Winning real money while playing online slots is probably one of the best feelings in the world. We all chase it, we all want it, we need it and most of us would go above and beyond to achieve it. But can you cheat on online slots to force those wins?
While the actual win is really important, studies have shown that the release of dopamine is actually higher in the anticipation period than when actually receiving the reward. That’s what makes playing slots, online or in brick and mortar casinos, such an intoxicating activity.
Every single time we spin the reels, the anticipation of the outcome causes a release of dopamine in our brain. Flooded by the pleasure hormone in each online slots session, our brain learns to crave this activity.
While it may seem irrelevant to the topic of this article, I can assure you it isn’t. One of the few things that can increase the release of dopamine is the feeling that we outsmarted the machine. The feeling that we had something to do with the fact that we won, that it was our achievement, not a simple outcome of the game of chance.
Cheating has a very interesting effect on our brain, which reacts both to the joy of the win and to the satisfaction of having outsmarted or tricked the opponent or machine we are up against. That being said, let’s see if anything can be done to outwit an online slot machine.
Can you influence the outcome of your slots session?
Sadly, no. Unless you plan to go as far as befriending a software engineer working for NetEnt or another casino games provider and convincing them to change the code of an online slot just so that you can win, it’s very unlikely you will ever be able to actually cheat on online slots.
The slots are programmed to run based on a random number generator, which determines through complex mathematical algorithms, the outcome of each spin. Each spin is completely independent from the others and has a completely unpredictable outcome dictated solely by the aforementioned RNG.
Basically, the second you hit the spin button, the algorithm selects a series of random numbers which have a certain combination of symbols and the positions they will appear on the reels.
So, to sum up, cheating at slots in the literal sense is not something that can actually be done. There are some other rather unorthodox methods players have used in order to get the most from online casinos. While we do not encourage you to try them yourself, we thought you might be interested to learn about them.
How some players cheat online casinos
Some players have found certain ways of cheating online casinos for a profit. Most of them end up with funds confiscated and accounts locked though. So again, we don’t encourage you to try any of the cheating methods below, but here’s what others have done in the past.
Deposit and play with money from unsavory sources
The dark web is a black market where pretty much anything can be found, for a price. That includes hacked paypal accounts, stolen prepaid card numbers, stolen voucher codes and much more.
Some casino players have been using online casinos as a money laundering machine in order to get clean money out of the dirty funds they got one way or another. Others have been using these methods to simply try and make a profit off of online casinos without having to deposit any real money of their own.
Bonus abuse
Bonus abuse is something casinos have to deal with on a daily basis. Since the welcome bonus is usually the best deal you will ever get from an online casino, many users abuse it by creating multiple accounts and claiming that bonus, playing with it and then moving on to create a new account.
While this may seem like a good idea, it’s important to know that it hurts the casino quite badly and most online casinos in Canada have pretty powerful tools to prevent that kind of behavior.
Playing with VPNs to get better offers
VPNs are pretty awesome tools known for their magical ability of unlocking geo restricted content rather easily. This applies to online casinos as well, because they will often have different bonus offers for different countries, depending on how profitable the traffic from a specific location is for the casino.
If you live in Hungary for example, you will probably have a better chance of getting a free bonus or a better deposit bonus if you were from Germany. VPNs do that for you by changing the way the casino sees your IP and can temporarily trick the website into thinking you are a German player.
Conclusion
Even though cheating on online slots isn’t actually possible, there are ways you can increase your profits from online casinos in unsavory ways. Unfortunately, most of them are risky and can lead to you having your account locked and funds confiscated. That’s why we always recommend players to play by the rules and become profitable through strategy, discipline and the right mindset instead of trying to cheat on online slots.
