter. Just this last week, I went to the casino and played a machine in a row of 4. There were 2 machines that were free. I chose the one with the almost full of coin tree. There were hardly any coins on the tree on the other machine. I played for about 10-15 minutes, then a lady came and sat at the machine with the empty tree. Two pushes of the button, and she gets the bonus where you have a chance at the progressive. She gets a miinor. Not even 5 minutes later she hits it again, another few minutes, she hits it again with a major and then again. I, on the other hand, don't hit that bonus until about 20 minutes after her lucky run.

Dude spent half my paycheck in one machine like nothing 😭😭😭😭

Above the win in the middle you'll see the message good luck, line pay, and etc. When the message is blank it's a tell that the firecracker(s) burst going into a bonus. Very helpful when you fast spin. Hope this helps.

My wife just hit her first ever jackpot on this machine 2 hours ago! $1300 on a $0.88 bet! We know it doesn't make a difference if the machine is already lit up but it makes it more fun for us to feel like we have an "advantage"

I watched a friend put $1000 in a machine just one sparkle away on 2 of the rows and never hit the bonus. The struggle is real

Hey Matt, been watching your videos for about 2 or 3 months now. I used to be addicted to gambling 3 years ago & watching your videos helps curb that urge & let's me enjoy the thrill of gambling without the risk. I really appreciate you for providing us with that. I started watching because of the gambling, continue watching for yalls fantastic attitude & personalities. I don't gamble anymore, but would you consider making a video on how much your winning/ losing maybe on a monthly basis? Just some data on the money in & out would be cool. To educate people on the importance of gambling within your means so to speak. Anyways, let me finish this video! Not looking too good so far for the non-light up screen!

it actually says it in the rules that they are just a visual and they don't increase your chances of winning a bonus. Although I still tend to play the ones that have some lit up.

Thank you for conducting this important scientific research on behalf of all the rest of us! 🤣

You can HEAR if a slot machine is going to pay. Winibity has to be MAX!

Had one guy I was sitting next to with everything all lit up on this game. Chose to spin twice on mine (nothing lit) and got a bonus! Great to see you test this theory!

On these games you can tell whether or not a bonus is going to hit before the rockets go up. Look at the bottom of the screen where it says Good Luck right after you get a spin with rockets. The area will be blank with no words. It cuts down the excitement if you want to know right away

Several months ago,on KZfaq,I watched a great vid by a guy who builds and obviously repairs slots. He answered all the common questions about these machines(never knew they are ALWAYS making calculations whether in use or not). He dispelled a myth I used to believe,that of walking away and then having someone win right after,taking ''my'' jackpot. Not so. All random.all timing,all luck. You can't tell when a slot is going to pay.

This machine at my pub has a message in tiny writing “size of bonus fires does not indicate bonus payout”

Very good science, Vegas Matt. I’ve done some field observations at my local casino. It seems higher win chances may correlate to slapping the button aggressively when betting and wiggling your fingers as you run them across the screen during a bonus. Some seem to even slap the screen during a bonus while asking the machine to pay out. I’m currently investigating. Will report back any findings. Thank you, Sando King

It’s true. I’m a very low budget player. Sat down with most of the firecrackers unlit. Played a few hands and the rockets lit up the purple and green. Won about $150. Good enough for me. But it does happen. Then played the Gold fish where the purple fish and the gold fish were huge and the bowls were cracked. Other ladies played it and I played it, and still nothing. Probably someone with a much bigger bankroll will eventually bust it. But I got a brand new iron from the casino. 😊😊😊👍👍😂😂😂

Going to the casino for the first time this weekend, this helped me out thanks

For youtube videos, please don't cut out content. Would love to watch it all. You were at $1000 then all of a sudden it cut to under $100. I want to see you go down or up the entire way. I like fast spins but let us see them all.

If Matt knew the answer to that he would be a millionaire!Wait what,he already is!

I’ve played this machine when they weren’t lit up and got one rocket and it they went all the way to the top. I don’t think it matters if it’s going to pay it will pay.

Watched a lady put in over 1k on this machine while fully lit up playing max 880 on 2 cents for $17.60 a spin, finally hit only green extra spins for $170, then she hit just green extra spins right after for $600, just because they're lit up doesn't mean they're ready to hit and just because they're not lit up doesn't mean its not ready to hit. These are tough machines but on the same machine I did hit a double major with extra spins on a $4.40 bet for over $1,400 hand pay

I've done this same experiment and ended up with just shy of a hand pay on the one that was at the bottom. The other ate 300 with zero wins.

"Give us the bird"😂

Love your videos man! Keep up the awesome content we all appreciate it!

