By
not playing the maximum coin amount on most video
poker machines,
your overall return is affected. For example,
playing short reduces the
long-term payback by up to 1.5% on a Jacks-or-Better
machine. It's even
worse on some double-pay Deuces Wild games where
you receive double pay
on four deuces, but only if you insert five coins.
By playing less than
the maximum coin amount on this machine, your
long-term payback is
hacked by over five percent.
As
for slots, Emily, note on the paytable the proportional
difference
in the size of your payoffs. Example: One coin
inserted pays 500 coins;
two coins bring back 1000; and for three coins,
a whopping 4000 is
returned. Your windfall, Emily, comes when three
coins are played.
Playing
the maximum coin amount almost always pays off
better, overall,
than any of the lower multiples. By pressing Max
Coin, Emily, you
receive the best payoff odds available on that
particular machine.
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