Signals

Let’s use our hands, since each has five fingers.

For starters, let’s agree that when the palm of the left hand is facing down, the five fingers starting with the thumb will represent 1 through 5. When the palm of the left hand is facing up or sideways (or not facing down), the first four fingers starting with the thumb will represent 6 through 9. And we’ll let each finger on the right hand represent a span of ten numbers, starting with the thumb signifying from 10 through 19, the pointer 20 through 29, the middle finger 30 through 39, the ring finger 40 through 49, and the pinkie 50 through 59. To convey the count, simply touch the appropriate finger on the left hand using the appropriate finger on the right hand. The only exceptions are for running counts of +1 through +9, and counts of exactly 10,20,30,40, and 50. For running counts of +1 through +9, we’ll leave out the right hand altogether.

A subtle twitch or casual movement of the thumb with the left palm facing down would signify +1. A subtle movement of the index finger while facing down would indicate +2, and so on. Get the idea? With the palm of the left hand facing up or to the side, a subtle movement of the index finger would indicate a running count of +7. Now for +10, +20, +30, +40, and +50: For a runing count of +10, the right thumb touches the middle of the left palm. For a running count of +20, the right index finger touches the middle of the left palm. For a running count of +30, the middle finger of the right hand touches the palm of the left, and so on for running counts of exactly +40 and +50.

This is again dependent on a number of other factors. Simply put, the best way to gauge the size of your playing bank-roll is to determine how much of your money you can afford to risk, without its loss affecting your ability to continue offering a Progressive Jackpot living at your present rate of comfort. If you think that a loss of $500 won’t affect your ability to pay the rent, or the mortgage, or the power bills, and so on, then this is the bankroll you should take, and modify your play and win goals, accordingly. For higher amounts, this will depend directly on the value of that money to you at the time you are making this determination.

Never play slots, or any gambling game, with money you cannot afford to lose!

If you do this just once, you will think it’s okay to do it again. It’s never okay to do it. Playing this way means you are using “scared” money because the total loss of it will adversely affect you, your family, and your life. This is a prescription for disaster. Stories about people like this abound. Let’s use this one, which I heard from a friend of mine.

A man who was considered the pillar of his community, a dedicated husband and father to two children, a steady employee who had been with the same firm all of his twenty-five years of work life, finally took the early retirement option offered by his company. Along with this, he received a sizable retirement benefit payment. Play online slots free. Combined with this amount, and the fact that he owned his home, his car, and retirement investments which had mushroomed to a good amount, his children grown and with lives of their own, this man and his wife were the ideal middle-aged couple. Comfortably off. Neither would ever have to worry about money. For the rest of their lives, they could live comfortably, travel, enjoy themselves, take pride in their lives and in their children and, eventually, grandchildren. Life looked about as good as any poster could present.

To be continued…

This table contains a large sampling of signals for running counts between 0 and +60. Note that the thumb signifies is and 6s, the left index finger 2s and 7s, and so on — the fingers that most people likely would use if counting with their hands.