'The house always wins in slot machines, as long as the machine is functioning properly,' Gershman said.īut there other guaranteed winner when it comes to the slots game: the State of Florida. Or, to put it another way, you'd be likely to lose less money. Because, he said, the casino always wins in the end. If you’re playing every day or every week for a whole year you can get back a lot more money,' he said. Nova Southeastern University mathematics professor Jason Gershman said even a three percentage-point difference between the lowest- and highest-payouts is significant. Isle of Capri (Pompano Dog Track): 91.6 percentĪ Calder vice president said it has a generous free spin rewards program that, when factored into the payouts, helps even the playing field for its customers compared to the other casinos.Casino Miami (Miami Jai Alai): 93.5 percent.Magic City (Flagler Dog Track): 93.9 percent.

Here are the payout percentages for the seven South Florida pari-mutuel casinos, according to state records:

In a casino, you want your customers to win as much as possible and we put our money where our mouth is.' The casino could bank millions more by programming lower payouts, but, Havenick said, 'We prefer that our customers come in and win. That still left Magic City, at the old Flagler Dog Track that's been in Havenick's family since 1952, with a net slot revenue of $80.7 million.įire contained at large church in Fort Lauderdale State records show Magic City Casino did pay out the highest percentage of credits played in the last fiscal year: 93.9 percent. 'Every casino in the world is different and we like to be at the top.' 'The machines are programmed,' said Magic City Casino vice president Isadore Havenick. That does not include the Native American casinos, which do not report numbers to the state.īut the slot machines at the dog and horse racing tracks and jai-alai frontons are not created equal, at least not after their electronic boards are programmed to return varying percentages in payouts to the players. New figures released by the state show nearly $8 billion in credits were risked in the year ending June 30 on slot machines at pari-mutuel sites in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Luck may or may not be a lady tonight. But it will be a little more likely to visit some slot machine players in South Florida than others.

Florida casinos with slot machines