Slot Systems

Drop the music; I'm going to talk seriously for a moment.

I've been getting a lot of feedback recently. A number of emails I'm getting ask about the Bill Stone e-books I bought. Many of the readers ask me whether I recommend these books.

Let me unequivocally say I do not recommend these books. The purpose of this blog is not to shill for Bill Stone. It isn't to shill for John Patrick.

The purpose of this blog is to put slot systems to the test. It is to put the advice of self-proclaimed slot machine experts to the test.

Now, I have a strong suspicion that these guys are nothing but con men. And I'm willing to put a little of my money on the line to prove it.

The sessions are real. The money wagered is real. That's one of the reasons I've slowed down on my slots playing; I've dropped hundreds of dollars playing these guys' slot systems.

If figure I win either way. If I make money, then I'm richer for it. If I lose money, then I come on here and share my experiences with fellow slot machine players. Maybe somone else can learn from my gaming follies.

So please, no one think I'm advocating running out and buying books from anyone.

Take the latest email I got from Bill Stone. The title of the email was "Chuck, could you win the Lotto?"

The email is an advertisement for Stone's latest book of gambling insight, Winning Lotto Strategies. He claims it will "...profoundly impact and change my life".

My stated goal is to make a fortune and retire to Antigua, so this sounded good. Though I was a little leery, I decided to read on.

The email continued with, "If you are going to play the lotto, you might as well win."

He had me there. I really couldn't argue with that logic at all. I'm not one of those people who plays the lottery hoping to lose, you see.

For others like me, I'll summarize the promises Bill Stone made to me about the lottery.

The book purports to be a guide on how to:

1. Win the lotto without spending a lot of money every week.

2. Create or borrow your own winning lotto strategy

3. Pick the right lottery numbers.

That's crazy.

The numbers are drawn randomly. There is no strategy to picking the right lottery numbers.

The lottery is a bad investment. It has a huge "house edge". A few people win the lottery and it changes their life. The vast majority lose their money.

Here's a good rule: Don't take advice from experts who tell you how to beat the lottery.

Call that Chuck Flick's Lotto Strategy Rule #1.

Bill Stone is selling you hope. I would not suggest sending him your money. You might as well send your money to a televangelist.

At least that might buy you peace of mind.

So I recently purchased Bill Stone's bible of slots, an e-book named Slot Machine Mastery. With the purchase came several bonus "books".

Now, I wasn't so interested in books on craps, roulette and other such nonsense. I am a slot machine fan. That's what I do.

But I thought to myself that I should take advantage of this rare opportunity. Having hit a bit of a losing streak in my slot systems experiments, I needed a break. It's called a haitus.

With that in mind, I made a decision. "Chuck," I said, "Maybe you should become a master of roulette, too. Then you could double your money. If you become a roulette badass, you can retire to Antigua in half the time."

So I opened up Bill Stone's roulette manual, which called itself The Magic Roulette Formula. The title alone impressed me. It conjured up images of magical, glowing roulette wheels being spun by tiny elves.

They call those "croupiers" in the business.

But back to the story. Bill Stone tells his readers how to "cover the wheel" with only five chips. You can spread them out in such a way that you won't have more than two or three open numbers between your chips. This kind of coverage ensures more wins.

Stone suggests betting the double bet, or two numbers together, which pay 5-to-1 odds.

The Magic Roulette Formula also posits the theory of "OPM", or Other Peoples' Money. When you win a bet, use those winnings to bankroll ever-increasing wagers.

OPM reminds me of John Patrick's "Regression Method", except applied to roulette instead of slots. Frankly, I was never too keen on the concept.

For those of you who want my comments on the Regression, here are my comments.

http://www.slot-systems.com/2006/03/how-to-win-at-slots-regression-method.html

I was a little surprised by the length of The Magic Roulette Formula. It was two pages. Now, I usually don't complain about a free something, but I thought I was getting years of roulette wisdom.

I thought I was getting magic.

Interestingly, Mr. Stone states that I "...have the permission from the author of this report to give it away as a bonus." I cannot alter the text in any way, though.

That's why I'm not telling you the magic numbers Bill Stone suggests I use. Believe me, though, after having seen these numbers, they really are magical and I'm pretty sure they would work.

I should have figured them out myself.

But that's what you need to know about genius; it makes the difficult appear simple.

Since I bought several e-books from Bill Stone, the gambling grandmaster has been sending helpful emails to me.

About once per week, I recieve another electronic form letter. They have interesting titles like "The Four Step Method", "Industry News" and--my favorite--"Looks Like a Bribe."

These emails look like insider news and gaming tips, but actually they're just ads for internet casinos like Inter Casino and Adventure Island Casino.

Now don't get me wrong; I like intercasino.com. As those who've been reading this blog know, I've played a lot of slots at Intercasino. But I wonder how much Mr. Stone is getting payed to spam my email address with these ads.

By the way, I hate spam. I know it's an unpopular stance to hate spam, but I'm kind of a rebel. You might not know that about me.

To be "fair and balanced", let me mention that the emails give the option to discontinue the messages. And I'm not really bombarded with them. So in this case, I simply dislike getting the spam on general principles.

I'm a principled sort of guy. I fight the system and don't suffer no nonsense. I'm kind of two-fisted that way.

Bill Stone is two-fisted, too, which is why I like him. Bill Stone is two-fisted like a gritty detective, or an old west gunfighter type. They used to call him "Wild" Bill Stone back in the old days, back when he road with the regulators.

That's why I'm not going to discontinue his email messages. Bill might not take too kindly to that. Besides, I look at them as more information, about the gambling industry and Bill Stone.

Take "Looks Like a Bribe" as an example.

Apparently, the email is an advertisement for some place called Magic Box. I'm guessing magicbox.com is an online casino. I assume, because they are offering a signup bonus.

Like all sign up bonuses, it sounds real good.

On your initial deposit, you get a 50% bonus. On your second deposit, you get 100%.

As the email states, "Looks like an 'innocent' bribe to me...should be to your advantage."

That's the kind of analysis I've come to expect from Bill Stone. You can't go wrong listening to Wild Bill.

On a bit of a tangent, I wanted to ask a question to all of the other online gamblers out there. Has anyone besides me ever noticed that all signup bonuses suck ass?

Usually, you have to wager like $4000 before you can cash out a hundred. And you have to cash out twice your initial deposit + the bonus. So you either have to add more money to your account, or get really lucky playing that bonus money.

Oh, and you can't play most of the games. The fine print usually stipulates that games like "Table poker, video poker, craps, blackjack, roulette, Sicbo, baccarat, and Casino War" don't apply to the wagering requirements. Basically, they want you to play their slot machines.

That's fine by me, because I am a slot systems researcher. That's what I do. But it sucks for all those Sicbo players out there.

So let me give you Chuck Flick's Online Casino Selection Tip #1: When you're choosing an online casino, don't pay attention to the sign up bonuses. Those things aren't worth a damn.

I should start sending these tips out in email form.