None of it is real money, so nothing is at risk either way. Still, a little care on day one buys you a lot more play, and more play is the whole point.
What a million chips is really worth
The honest answer is that it depends entirely on your bet, and the arithmetic is easy enough to do in your head.
At 5,000 chips a spin, a million chips is 200 spins. At 1,000 chips a spin, that same million is 1,000 spins. At 500 a spin it is 2,000 spins.
Nothing about the game changed in those three sentences. Only your bet did. A million chips is a starting balance, not a fortune, and small bets are how new players turn it into hours instead of minutes.
A gentle first session
1. Open a slot that looks appealing to you. There are over 200 of them, all real Vegas titles, so browse until something catches your eye.
2. Set the bet low. Low enough that a run of losing spins does not sting.
3. Play a while and notice how the game behaves at that bet.
4. When a game stops entertaining you, back out and try another one. That costs nothing.
5. Stop when you feel like stopping, not when the balance says so.
There is no order you are supposed to play in and no game you are supposed to prefer. Cleopatra, Da Vinci Diamonds, Golden Goddess, Wolf Run and Wheel of Fortune have kept players happy for years, and they are as good a starting point as any.
Free chips arrive every single day
Your million is not meant to be the end of the story. The game refills you constantly, and all of it is free.
The Daily Wheel gives you one free spin a day. The Time Bonus refills on its own schedule, so there is usually something waiting when you look in again. And DoubleDown sends out promo codes, which are one-click links worth free chips, through email, mobile notifications and its social pages.
We gather every one of those codes and post them in one place, all day, every day. Collecting them takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing at all.
What not to worry about yet
Slots are random-number games. There is no pattern, no memory and no strategy that changes an outcome, so a quiet stretch is not a sign you did something wrong.
You will also hear about High Limit rooms, which open up after you have played three days in a row and stay open while you keep playing daily. That is worth knowing about, but it is not a day-one concern. Play the ordinary rooms at comfortable bets and let the rest come to you.
Your starter million goes a great deal further with company. Fresh codes are posted every day at https://www.ddpcshares.com/double_down_c ... tion_codes, and topping up before you spin is a habit worth starting now.