I played this at the Horseshoe and had all 3 loaded to the top for about 40 spins and didn’t hit squat!! I’ll never play this game again

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.... O my Lanta.... 😂😂😂😂😂. Guys are amazing.

I like to find machines where one column is full and the others are low. Those seem to do the best (or I've told myself that 😂). Inevitably, at some point, every machine makes you pump a ton of money into it before it hits again. Some hit immediately after a bonus. You just never know. Also, you don't need to watch the rockets to tell when you've gotten a bonus feature. Look at the "good luck"/"50 lines" right above the win box. If it says nothing after your spin, you got a bonus.

I love your banter: you guys make me laugh so hard! Thanks for sharing your experience. ❤

The older machines definitely pay better when cold/unused for a long time in the first 20-30 spins.

I played this game at a casino recently, and 1 single firecracker lit up a completely empty one. I don't think it matters whether they're full or not.

The winability was down 😂 I love it. I’m the same way in the casino 😂loud and proud

The way I understand on ultra spin. When you don’t get a coin. That’s when bird flies and adds to the value of existing coins. I still don’t know how or what sets them off though. I’ve lost a lot of money with firecrackers at top for a long long time. This game is random it seems. Dunno. But I still like it a lot.😂

I got on this machine two days ago with the firecrackers not lit. Like magic the ultra and double went all the way up on two rockets. It's really the luck of the draw.

With a sample size that robust the results are definitely universal!

So i am a professional slot player.. In this game situation doesnt matter... but there are games that do matter on situation... AND those are only games I play. This game being all lit up just means hasnt been hit in awhile. But doesnt mean will hit anytime soon etc

This longtime VIP vegas player when forced to choose between machines, follows the old advise to pick the dirtier area. Proven true that someone camped longer.

Not to show how the sausage is made, but if the graphics don’t matter it’ll say so in the game rules. Something along the lines of “the pot of coins is for visual effects only and doesn’t reflect how quick the bonus will trigger” or something like that.

It usually states in the info/rules that the display does not affect the game play. They are simply for display. 💁‍♀️ I know it does on the coin bowl one, whatever that's called.

I’ve jumped on this one all lit up and got the each bonus one at a time and then when no lights got all 3 together as a bonus so after clearing it….. doesn’t matter whether it’s lit up or not

In order to prove this you’ll have to do it around 1000 times to get a good sample size

Watching these older videos is like watching 2 different people. Congratulations on the weight loss

It’s Thursday night “Double Bubble” - love it!

It depends on the machine, and the game. Some games have a progressive jackpot that build up as people play it. And when they are up to their limit they are ready to pay one, or all of them. One example is the game called Tawa, I play it at a local bar, and the Princess jackpot on a 40 cent bet is up to $145, and it has been at $145 for at least a month. That means it could hit at any time, because it is at the limit and not adding to the payout any more. Another game is called quick pay jackpots, it has a yellow and a blue jackpot, when they are both over 10, one of both of them are usually ready to hit, usually just one of them. I was playing it the other day and the yellow bonus was on 17 and the blue was on 7, I got the 3 bonus boxes and hit the 17 spins, and it paid $150 on a 50 cent bet. Most of the other games do not give you any clue when they are going to hit a bonus, a few others do, but not many. You just have to play the games to figure out if there is a way to tell when they are ready to hit or not. But in general, most games do not show you any clues as to when they are ready to hit a bonus or a jackpot.

The key to the bonus is to watch the lower part of the machine where that says when when it comes up there by itself, that’s when it’ll go into the bonus

I’ve been wondering about this for a long time! Thank you for finally answering this question 😆

Do more of these comparison videos. These are really great

The Dancing Drums machine . . . Wait for the pot of gold coins to almost be full , then play

You went from $800 to $78 lol

Great video, would have really liked to see what would happen if you continued playing

At 4:10 when the bonus is won, notice that the pay/win area is completely blank. That is how you know you’ve won the bonus play. As long as there are words and numbers, no bonus.

Second machine, the blank pay area happens at 9:00. That’s the tell on this game. A man at the casino pointed it out to me and he was absolutely correct.

Nice video but it really don’t prove much. Slot machines are random by weigh system. Some machines get flagged by the gaming commission for not paying 30% which is Law in Nevada. Other machines can pay big regardless of what the machines is showing visually. However I have noticed high Grand amount visuals that do pay at a certain amount.

In Australia it actually says that the visual does not mean it is ready to pay out or get. Ive won 200$ in 15 mins on 50 cent bets and then lost that 200$ i made the following 45 minutes with not one bonus even though they were lit up

Subscribed. It's nice to get any sort of tips how to 'pay back' the one-armed bandits.

