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He made his point perfectly clearly. You might try reading instead of posting more and more threads which add nothinguse less words and I'll hear ya
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He made his point perfectly clearly. You might try reading instead of posting more and more threads which add nothinguse less words and I'll hear ya
He made his point perfectly clearly. You might try reading instead of posting more and more threads which add nothing![]()
he's not a bad guy, i like his point of view a lot of times or it is at least amusing to read his posts, probably more of the latter
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The RNG has no clue whether I have bet $37.50 or five cents, or played here before. The program only cares how much I bet because it has to pay me based on #of coins and lines, etc.
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I've noticed that I've never hit a jackpot when betting max coin size, coins and lines. Why? Because I've only done it a few hundred times compared to many thousands of low rolls. Hope that helps.

use less words and I'll hear ya
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It has been established (please prove wrong) that multidenomininational machines have seperate paytables inside them. We could be wrong? How do you feel about that. I feel raped.
He made his point perfectly clearly. You might try reading instead of posting more and more threads which add nothing![]()
hey lj, you posted this on 7th february, and you make exactly the claims i do. what's the difference now? or is that just it, something came to light that you no longer feel this way?![]()
Having played at land based casinos for several years, I expect it. I expect that when I sit down at a multi denom Wild Cherry machine that the quarters pay out less (in the long term) than the $1. Doesn't bother me because I'm aware of it.
However -- I suspect that the payout percentages are reversed in online slots. What I mean is this... The land based casino where I usually go pay (these are approx and off the top of my head) 87 - 89% for pennies and maybe 90% for nickels (both primarily vid slots), 91 or 92 % for quarter reel slots, 92 - 93% half dollar, 93- 94% for $1 slots, and 95% - 96% for $5. This is of course an average for each of those denominations. (Some casinos will have a bank of machines posted at 98% payout.)
Now... what I feel (after high rolling in free play for weeks and losing my a$$) is that the above scenario is reversed for the vid slots online -- pennies and nickels pay out (percentage wise) better than the $1 and up. **shrug** Just my gut feeling after seeing a great lack of even halfway decent bonus rounds and wins betting max denom/max bet per spin.
I'm still not quite sure why this would be earth shattering?
No axe to grind - I just thought "use less words and I'll hear ya" was a bit rude. If you have the time to start threads which often don't even explain themselves you could also do a bit of reading.Ummm, If you have an ax to grind with me I'd appreciate a direct challenge rather than a sucker punch. Thanks.

Lojo, I gotta agree with Vesuvio. I count no less than five threads on the first page of this forum where you are ranting about the paytables in video slots online. I think you've made your point, and I personally don't want to read it in every thread I click on. Feel free to pick one thread and rant to your heart's content. And my advice (wanted or not), is that if you feel the games are rigged, not fair, not random...whatever, then the solution is simple. DON'T PLAY.
This argument has gone on for years. If you don't think you're getting a fair shake (keeping in mind it's gambling, and even moreso with slots), then walk away. Just my two cents.

Never before have a few rams caused such commotion![]()
Thank goodness I didn't get the 5 rams again this week![]()
My god - that's an absolute BEAUTY!
Five "Thor's Cock's" on top of the four Thors! :notworthy
lmao that's a nice term for those symbols.
spearmaster chastised me for using the word "cock" in my sig, so i hope this vulgarity gets censored too![]()
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Five "Thor's Cock's" on top of the four Thors! :notworthy
Quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi.![]()
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Five "Thor's Cock's" on top of the four Thors! :notworthy

MY FRIST, I MEAN FIRST!Never before have a few rams caused such commotion![]()
Thank goodness I didn't get the 5 rams again this week![]()

