With all due respect Tim but I do not think the games are getting tested properly. After all this is an industry paying all itself and within itself. Quite a few of these labs are sponsored by the gaming industry in one way or another.
But let's assume they to it properly. I am taking now only the BTG slot Bonanza as an example.
I have done exactly 23,432 spins on it (playing it right now but my data is now up to this point)
BTG claims:
- 117K paylines
- rare but generous bonus rounds with unlimited multiplier
- all sounds very entertaining
That is one side of the medal, now to the other side:
Part 1:
- in 23,432 spins i had on the screen
--> 88.87% below 10K paylines
--> 10.53% between 10 - 25K lines
--> 0.59% over 25K lines
--> 0.01% all 117K lines
In numbers, I had 4 spins with all 117K lines in 23,432 spins, of which 2 did not pay a single cent.
Hence, claiming a wonderful 117K lines is just plain cheating, do those testers run the slot blind or not looking at them????
Part 2
- Bonus rounds
--> just one example, today i waited a solid 240 spins to see once 3 of the 4 letters that are needed to trigger it. And that is the norm, nothing unusual, my highest number 446 spins.
--> my bonus rounds paid an average 34.5x bet ....that is something any slot would pay.
Hence, claiming that the bonus round will make up for the long wait is yet again a big lie!
Now you might say 23K spins is not much, well, i think it is enough to give a pretty good indication of how the slot is playing. And again, are those testers blind, not interested or just plain not looking at the games properly????
I mean anyone with a $20 or $30 budget to play can't touch this slot as they won't even see a chance to get a bonus round before the money is running out! And all gambling commissions happily certify such games? Responsible gambling eh?
PS. now at spin 360 and i have yet to see the second chance/3-letter teaser for the bonus round.
PS2. Please do not take this personal, these are just my observations of what BTG is claiming vs. my gaming results
Perfect example just happened ...432 spins to the bonus round, result 2x bet
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