Is there anybody out there? Hello….hello.
I heard the search for Bonanza survivors has been called off. Search and rescue organisations say, “it’s almost impossible to believe anyone could have survived such atrocious conditions”.
Yes you can, but it would still need to be retested, and I'm not sure of the benefit of doing this on a successful gameso, the question now seems to be: is it possible, to change the VARIANCE of a game, leaving its TRTP unchanged ?
from my personal experience, the answer is YES, but it would be appreciated if anybody more in the industry than me can shed some light on this.
@trancemonkey
Without getting all misty- eyed about it, but yes, by gum, I remember that t'hit like it was t'yesterday!I have been off it all for a couple of weeks now as I have no more UKGC casinos left I can play at. Can't say i miss it that much. Ironically, the last year has been my best one ever on the old bastard, reduced my overall losses from a disgraceful 5-figure amount to a less painful 5-figure amount.
When I look back and get things into perspective, I am simply another punter who has chosen to play a high-variance game for a very long period and suffered the consequences accordingly. In that time I had one base game win of over 1000x, two features of over 3000x, one over 2000x and about a dozen at over 1000x. I never saw the 8-scatter trigger (nor the 9-scatter which there was one incidence of!) and had three 7-scatters. On one occasion I had two consecutive spins award the 'big win' of 25x plus. I had just the one 'whitewash' bonus of 12 dead spins. On six occasions I saw feature triggers on two consecutive spins and IIRC only one of those 12 features paid >100x.
What I am doing on occasion is playing the Golden Ticket demo version in Euros I have access to and buying features for 90x. I think when this is out there you guys in the UK should use a VPN and try the demo yourselves because it really changes your view of the game. You'd be surprised by how hard it is to get over 100x and how common 15-50x is. In a few months and probably well over 1000 features I have had just 2 over 1000x and these being not far over. About another 12-15 have paid over 500x. Just once have I emulated the real-play event I had at Betfred where I got 5 consecutive features of over 100x including one of 700-odd x and one of 1500x but these were all in the 1-300x range.
Overall, as a player who tends to fixate upon one game I have to say my experience wasn't as good as it was playing IGT's Cleopatra for the first year I ever gambled online, but was far better than when I stuck to The Rapist and Twin Spin for example.
With the vast amount of permutations the game has, I could cite a feeling of entitlement for having played it for so long, why did I not get @goatwack bonus of over 4000x (green gems was it?) or a base game hit of 2400x (like the guy who got 48x 6OAK diamonds on a max Meagreways spin) or an 8-scatter trigger? But it is what it is - you live and learn.
Without getting all misty- eyed about it, but yes, by gum, I remember that t'hit like it was t'yesterday!
The game's a wanker
Are you banned from all the UK sites now?I have been off it all for a couple of weeks now as I have no more UKGC casinos left I can play at. Can't say i miss it that much. Ironically, the last year has been my best one ever on the old bastard, reduced my overall losses from a disgraceful 5-figure amount to a less painful 5-figure amount.
When I look back and get things into perspective, I am simply another punter who has chosen to play a high-variance game for a very long period and suffered the consequences accordingly. In that time I had one base game win of over 1000x, two features of over 3000x, one over 2000x and about a dozen at over 1000x. I never saw the 8-scatter trigger (nor the 9-scatter which there was one incidence of!) and had three 7-scatters. On one occasion I had two consecutive spins award the 'big win' of 25x plus. I had just the one 'whitewash' bonus of 12 dead spins. On six occasions I saw feature triggers on two consecutive spins and IIRC only one of those 12 features paid >100x.
What I am doing on occasion is playing the Golden Ticket demo version in Euros I have access to and buying features for 90x. I think when this is out there you guys in the UK should use a VPN and try the demo yourselves because it really changes your view of the game. You'd be surprised by how hard it is to get over 100x and how common 15-50x is. In a few months and probably well over 1000 features I have had just 2 over 1000x and these being not far over. About another 12-15 have paid over 500x. Just once have I emulated the real-play event I had at Betfred where I got 5 consecutive features of over 100x including one of 700-odd x and one of 1500x but these were all in the 1-300x range.
Overall, as a player who tends to fixate upon one game I have to say my experience wasn't as good as it was playing IGT's Cleopatra for the first year I ever gambled online, but was far better than when I stuck to The Rapist and Twin Spin for example.
With the vast amount of permutations the game has, I could cite a feeling of entitlement for having played it for so long, why did I not get @goatwack bonus of over 4000x (green gems was it?) or a base game hit of 2400x (like the guy who got 48x 6OAK diamonds on a max Meagreways spin) or an 8-scatter trigger? But it is what it is - you live and learn.
LoL...I have either closed due to SoW etc. or for bad runs in the past, after 13 years I have run out of UKGC sites to play at, until a new licensee appears one day. It's a legacy thing, when I first started playing online when I had no experience I went through 90% of the groups or sites, excluding after shit runs or when I won, to ensure I'd stay ahead forever. Alas, the past has caught up. And I ain't ever going to go unlicensed.Are you banned from all the UK sites now?