in general, though, nickel machines have better payouts than penny machines, quarter machines have better payouts than nickel machines, dollar machines have better payouts than quarter machines, five dollar machines have better payouts than dollar machines. if you hit a big jackpot, it doesn't make any difference what the average slot payout is. Slot machines results are completely random. play where you enjoy playing, at the casino that has what you perceive to be the nicest employees, the best drink service, the best comps and the restaurants and shops that fit your personal taste. There is no discernible difference in slot payouts among the atlantic city casinos.

and since the state classifies video poker as a 'slot machine,' those payouts were averaged in and most likely artificially inflated the borgata's payout percentage. but it must be noted that the borgata has - arguably - the highest concentration of full pay video poker in AC. When individual payouts were reported, the borgata regularly showed the highest slot payouts in AC, beating the others by a few tenths of a percentage point.