I play penny slots when I’m in Vegas. I don’t play to win money, I play to cheaply kill time between poker tournaments and get the free **** from the cocktailer. If I’m playing pennies and lose a few dollars, no big deal. If I win a dollar or two, sweet. It’s still a thrill. The odds are stacked way against the slot player, so I might as well lose my money slowly. Occasionally if I hit “big” at a penny slot (meaning like $5) I’ll think I’m a fool for only playing pennies- that $5 could have been $50 or $500. But the fact is, the vast majority of slot players will lose money. I’d rather lose a few dollars at a time than tens, hundreds, or thousands at a time.