If you watch the wording in the center bottom game over or lines played ,. When the firework coin stops if that section goes blank it indicates the firework is going to trigger then

There is groups of hustlers making guaranteed profit on dozens of machines that unsuspecting tourist leave set up! Regal Riches is a big one, also the Buffalo Super Stampede, the Wheel of Fortune 10 spins wild are just a few!

Matt walks by a bank of machines and spots an opportunity to make a video. These out of the box thinking slot videos set his apart from the others.

My husband went with a friend. My husband played $20 and won $1500 within 10 minutes. Then he went home. The next day his friend told him that he stayed most of the night and left only after his paycheck & rent money was gone. I think the key is to win early and leave early.

That was really interesting. Great video, keep them coming

Vegas Matt proves again that he is a SAVAGE!!! Thanks for the slot machine education!

I usually do fast spinson on most slots. Love your videos.

This game is a big marketing ploy. Even when all except one tube is lit up, it takes forever to finally light up. Lots of people play thinking it has to hit. But NOT necessarily!!!

I respect you for actually doing this lol but it's all completely random. I live in CT so we have online casino and it's buried in the terms that the bonus on games like this are given completely at random. If it's ready to pay it will just light all that shit up from one spin and grant the bonus

Pro tip🎉 I play this game all the time when you are going to get the firecrackers lit up...look where it says WIN .....if there's absolutely nothing above that word ( like fifty lines or game over or game wins 248 or whatever ) you're not getting the bonus....there has to be absolutely nothing above the win for you to win ...so you know you're going to get it before you get it😂 and also when the bird flies across in the purple bonus , wherever the bird flies you want the bonus to start from the first line where the head starts because if it goes to the end of all the lines the game is over if it starts at the beginning of where the head is it has a chance to go to each five of the lines😂 Questions ??😂 Also always do a couple backup spins I have gotten all three symbol games back-to-back three times at least ! I love you videos keep up the great work 🎉🎉🎉

I am new to your channel but like it..great video..keep posting ill keep watching

Love how you roll Matt. ❤

The key is to watch at the bottom of the screen where it says win when it says win by itself, that’s when you go into the bonus

If you read the actual on-screen rules for games like this, it will tell you straight up that the firecrackers, etc, don't mean anything. Every spin is random and always has the same odds

That's my favorite game. It likes you to change up bets and denom. Those firecrackers have popped for me with none lit at all.

It says that if you look at rules in most of those games, of course nobody does.

Thats one way to lose all your money

Love the videos! Question, do you guys use like an undercover camera to record? Every time I pull out my phone to record no matter where they go, I get in trouble and told to put it away. BTW Matt's a little hottie! I totally am man crushin right now! haha

I've been wondering about this myself for ages thanks Matt!

at 3:10, why did the credit go down from $94.25 to $0.50 on a $22 bet?

I played this Yesterday the lit up one. The guy next to me got the bonus on 1st spin not lit up the whole thing lit at once

The key is to watch at the bottom of the screen where it says when when that comes up by itself, that’s when you’ll go into the bonus

Gotta pop them all at once and payout is massive

I play this one a lot.. i have had completely empty ones pop right away and completely full ones that take more than $1000 to pop

Perceived persistence=scam

You could of just rolled the camera, and just said “RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR” and hit the stop button

Cowboy slots have squashed that myth, but awesome video, Matt.

bro embodies the sunk cost fallacy 💀

Speaking of a fireworks display.... I would love to make that happen for you! LOVE the videos!!!

Get that winability up 😂😂😂

I call those firecracker machines the feed me machines… they like to eat.😂

My favorite channel comes through again. For science no less lol!

I got two of them to hit at the same time. That was amazing

It’s a sucker’s graphic like the roulette and baccarat tracking boards.

I probably won't play this game again or Dancing drums. They do just suck your money up because you think you're about to get a bonus. But!, the fast spin was super fun on the firecracker machine.

Make sure you play with minimum bet possible on this machine

I honestly used to love this game until I noticed that it doesn’t pay out very well I got all 3 in one bonus max nickels only got 600 I’ve stopped playing it ever since. I stick to video poker now

Just found this excellent entertainment. Brings this sport to where it should be FUN!!!

You no what thankyou so much for the brilliant fun videos you do I always wait until night time too watch you're latest live stream you always make me laugh x❤😊

I was in Vegas last Sept and hit that machine 4 times for hand pays, 2 more times at the airport. You can hit 1 rocket that will light the whole string from the bottom.