Spinning on the train from Parramatta to Penrith
Set a timer on your phone for twenty minutes and treat it like a bus timetable you cannot miss. If the reels are still turning when it goes off, close the tab or exit the app, because the maths behind these games does not care how determined you feel. You can always come back later, but you cannot get back the half-hour you spent watching symbols line up and line up and line up again.
How the pub pokies down the road compare to this
A local pub machine and a browser-based slot look similar at a glance, but the experience is as different as a meat pie from a bakery and a meat pie from a service station. The pub machine has a physical lever, a fixed location, and a crowd of people watching whether you win or lose, while the online version is just you and a screen that never blinks. The biggest difference is that the pub machine asks you to walk somewhere and put cash in a tray, whereas the online version asks you to remember your own limits before you even log in.