Is this normal? 28k spins on Ted Megaways no Bonus Feature Hit

[deleted_account--20231127]

I am fuming.
Had a session on Ted Megaways on Gala Spins.

over 2 hours of play before I hit a bonus feature. It gave me 12p.
Another 45 mins of play before hitting the feature again...this time it gave me 18p.
Another 70 mins before the feature came in....and it gave me 18p.

absolutely disgusting. only 3 bonus features in nearly 4 hours of spinning and not a single one gave me even 1x my stake.

I know Gala are famous for their incredibly low win rate but surely this is illegal???

 

[dunover]

I am fuming.
Had a session on Ted Megaways on Gala Spins.

over 2 hours of play before I hit a bonus feature. It gave me 12p.
Another 45 mins of play before hitting the feature again...this time it gave me 18p.
Another 70 mins before the feature came in....and it gave me 18p.

absolutely disgusting. only 3 bonus features in nearly 4 hours of spinning and not a single one gave me even 1x my stake.

I know Gala are famous for their incredibly low win rate but surely this is illegal???

Not illegal, just unlucky. Perhaps it uses the Bonanza code?

 

[satchnz]

I am fuming.
Had a session on Ted Megaways on Gala Spins.

over 2 hours of play before I hit a bonus feature. It gave me 12p.
Another 45 mins of play before hitting the feature again...this time it gave me 18p.
Another 70 mins before the feature came in....and it gave me 18p.

absolutely disgusting. only 3 bonus features in nearly 4 hours of spinning and not a single one gave me even 1x my stake.

I know Gala are famous for their incredibly low win rate but surely this is illegal???

That’s funny because I decided to try Ted Megaways again this weekend, for the very, very, very last time ever. Ever. What a shite game.

 

[Jono777]

There are far better Megaways games out there to try....

One of the posters above seems to have it nailed and never loses on it

 

[bamberfishcake]

Had roughly 1,000x on Ted Megaways once. Not really played it that much though.

Blueprint does some wicked Megaways games, but on the whole, that usually reliable developer has been rather unreliable for me too lately.

Peaks and troughs I suppose.

 

[justdoit]

Looks like Ted his addicted to not paying lol

 

[deleted_account--20231127]

I have done over 28,000 spins on Ted Megaways and nearly 32 hours worth of play and have STILL not hit the bonus feature, biggest win was £3.20 from a 20p stake in the 22 hours. Around £1400 put in and still not a bonus feature or a win above 16x my stake. Is this normal? My brother played it on his account, hit 5 scatter symbols within the first 10 spins and won over £600 from a 20p stake. I put in more money thinking surely it cant be that bad again, and it is every time.

Starting to think my account is rigged because I cannot be that unlucky, surely. Let me know if this is how the game usually plays.

 

[Steviedoo]

Random luck

 

[justdoit]

Ted Megaways Never see anyone hit big one that game

 

[Jono777]

£3.20 biggest win from £1400 in is a bit concerning.

I'm usually one of the first to jump on the "rigged!" bandwagon but that doesn't sound right at all.

It's written that these games are regularly checked so I'm sure there will be nothing wrong with it

 

[bamberfishcake]

Random luck

Really? You think 28,000 spins without a bonus is not a bit extreme, even considering a seriously bad run of luck, I would have thought a bonus or two would have surfaced.

What is the average bonus game hit rate? 6/7/800 spins at worst? I know games vary but what's the average bonus game hit rate on Megaways? 3/4/500 spins?

Even Bonanza drops the D more often than what this seems to be doing.

I don't think 28,000 spins is normal, perhaps even possible given the accuracy of the game designs. Would love to know the answer.

 

[Jono777]

^^ Good points BFC

Even if a bonus didn't land in all those spins a slot with as low as 90% would hit a base game win in all those outcomes of more than 16x for a fact.

Either some exaggerating going on or something ain't right with that slot right now.

 

[johnnybagel]

But if your brother played and hit then the game is working, no?

 

[justdoit]

I never play ted goonies sausage game they all crap, you struggle to hit 100x
fish and frenzy in 28000 spin you will get easy get 30-50 bonus

 

[zackamo]

Really? You think 28,000 spins without a bonus is not a bit extreme, even considering a seriously bad run of luck, I would have thought a bonus or two would have surfaced.

What is the average bonus game hit rate? 6/7/800 spins at worst? I know games vary but what's the average bonus game hit rate on Megaways? 3/4/500 spins?

Even Bonanza drops the D more often than what this seems to be doing.

I don't think 28,000 spins is normal, perhaps even possible given the accuracy of the game designs. Would love to know the answer.

