Players are always seeking an edge. Many see Brian Christopher’s wins and figure he must be winning more because he’s betting more. That leads to questions like these:
Do you think that higher bets are the way to go? When I bet less, I win less.
Edward W.
In absolute terms, betting more will lead to bigger wins, but it will also lead to bigger losses. For all the people who say they see Brian winning all the time, they are not remembering all the losses, which Brian also shows on the channel and his shorts – losing sessions don’t hit the cutting room floor.
Higher denominations will yield a better payback percentage, on average, in the long term, but you have to have a bankroll that can manage the ups and downs of that. Otherwise, it’s easy to run out of money before getting those big wins that keep you in the game.
So aside from just the size of the wins and losses, what you can afford is a critical question. We never advise to gamble with anything but what you can afford to lose – your entertainment budget. If you can afford to spend it at the movie theater, you can afford to spend it at the casino. If you’re trying to make enough to pay your rent, that’s not the right approach.
Winning less is therefore not necessarily a bad thing if the flip side is you’re spending within your means and playing what you can afford.
If you can afford to bet higher, or can savvily find low betting ways to get onto higher denomination machines, that is worth a consideration for sure. But in absolute terms it isn’t necessarily the goal to pursue. Like with anything gambling, it should be balanced out by what your budget allows and not so much specific win amounts, like a jackpot, you might be trying to achieve.
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