Online Pokies Forum

Thought I'd make mention about the new pokie forum that is now attached to the Free Aussie Pokies web site. Although I've been playing online for years, it occurred to me that maybe other pokie players were not as familiar with what online casino are trustworthy and which are just plain rogue casinos.

Because the web site has limited space and because I want to keep this focused more towards free pokie games and other information like that, I decided to spend the day setting up online pokies forum. Of course I have other topics that are not just about blacklisted casinos.

I've also add some of my favourite places that I like to play online pokies and have added some super hot no deposit bonus offers to these casinos as well. Adding to that I'll be setting up some informative forums that will allow pokie players to interact with each other via the community forum. Swap tips and guides about online slots, pokies and just generalised information about playing online.

Anyway you should swing past and check out the online pokie forum when you have some spare time. Join the forum while your there. Of course like our free aussie pokie games the forum is free.

Winning at the Pokies

If you must play at an aussie pokie venue then you need to maximise your winning chances. To do this there are a few simple pointers that will probably increase your chances of winning at the pokies.

Don't keep feeding a pokie game in the hope it will start to run hot. If it's cold then it will probably stay cold. If you you bet $1 a spin don't drop any more than $20 - $30 through a pokie machine if it is not paying. Also don't get suckered by lots of small wins either.

Depending on your normal bet size, drop $20 through the pokie and then either drop your bet or raise your bet and spend $10, then return to your normal betting. Keep following this method. If after 5 cycles the pokie machine goes cold move to another machine.

However the best way to really increase you pokies pay-outs is to use the gamble feature. I'd only use this option on smaller wins say $20 or less. You maybe feel comfortable with a less amount of a higher amount. That call is up to you.

When using the gamble feature of an aussie pokies machine keep in mind that the gamble goes in sequences, it's not as random as you may believe. Once you figure out the sequence you can generally win about 70% to 80% of the gamble wins you activate.

Lastly if you have a decent win or on the other hand have a shocker and end up winning back your loses of the day, do not be moron and pump it all back into the pokie machine. Collect your winnings and go home.

Aussie Pokies Pay Back Return Percentages

There seems to be a misconception among some people that think because a pokie machine has say a 78% pay back return that it will return 78 cents for every dollar put through the pokie. Well that's just not right. The pay back percentage return on an aussie pokie is derived from two sets of data.

The data used to work out the percentage return of a pokie machine is as follows:

The total amount of cash put through a pokie as apposed to the amount of cash paid out. When I speak of total amounts I mean everything that is won, played, lost or money placed into each pokie machine.

To determine a pay-back percentage for an aussie pokie over a 24 hour period would deliver a false figure. So pokies normally have their pay-back percentages evaluated over a longer period of time. In so far as online pokies their pay-back return percentages are audited on a monthly basis. Least in the case of trustworthy online casino venues.

For now I thought it best to give a simple explanation of how an aussie pokie has its pay-back percentage figured out. I'll leave this by saying that just because a pokie machine may have an X% payout return, this does not mean that for each dollar placed through that pokie the play will receive X amount of dollars returned.

Aussie Pokies not The Great OZ Dream

I can remember when pokie machines were first introduced in Victoria, they had a buzz about them, something like a kid with a new toy. It seemed this was the new meeting point of friends, a place to grab a couple of drinks and to sink a few bucks into these shiny new, brightly lit, colourful boxes that our NSW neighbours had been enjoying since 1956. Yes 1993 in Victoria the 1 arm bandits hit those streets in a big way. At the time I'm the Government were rubbing their hands with glee. After all they stood profit a nice tidy sum in tax revenue from the pokies.

A few years passed and the internet, though not as we know it today, had relatively just hit our shores. Like most things new it was labelled a fad. although by 2000 this fad was turning into a lucrative business for some, whilst for most it held high expectations & prospects of these rode high on the back of world wide web.

For the previous 3 years to 2000, online casinos had taken advantage of this new medium and were spreading like wild fire through the world wide web. Like most good things Governments seem to hold the opinion that citizen are mindless morons and can't make adult choices. So in 2000 the Federal Government of Australia introduced a Moratorium on Internet Gambling.

What I found most perplexing about the Internet Gambling Moratorium was at the time there was already a number of Australian Companies that held online casino businesses. There was also Lasseters Online Casino which was officially registered by the Northern Territory Government to operate an online casino. The problem is that no Aussie was legally allowed to gamble online at Lasseters Online Casino. The same set of rules applied to any online casino operated on Australian soil.

Fast forward to now 2008. As long as your 18 years of age you can walk into any pokie venue in Australia and place a bet of the pokies. However in retrospect you not allowed to place any bets on any pokies at any aussie online casino. Is it me or is there something wrong with that picture!

I used to play the aussie pokies heavily. Although I'm not a mathematicians, I realised that the percentage pay-back returns on pokies in clubs, casinos and pokie venues I was playing just didn't add up. I used to be able to make $50 last hours, but, in later years $50 would be lucky to last 15 min. Pokies, 1 arm bandits, slots call them what you will we all know they are a game of chance. More so you should know that is exactly what they are.

Still if an aussie pokie machine by law must be set to a minimum pay-back return of 78% and online pokies; online casino slots average a pay-back return of 95%, then I know exactly where my entertainment money is going to go. I've often wondered what the real reason is behind not allowing aussies to play online pokies at an aussie online casino. Of course I have my theories and yes they all have to do with tax.