While the world of online casino games and real money slot games can be endless fun (not to mention very rewarding), it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself by playing demo games. This is an opportunity to maximize your potential upside and minimize your losses.
You want to know how to play online casino games so you don’t botch any features, mishandle any bonus rounds, or miss any double-down opportunities at the casino table. Demo games offer the best way to practice playing online slots before you get into real money games.
Read on as we explain the benefits of playing demo games before betting real money.
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Learn the Game Mechanics Risk-Free
Skydiving. Bungee jumping. Not inviting the in-laws to Thanksgiving dinner. Life presents us with all kinds of risky decisions, and it’s up to us if we want to take that leap.
Playing with your hard-earned money shouldn’t carry more risk than it needs to, and that’s where demo games come in.
Virtually all of Bovada’s online slots, table games, specialty games, and casino games offer a practice round or demo round (these terms are identical) right alongside the option to play for cash.
These demo versions replicate the actual real money game experience, allowing you to understand the rules better, see what the different symbols represent, and learn to recognize the paylines when it comes to online slots. While we have simple, classic slot games that are easy to follow, the more intricate games (for example, our Multiways slot games) can offer over 100,000 or even 200,000 ways to win – and you don’t want to miss anything.
Bet sizes – and how they impact your potential payouts – are also better understood through a few practice spins when playing slots online.
The game flow is especially important during online casino games like Blackjack. Demo games allow you to understand the rhythm of the game, giving you time to focus on your strategy. You’ll enjoy more and make better, calmer decisions when you know the flow. If you’ve ever played Blackjack in a real casino, you know the importance of playing properly to avoid jamming the other players at the table.
And even though you could be playing from anywhere, including the comfort of your couch, emotions can come into play and affect your decision-making when you are using real funds. In that case, playing a demo round – or multiple rounds – will help you gain familiarity with the ups and downs of a game and help train you to take some of the emotion out of your next move when there’s real money at stake.
Practice Bonus Features and Special Rounds
All of Bovada’s slot games come with special features, and in some cases, they can involve several different moving parts.
These features can include bonus rounds, free spins, multipliers, Hot Drop Jackpots, progressive jackpots, expanding wilds, increasing paylines, and tons more.
You don’t want to miss anything, especially if the features require you to choose from different options.
That’s where demo games come in. Demo games allow you to practice triggering and then navigating these features without risking your real money. Since bonus rounds usually offer potential for bigger wins, you should understand how they work before you bet real money.
By playing demo games, you can learn how to activate free spins or bonus games and figure out the best way to maximize your winnings during these rounds. This hands-on experience helps you develop strategies for betting effectively.
Test Volatility and Payout Potential Before Committing
Volatility of slot games is another factor for players to consider, and when you play practice games, you can get a better sense of the volatility of different games. This will help you choose the ones you are most comfortable playing, including the ones that most match your risk vs. reward profile.
When you’re looking at the volatility of online slot games, it means you’ll need to consider games that pay out less often but offer bigger payouts compared to games that pay out more often but in smaller amounts. Your choice of volatility might vary from day to day, or it might be a reflection of your personality: you might prefer the regular satisfaction of small wins, or you might be the type who likes a bigger rush from a large win, even if it means you’ll need more patience and more spins.
Either way, every game lists its volatility in its rules section, so you can make your choice ahead of time. Maybe your best bet is to demo several games with different levels of volatility and see which ones you find more rewarding.
You can get deeper into the details of Volatility, RTP, and other details here.
Build Confidence as a New Player with Demo Games
Sometimes the casino games and slot games at Bovada are so much fun, you just want to play them for entertainment without thinking about betting actual money.
If you are serious about getting into real money casino games, it helps to have confidence. The kind of confidence that could pay off in big ways when placing your bets. Seemingly simple things like the controls or buttons on the screen can get in the way of making solid betting decisions.
The pace of play is another issue, and in some games, you might have a time limit that will cause you to rush or miss out on a betting round.
Demo games let you experience all this in the form of pressure-free fun, so you can get used to it all and sharpen your playing skills to have the best possible time when you make the move to real-money online games.
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