One of the most popular series of slot machines over the past several years are the link games from Aristocrat & Scientific Games. Most notably the Dragon Link, Lightning Link, Dollar Storm & Lock It Link series of slot machines. Go to casinos around the country on a busy day & you’ll often see these types of machines swamped with people playing them. They are so popular that many casinos have dedicated significant sections of gaming space to them.
With any slot machine that is popular, you’re going to have people wondering if there is an angle or a consistent way to win on them. Googling “strategies to win on/how to beat/how to win on/hit the Grand, etc” on these games will yield a ton of results, particularly from Youtube. There are also people out there who are offering paid guides claiming to be able to give tips & strategies on how to beat these games.
Can you beat Dragon Link, Lightning Link, Dollar Storm or Lock It Link slot machines?
NO!!!!
There is absolutely no way that you can beat any of these games. Congrats to those people in videos where they are getting huge hits on them but they are just gambling. There is no strategy to explain their wins. Winning on these types of machines boils simply down to luck. Fast-tapping, waiting for time to pass before hitting the play button, changing denoms/bet levels have no relevance to how these games will pay. There is no advantage play to be found on them whatsoever. If there was a way to “land the Grand” with any type of consistency the link machines would be the most popular advantage play machines ever. Hustlers & casino patrons alike would be fighting over them as if it was the WWE Royal Rumble.
The only two “Link” games that are “beatable” are Buffalo Link & the lesser known Scarab Link. They are the only ones that have a feature that can be tracked which can be used in a player’s favor. In the case of Buffalo Link it’s the must hit by bonus before 1800 buffaloes are collected. For Scarab Link it is finding an abandoned machine with an accumulation of scarabs before the 10th spin. All of the other link games don’t have a feature that can be used to your advantage.
Perhaps the only bit of advice I can give when playing these link games is to play the one with the highest “Major” progressive. Hitting a Major is completely random & on Aristocrat link games they are capped which means that the progressive will stop growing once it reaches a certain number. Chasing a high major isn’t going to tip the odds in your favor. The house will still have a significant advantage over you. But if you are going to hit one, you might as well hit the highest one available.
In conclusion, there is no angle to Lightning Link, Dragon Link, Dollar Storm or Lock It Link. More importantly, don’t fork over any money to anyone offering “tips” on how to win on these games.
