avfcalex23
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So, yes, some of you may have seen my screenshot in the wins thread hitting the max horse on day at the races with a x2 last week for £2k max 5000x win. I’m not ungrateful, and it was the biggest buzz I’ve ever had on online slots. But let’s face it, it’s rare and will likely be a one off. What I want to discuss, and get people’s opinions on, is the predictable nature of these slots.
Now, slot machines in casinos or online are said to be random. But I notice the same trends over and over again whilst spinning these bad boys. Here’s some of the things I’ve noticed on the following games;
Big catch bass fishing (Christmas edition and normal original)
- you can hit a bonus pretty quickly. It then takes you to the upgrade screen to pick an upgrade. Of course you want to land the gold collect, but I would honestly say 9 times out of 10, even though there’s ten upgrades to choose from, you will get ‘re-spin’. It is for me, the worst upgrade. The wild fisherman may come down once, twice if you’re lucky with respin. And often there’s barely any fish to accompany the wild. You will almost certainly land a wild if there’s no fish on the screen.
- if you land ‘extra free games’ usually this is 2 games. Sometimes 5. But you can bet your bottom dollar those extra spins will run out without a single fisherman wild. So you may as well just start with 10 spins and ignore the extra games you’ve won. Again, this happens 90% of the time with me.
The big bass series (I play golden lakes, day at the races, return to the races)
Every single big bass slot I play follows the same (somewhat negative) trend.
You will land three scatters very quickly, often on the respin. The game ALWAYS pays at LEAST 10x. So you know if you haven’t hit a wild man in the first 8 spins of your 10, you’re effectively guaranteed a wild man on your last couple of free games. I had a check on several sites of my replays, and the most common win was 22x. In the last 5 weeks alone, I’ve counted 27 bonus wins at 22x. Not much from 30p stakes. Back to the base game, you’ll hit another three scatters pretty quickly after the first. You then won’t hit another for some 100+ spins. This again, happens probably 90% of the time I play.
- Random slots they say, far from it in my opinion. The pattern of the slots are just so regular, you can almost predict the dead spin after spin on the game and where your next mini win is going to come from. I call them almost all of the time. Of course there are the exceptions, but not in a month of Sundays are these slots ‘random’. Random would mean you’d hit the higher paying symbols in a row of 5 at least once in a blue moon. I can’t remember the last time I hit 4.
Fishing frenzy (big splash, megaways)
I find these incredibly addictive, far more so than any other slot I play. Hitting the three scatters is bliss. But then it takes you into the feature, here’s what I’ve noticed, time and time again.
- fisherman wilds will drop in, with no fish. Ten spins, more often than not I won’t land a single fish with the wilds. I cannot tell you how many times, countless, I’ve had winless features on the fishin frenzy franchise. I just don’t know how they get away with it, but whilst we’re still playing them, we effectively justify it for them.
- landing four scatters (rare) gives 15 spins. I honestly believe this puts you at a disadvantage than hitting three and having 10 spins. Again, can’t tell you how many times I’ve had winless games from four scatters.
More unusual catch slot
The biggest scam going from any slot I’ve played. Have never landed a single bonus and have probably had in excess of 2000 spins on this slot. Has anyone else played this and ever hit three scatters? I truly believe it’s near impossible. There’s volatile, and there’s volatile.
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I want a move away from the fishing slots and fishing franchise games. There are easy on the eye, easy to listen to and I can see why people are drawn into them. Are there any other franchises or games people would recommend, blueprint, pragmatic. Whatever it be, but there has to be a better slot out there for more regular returns.
Thanks for reading if you got this far! I’m sure many will disagree and state slots are completely random and you could land two jackpots back to back. I’m sure there’s some truth in that, but the above ‘stats’ are honest representations of what I see on a weekly basis on these fishing slots.
Thanks for reading
Now, slot machines in casinos or online are said to be random. But I notice the same trends over and over again whilst spinning these bad boys. Here’s some of the things I’ve noticed on the following games;
Big catch bass fishing (Christmas edition and normal original)
- you can hit a bonus pretty quickly. It then takes you to the upgrade screen to pick an upgrade. Of course you want to land the gold collect, but I would honestly say 9 times out of 10, even though there’s ten upgrades to choose from, you will get ‘re-spin’. It is for me, the worst upgrade. The wild fisherman may come down once, twice if you’re lucky with respin. And often there’s barely any fish to accompany the wild. You will almost certainly land a wild if there’s no fish on the screen.
- if you land ‘extra free games’ usually this is 2 games. Sometimes 5. But you can bet your bottom dollar those extra spins will run out without a single fisherman wild. So you may as well just start with 10 spins and ignore the extra games you’ve won. Again, this happens 90% of the time with me.
The big bass series (I play golden lakes, day at the races, return to the races)
Every single big bass slot I play follows the same (somewhat negative) trend.
You will land three scatters very quickly, often on the respin. The game ALWAYS pays at LEAST 10x. So you know if you haven’t hit a wild man in the first 8 spins of your 10, you’re effectively guaranteed a wild man on your last couple of free games. I had a check on several sites of my replays, and the most common win was 22x. In the last 5 weeks alone, I’ve counted 27 bonus wins at 22x. Not much from 30p stakes. Back to the base game, you’ll hit another three scatters pretty quickly after the first. You then won’t hit another for some 100+ spins. This again, happens probably 90% of the time I play.
- Random slots they say, far from it in my opinion. The pattern of the slots are just so regular, you can almost predict the dead spin after spin on the game and where your next mini win is going to come from. I call them almost all of the time. Of course there are the exceptions, but not in a month of Sundays are these slots ‘random’. Random would mean you’d hit the higher paying symbols in a row of 5 at least once in a blue moon. I can’t remember the last time I hit 4.
Fishing frenzy (big splash, megaways)
I find these incredibly addictive, far more so than any other slot I play. Hitting the three scatters is bliss. But then it takes you into the feature, here’s what I’ve noticed, time and time again.
- fisherman wilds will drop in, with no fish. Ten spins, more often than not I won’t land a single fish with the wilds. I cannot tell you how many times, countless, I’ve had winless features on the fishin frenzy franchise. I just don’t know how they get away with it, but whilst we’re still playing them, we effectively justify it for them.
- landing four scatters (rare) gives 15 spins. I honestly believe this puts you at a disadvantage than hitting three and having 10 spins. Again, can’t tell you how many times I’ve had winless games from four scatters.
More unusual catch slot
The biggest scam going from any slot I’ve played. Have never landed a single bonus and have probably had in excess of 2000 spins on this slot. Has anyone else played this and ever hit three scatters? I truly believe it’s near impossible. There’s volatile, and there’s volatile.
————
I want a move away from the fishing slots and fishing franchise games. There are easy on the eye, easy to listen to and I can see why people are drawn into them. Are there any other franchises or games people would recommend, blueprint, pragmatic. Whatever it be, but there has to be a better slot out there for more regular returns.
Thanks for reading if you got this far! I’m sure many will disagree and state slots are completely random and you could land two jackpots back to back. I’m sure there’s some truth in that, but the above ‘stats’ are honest representations of what I see on a weekly basis on these fishing slots.
Thanks for reading
