Playing higher-denomination slots usually will put you at higher-paying machines.
Although in Mississippi the 25-cent and 50-cent games provide nearly equal returns, and the difference is narrower than usual between 25-cent and $1 games, you still can see a pattern where $5 games pay more than $1 games, which pay more than 25-cent games. The 25-cent-and-up slots are mostly games with mechanical reels. But the normal pattern holds in that the higher denomination slots pay a greater percentage back to players than the lower denomination games. On video slots, Mississippi casinos pay far above the national average on both penny non-progressives and on five-cent games.