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I've noticed that the price of slots increases as the game goes on. Is this because of my pile of money, my character level, or my game progress? How much does it scale or increment for each bump?

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    I noticed I was spending ~160 at level 12 and ~105 at level 9. I'm curious about this as well. It's not a function of money at least. When entering Sanctuary and playing the slots for the first time, I had more money than when I came back at level 12.
    – EvilAmarant7x
    Commented Sep 19, 2012 at 16:42

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The Price and Maximum Item Level you can get from the Slot Machine are based on the game host's Story Progress and Current Level.

Story Progress will generally increase the maximum level of item by a few levels at a time, and you cannot get items that are a higher level than the game host's current level.

For example, at first I thought it was based on level only since I noticed that every time I leveled up, the slot prices would get higher, however this weekend I noticed I wasn't getting any items higher than lvl 18 even though I was level 26. I did one story mission and it suddenly jumped to lvl 21 items, and one or two more story quests after that, and it was giving me lvl 26 items.

I'm sure there's a list somewhere online because my boyfriend knew how many quests we needed to do to get items our level, but I'm not sure where that list is. If I find it I'll update this answer.

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As per this article the slot machines at Moxxxi's place will get more expensive as you progress through the game.

It is worth noting that some of the items you can win by playing the slots scale with your character - this means that playing the slots at a lower level will cost less while still potentially providing benefit to you at the later levels.

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Ooh... This is Borderlands 2! I thought this was the Pre-sequel! ... Because Moxxi has slot machines in both games, I missed the tag, and nothing in the question talks anything Pre-Sequel specific...

The price for each play of the slot machine depends on the current level of the host, and the story progress that has been made.

Note that according to the Wiki and my ~700 plays at $85 as a Level 10 Aurelia, it seems that "A New Direction" needs to be complete to unlock Rocket Launchers, Cryos, Corrosives, and Moonstones. Also, I never got Blue, Purple, or Orange weapons, and I don't remember any Zoomy skins, so that might be Story Progress Locked as well.

At Level 12, and "A New Direction" still incomplete, it still costs $85... Although, I haven't spent any more money on the slots. But, at that level, it'd be easy to go inside Claptrap, sneak to the Nexus, and use the Glitch Chest above the Security Station to get about... $3000 a go for trials.

EvilAmarant7x reported that their costs per play were $105 at level 9 and $160 at level 12.

Since that's higher than my costs, I assume they finished "A New Direction", and that results in the price increasing by at least $20.

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