An added bonus is you would meet some more of your fellow cruisers. It will stretch your money to last longer, and you may enjoy the game. If you would like some unsolicited advice from a person that likes to play in casinos, learn to play a couple of table games. You should be lucky and be sitting in front of a slot machine when the R.N.G. HHHHHEEEEELLLLLLLLLLOOOOO CRUISE4JANE: There is no correlation as to the first day, the middle, or the end of a cruise that a slot machine will hit. I heard that they let you win a little the 1st day so that you will continue to play during the cruise. What day is better for the slots to pay off.1st day, middle of cruise or last day? Seems to me if I ever hit anything it was on the 1st day which by the way wasn't much :mad.