Microgaming Slot Temp Meter

[AussieDave]

Hi all,

Whilst some of you may think this is gimmick, I found the slot temp meters to be somewhat true, though not entirely factual in regards to measuring when a jackpot is going to go off.

My two games of choice are Break da Bank Again and Isis.

I've never got the jackpot (5 wilds) on Isis however I have bagged some nice wins (best $10K). When this happen the slot meter reset back to 80 even though I did not get the actual jackpot. The same has been for BDBA.

Lately BDBA has been hitting 700+. Yet a few months back I'd never seen it go over 295.

Anyway what are people's views on the MGS slot temp meters?


Cheers



Dave

[RedAndi]

May be a dumb question but...
What's a slot temp meter?

[Mavin1]

Totally agree AussieDave! I was watching the temp guage very closely on Jungle 7's and that is why I was winning. I would look at the guage before going into the game, then when I got a big hit, would go back out and check the guage, it had gone up a degree. This was happening in tandem with every decent win I have gotten from this very brutally "High Variance" slot.

However if you pay close attention to them you will see some that never change, like they are stuck, these I look at as not having a guage, until it moves again. I have seen them this way on some of the multiline slots lately, stuck in limbo.

Then there's games that will be getting hot on the guage but by the time it has loaded and refreshed, it will already be cold. This is what I have noticed with the Alaskan Fishing, Burning Desire and several others. The ebbs and tides are very quick on these games and once it's peaking, you might as well move on to another game.

The single line slots are harder to read as they can be on the rise for a very very long time. For the last few weeks Jungle 7's however has been rising several times a day at AJ and I still think it is peaking. (I have added this edit so as not to mislead anyone, the last good winning screenshot I had on Jungle 7's and then it went tight the following days, may indicate the meter isn't updating as quickly as I think and that my last hit could have been during it's peak. Athough it is showing as still rising, maybe it is actually already down to the low temp. But the temp did work for me just the same.)

So, I agree, there is something to these temp guages as proven by my hits on Jungle 7's. But you have to be checking them constantly to see how often they are rising and how quickly they fall.

[Simmo!]

Not having been able to play the d/l casino for a while - a question: now you can open several tabs, can you keep the slot meter in constant view on a tab and does it update in real time? Or do you have to keep leaving the game or refreshing the meter?

[Jasminebed]

Thank you for the info about the slot meter resetting for a non-jackpot win of over $10K.

For slots to be random, they are never "due". A single slot spin should not be any less likely just after the jackpot was hit than if it was last hit 5 weeks ago.

The "Temp Meters" just like 3Dice's Zeitgeist are indicators of PAST performance, and should not taken as any indicator of FUTURE (i.e. your next spin) performance.

Neither are they a worse guide to choosing a slot than any other method.

If we believe the slots to be random, then the meter is no more than a bit of fun.

For the progressive slots, I'm sure at a certain level they become +EV, just like carribbean stud jackpots. You are not more likely to hit, but you get a bigger payout if you do.

[AussieDave]

Not having been able to play the d/l casino for a while - a question: now you can open several tabs, can you keep the slot meter in constant view on a tab and does it update in real time? Or do you have to keep leaving the game or refreshing the meter?

Sorry can't tell you Simmo! (or is that Saint Simmo!).

As I only play 32Red I have all tabs occupied with slots for the tourney. 1 less tab equates a loss of 1500 or so less spins per hour

I will however give this try. I'll let you know.


Cheers



Dave

[De Beuker]

I always use the thermometer when deciding to play Centre Court.
Its my most played game, and I've never hit 5 wilds on it either, but when I get a really good freespinround, with high wins and lots of the stacked wilds involved, the meter almost always drops back to 80 immediately afterwards.
If not, pray for the scatters, because you'll get another great FSround.
The moment it drops back to 80, there's always a massive drop in the number of linewins, no more 4oaks, or 3oak of the higher paying symbols..
Time to change games.

But it depends also on the casino, and how often they update the meters.
Spin Palace for example updates the meters only once per hour, what makes the values useless in case of CentreCourt, because its very busy there (lots of skins on the same server) and the values can go from say 88 to 500+ in less than an hour.
32RED is perfect what that matters, as they update the meters almost real time.

Thats why I dont believe its all truly random, try hitting something on CentreCourt when the meter is below 100, I wish you the best of luck, you'll need it!

But for other games, like all the Thunderstruck clones for example, I do not notice any difference in gameplay, no matter how low or high the meters are.
I've had great runs on Thunderstruck beeing on 81.5, and awful ones when it was 500+.
I think thats because these jackpots are extremely hard to hit and have not so much influence on the slots total payout.

Its all theory ofcourse, but I just try yo take advantage of what I believe is happening, and I can truly say that I've won more than I've lost on the CentreCourt game ever since it was released, so I'll stick to my theory.

[De Beuker]

Not having been able to play the d/l casino for a while - a question: now you can open several tabs, can you keep the slot meter in constant view on a tab and does it update in real time? Or do you have to keep leaving the game or refreshing the meter?

At 32RED it updates almost real time, once a minute I think.
You don't have to leave the game anymore, you can just hoover the mouse over the lobby and see.

[jod5413]

Huh. I always thought that thermometer was just a gimmick, so people would play more at certain games, or games they usually don't play. Or to con the players into thinking they were ready to hit big.

I keep telling myself, it's random, it's random.

[KasinoKing]

For slots to be random, they are never "due". A single slot spin should not be any less likely just after the jackpot was hit than if it was last hit 5 weeks ago.

The "Temp Meters" just like 3Dice's Zeitgeist are indicators of PAST performance, and should not taken as any indicator of FUTURE (i.e. your next spin) performance.

Neither are they a worse guide to choosing a slot than any other method.

If we believe the slots to be random, then the meter is no more than a bit of fun.

Couldn't have said it better myself!

IMHO they are just a meaningless gimmick and I never take any notice of what they say.

KK