Playing slot machines with only one penny seems awfully cheap. Actually, it is cheap but it is exactly what the casinos want you to think.
Gone are the days of the simple 3 reel slot machine, todays machines are gigantic multiline slot machines who have been developed to include any money making trick known in the book. In the comfort department, todays slot machines have improved to accept dollar bills instead of only coins and can give prizes in the form of redeemable tickets, all in order to make the player as comfortable as possible.
The biggest change in modern slot machines is the addition of many more pay lines (a modern slot machine will have at least 20 pay lines and some reach a lot higher) which of course requires many more coins in order to activate all of them. With machine that costs 50c per spin but offers 20 pay lines, the cost per spin can easily reach 10$, and suddenly the old pay less win more slot machine has become a financial burden on the average gambler. For those who say play only the minimum lines, we will remind that in order to win the biggest prizes (and the jackpot, of course if available) you must play the maximum number of lines or...