If you’ve read enough of our content, or have spent enough time learning about slots, you know that the outcome of a spin is decided at the moment you place your wager – stopping the reels just speeds up the presentation of that outcome.
But players still do it anyway, and one reader was wondering what the point of doing that was:
I hear and I do believe that once you hit the button on a slot machine, that the result is already determined. If this is indeed the case, then why fast spin? Seems if the outcome is already known, then you’re spending your money faster.
Sandra
From our viewpoint, it generally depends on what the player’s goal of playing slots is aiming to yield. For most slots nowadays much of the entertainment value comes from the bonuses and features. And while there are buy a bonus slots that can let you get right to it, most slots require you to trigger them the old fashioned way – by spinning until the symbols land.
So, one way to potentially get there faster is to speed spin. Spinning faster does indeed spend your money faster.You’re also not going to see better performance – the house edge is the house edge. But you will get through more outcomes faster, and in that way law of averages would indicate you’ll get to a bonus sooner because you’re cycling through more outcomes.
Of course, it’s still not guaranteed, and some rapid fire spin cycles can be punishing. But players can also lower their per-spin bet if they’re going to rapid fire so their spend is managed a bit more carefully.
Rapid firing doesn’t change the outcome of a spin once it’s started, but it can get losing spins out of the way faster to try to get to the more exciting moments. Whether that makes sense for you largely comes down to what you want to get out of a slot.
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