 

[nfehily]

I have done over 28,000 spins on Ted Megaways and nearly 32 hours worth of play and have STILL not hit the bonus feature, biggest win was £3.20 from a 20p stake in the 22 hours. Around £1400 put in and still not a bonus feature or a win above 16x my stake. Is this normal? My brother played it on his account, hit 5 scatter symbols within the first 10 spins and won over £600 from a 20p stake. I put in more money thinking surely it cant be that bad again, and it is every time.

Starting to think my account is rigged because I cannot be that unlucky, surely. Let me know if this is how the game usually plays.

Which casino are you playing it on plse?

 

[BetterValueCasino]

To me that sounds rigged, I've heard it's not meant to happen, but has happened a lot. Whatever source of randomness the game provider or casino is using, randomness has a feature that in larger samples there is always some distribution of remote chances of something happening. I claim to remember some video I saw years ago where the company was offering a random number generation solution to gambling clients. I distinctly remember the man saying that they could provide random at a better revenue to their clients, I presume because they were fiddling with the "random seed" probably. I never saw the video again, and didn't take a note of the name etc, just remembered this! It was a marketing video from an unknown company, this was probably about 7 years ago. I don't know if they got any clients, but I did use to find at Coral the pre-bet spinner was bordering on suspiciously likely to initially start generous often coming in and later to go very cold like clockwork. I complained and I remember the pre-bet spinner was sometimes acting more fair, but it can be done with the starting seed value of the random number sequence, modifying this eg to a known seed with pre-seen known future numerical outcomes which were unfavourable maybe at a touch of a button is what has happened here maybe. There have been instances of features never coming in or other bad random reported I've read over 1,200 casino reviews on Trustpilot, I read about 1,000 about 5 years ago and there were reports eg at Virgin Games that they were running bad random.

 

[BetterValueCasino]

I should add regarding the post I just made, I also found at Coral the pre-bet spinner would like "reset" the random back to more generous so if you went from trying to ultimately stake £6 on a bet to trying to stake £5 or £7 on a bet, the sequence would reset to more favourable. I was playing roulette and you're only able to stake £2 at a time, so the pre-bet spinner is the only way to get a bigger bet on on the roulette there. Having said that this may be known about. I used to find I'd do well betting in the knowledge of the bias of the numbers coming from the roulette wheel. The roulette RTP is theoretically 97.3% +/- variance so currently I would have thought it's a better deal than slots at the moment! I did do £20 or £30 on slots in the last fortnight and won nothing! Since then I've been closing casino accounts so we can concentrate on our own launch next year. Fruit machine RTP at one of the local cafes used to be 92% years ago when they had tokens. If the RTP is 91% on a game, then every time you press spin the casino makes 9p, on mean average, if you were spinning at £1 a spin.

 

[bamberfishcake]

If Ted Megaways was tested over 1,000,000 spins, which, I don't know for sure, but given the release date that's my best guess, then 28,000 spins are about 2.8% of a full test run and game design.

Maybe someone more knowledgeable could offer their opinion. Would be great to see Blueprint answer this one.

@L&L-Jan @Mark_Lottomart ever had a game run 28,000 spins with no bonus round or win over 16x?

@trancemonkey @The Reel Story this sound possible?

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Assuming this is the legit, 96.03% version of the slot, running at a proper casino, I would say those numbers are, essentially, statistically impossible to achieve.

 

[dunover]

Assuming this is the legit, 96.03% version of the slot, running at a proper casino, I would say those numbers are, essentially, statistically impossible to achieve.

Yes, it's akin to rolling a die 60 times and not getting a six. Statistically possible but vanishingly unlikely.

 

[PMKFRUITPRO]

That’s as likely as some Spawny twat winning on
Bonanza for 2 and a half years solid.

 

[interlog]

I am not sure at what casino the OP is playing at, but having done 28,000 spins with no bonus (unlikely) or even a 20x win (even more unlikely) I find that very hard to believe.

I play this game quite often and find it pretty reasonable. Bonus drops in every 300 to 400 spins, base game holds pretty well.

Would love to know what casino this is played at!

 

[ChopleyIOM]

Yes, it's akin to rolling a die 60 times and not getting a six. Statistically possible but vanishingly unlikely.

Here's what this looks like.

But yes, I should have said 'statistically possible, but with a probability of very close to zero'.

 

[PMKFRUITPRO]

The old gamblers exaggeration has been applied I feel.

 

[Jono777]

The old gamblers exaggeration has been applied I feel.

Glad to see I was not alone with this line of thought.

Never the opposite is it?

"Fucks sake, I've just gone 3 features on DoA without a wild line!"

