SlotsWizard
Dormant account
- Joined
- May 11, 2006
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- North of Antarctica
...sucks!
I played a few spins in free mode when the game was first released, and I was under the impression that all of the lights turned the same color (50/50). It turns out (as I'm sure many of you know by now) that each light turns red or green individually.
To get paid for 2 or more scatters you need to get 2 or more green lights. To get the feature you need 3 or more green lights.
The help screen doesn't clarify whether or not the number of scatters you are paid for is the number of green lights you have - for example, if you get 5 scatters but only 2 have green lights, are you paid for 2 or 5 scatters? I assume you are paid for the total number of scatters as long as you have 2 or more green lights, and that is what my analysis below represents.
I gave RTG the benefit of the doubt that each light has a 50% chance of being either Red or Green (although based on my small sample I would say that each light has a greater-than-50% chance of being Red). But let's assume it's 50/50. The following table represents the chances of winning/losing the scatter payouts (2+ green lights) and getting/not getting the feature (3+ green lights) for each number of scatters:
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So the best you can hope for is a 50% chance of getting the feature... when you get all 5 scatters! Anything less than 5 scatters and your odds decrease, of both getting a scatter payout and getting the feature.
Combine these odds with the odds of getting 3 or more scatters in the first place and it's truly horrific. And if my hunch that each light has a greater chance of being Red than Green is correct, then it's even worse.
Imagine getting 5 scatters and 4 of them are Red: you win absolutely nothing and you get no feature.
What a fantastic game for the casinos!
I played a few spins in free mode when the game was first released, and I was under the impression that all of the lights turned the same color (50/50). It turns out (as I'm sure many of you know by now) that each light turns red or green individually.
To get paid for 2 or more scatters you need to get 2 or more green lights. To get the feature you need 3 or more green lights.
The help screen doesn't clarify whether or not the number of scatters you are paid for is the number of green lights you have - for example, if you get 5 scatters but only 2 have green lights, are you paid for 2 or 5 scatters? I assume you are paid for the total number of scatters as long as you have 2 or more green lights, and that is what my analysis below represents.
I gave RTG the benefit of the doubt that each light has a 50% chance of being either Red or Green (although based on my small sample I would say that each light has a greater-than-50% chance of being Red). But let's assume it's 50/50. The following table represents the chances of winning/losing the scatter payouts (2+ green lights) and getting/not getting the feature (3+ green lights) for each number of scatters:
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So the best you can hope for is a 50% chance of getting the feature... when you get all 5 scatters! Anything less than 5 scatters and your odds decrease, of both getting a scatter payout and getting the feature.
Combine these odds with the odds of getting 3 or more scatters in the first place and it's truly horrific. And if my hunch that each light has a greater chance of being Red than Green is correct, then it's even worse.
Imagine getting 5 scatters and 4 of them are Red: you win absolutely nothing and you get no feature.
What a fantastic game for the casinos!