 

[dunover]

My Bonanza record is just shy of 2500 spins no feature. I once went 2375 spins on Thunderstruck II with no feature at 32Dead.

 

[Jono777]

Think my longest without a bonus was also at 32. Just shy of 1K spins on Spring Break on 0.18p spins with no feature.

No complaints tho, when I finally stopped using them think I was about 6K ahead which for a £20 dipper, minimum bet player is awesome lol.

Pre rigged days of course

 

[dealer wins]

28,000 spins with the best win being 16x is impossible on any slot machine currently available on any reputable casino in the world.

Even if the RTP was 1% you would hit a higher payout than 16x over 28,000 spins!

100% the slot is either rigged, or has a serious error!

 

[L&L-Jan]

@L&L-Jan @Mark_Lottomart ever had a game run 28,000 spins with no bonus round or win over 16x?

I find that hard to believe, I've seen with over 1000s of spins RTPs of like 10% on Fishin Frenzy or Eye of Horus but with 28k spins on Ted? I would suggest to drop the casino history so we can all analyze it.

 

[The Reel Story]

Agreeing with the above. Not impossible, but realistically, incredibly unlikely. I'd go buy a lottery ticket.

A few questions though.

1. What Casino? Is it regulated?
2. Did your brother play at the same Casino?
3. Can you provide the data of the 28,000 spins?

If regulated and you can provide the data, then I suggest requesting the Casino audit the game, and also providing said data to the regulator so they can do the same.

 

[goatwack]

Yeah, it's as bent as a nine bob note.

Even if loading 28 separate sessions at 1K spins a piece, eyebrows would begin raising midway through the 2nd session I'd imagine ?

With Megaways 'mechanics' a law unto themselves however, it wouldn't be beyond reason for a player to carry on, partly out of curiosity, or perhaps because they even 'like' the game.

Even if 'Hate-playing' a title after having lost most of one's balance on it, 28000 spins is a bit of a stretch.

Still, without receipts this just becomes wild conjecture and dice-rolling hypotheses

 

[deleted_account--20231127]

It was on Gala Spins, I have absolutely no reason to lie.....you can see by my account how much I'm losing on it each month. The game is now also showing a technical error for the last 8 or so hours which means I cannot play it any longer. They have probably realised its broken. Sorry, it was 18,000 spins, not 28,000. Typo.

 

[L&L-Jan]

Add all bets/wins together and the RTP doesn't look THAT bad 91.458%

It can be worse, and it can be better, but thats gambling.

 

[paul7388]

Don't really know what the screenshots are meant to prove.

Personally I found it very hard to believe that you did that amount of spins and highest win was 16x.

Now seeing a wagering of 6,000 on small stakes that returns 5,800 looks pretty good to me and would be near nigh impossible to return that if highest win was only 16x.

 

[deleted_account--20231127]

As I said, I have no reason to lie...I get 40-60p wins quite often but then a lot of dead spins...overall I have lost almost £1500 on this game without a single bonus, on 20p spins its pretty bad....and as I have posted the game is no longer working at all. It's clearly broken.

 

[goatwack]

And therein lies the mystery. At what point is a game faulty, and when is it 'bad luck'?

It is strange to hear the game playing particularly badly for one user, whilst seemingly ok for the other.

It would take a special kind of objectivity to conclude that 18000+ spins without any sort of feature is par for the course, when it's clearly not.

Megaways workings have always seemed a bit janky at the best of times, and 'prone' to sustaining inexplicably bad streaks. In this case, it just seems that something went awry within the code on any given number of host servers.

Chances are one could be playing until 2029 and it not sort itself, whilst the casino isn't too hasty in recognizing or even fixing that particular session, when money continues to be poured in to it.

If indeed found to be a technical error, the end user would rarely be privy to it, and so I wouldn't expect any resolution whatsoever, sadly

 

[deleted_account--20231127]

yep...still a technical error, been like this for over 9 hours now. tried signing out and back in, tried dfferent browsers, tried deleting cache and cookies, no luck. when I contacted customer service they said it works fine so I don't know.....the annoying thing is my brother just tried it on his account on the same casino and it works fine. I am really starting to think its something to do with my account, it took over a thousand pounds from me without a single bonus feature and now doesnt work at all. Guess I am just going to try a different game.

 

[justdoit]

open bonus buy at partycasino

 

[bamberfishcake]

open bonus buy at partycasino

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Don't forget - in this nanny state we live in, it is their fault if you lose!

 

[maxd]

Ah, I thought that looked familiar: free haggis samples offered at Aldi, no better way to clear the building.