I like to take 5 scatter![]()

cdf(655) ~0.990 (so 1% of the times you will have more than 655 spins before hitting the feature)
Zoozie
. Thank you for taking the time to calculate the odds.I made the 'number of spins before hitting scatter' plot for ThunderStruck.
For Thunderstruck the probablity for hitting the feature each spin is p=0.007013636363636363
It is aYou do not have permission to view link Log in or register now.which means that hitting the freespins on excactly spin #n (and not before!) is given by:
p(n)=p*(1-p)^(n-1) for n=1,2,3,........
You can add these numbers and thus getting the probability for hitting the
freespins before a given number of spins. This gives cdf(n)=1-(1-p)^n and this I have plotted (I just plotted the continious function, but it is actually only defined for the integer values on the x-axis).
Since it is hard to read the y-values for high values of x, here are some important numbers:
cdf(328)~0.900 (so 10% of the times you will have more than 328 spins before hitting the feature)
cdf(426 ) ~0.950
cdf(655) ~0.990 (so 1% of the times you will have more than 655 spins before hitting the feature)
cdf (982) ~0.9990
cdf(1309)~0.999900
cdf (1636)~0.999990
So if you did not hit the freespins in 982 spins it was about a 1/1000.
Still bad luck, but not that rare.
Edit:data file(txt) included
Zoozie
The derivative becomes less than 0.5 somewhere around 250. That means that the chance of hitting the feature within x spins increases more than linear by increasing the number of spins until that point, but after that the chance increases only slightly, less than linear. Of course the probability of hitting is the same on each independent spin, but it might mean that the progressive betting makes less sense after reaching that point where the derivative becomes less than 0.5.
Absolutely not.
There is no memory in the spins. The geometric distributions tell what the probability is that you will not hit the feature in the NEXT 250 spins etc. So if you are not hitting it in 250 freespins, you then start from scratch again and it is the same probability not hitting them the next 250 spins again.
Zoozie
Absolutely not.
Increasing bet-size as you describe is just the Martingale-system for slot. Most of the time it works and you win a little, but sometimes you lose a gigantic amount and if you add what you win and what you lose. And the average lose is larger because of the larger bet. A horrible solution, especially on slots.
There is no memory in the spins. The geometric distributions tell what the probability is that you will not hit the feature in the NEXT 250 spins etc. So if you are not hitting it in 250 freespins, you then start from scratch again and it is the same probability not hitting them the next 250 spins again.
Zoozie
Again, you have not yet started to do the first spin, you just would like to plan how much to spin if you don't hit. Your strategy would be to hit the feature if possible, or quit after a fixed number of spins. I know that the most +EV would be not to play slots at all, but in a realistic situation I guess this is how most people play slots. They don't really mind how much did they put in, and they can't do nothing with the feature payout, they just want the feature. You see that planning to make 250 spins instead of 140 if you don't hit decrease the chance that you do not hit at all by 25 percent. But planning 426 spins instead of 250 decrease the chance only by 10 percent. So before the first spin planning 110 more (250 instead of 140) spins decrease the chance of not hitting by 25 percent, while planning 176 more (426 instead of 250) spins spins decrease the chance of not hitting at all only by 10 percent.
Okie, I believe I understand what you are talking about now. Still it is just
a Martingale system, but using the chart to construct a betting system for slots. And using the chart you can construct a betting system with this property:
Following the betting system you will win 99% of the times statistically over 1000 spins. (if you are ahead at some time, then stop)
However the last 1% of the times you will lose your house, wife,dog, liver and whatever can be sold etc.
But also remember that that even hitting the feature only gives 35*(bet-size) in average wins for Thunderstruck, so a betting system to do what described above still has to be 'aggressive'.
Zoozie
The question is only whether a point or an interval exists besides zero which if you fix before beginning to play, and stick to it, and you don't get the feature, then it is relatively significantly better to stop there than in any other interval later (absolute case is obvious, sooner is better).
You total expected loss is 4%*(total bet amount). So the more you wager total, the worse it gets in average.
It is better to have four 1$ spins than one 5$ because the wagered amount is 4$ compared to 5$.
Bob Dance gave a classic example of this in his Million$ VP book that goes something like this
There are two gamblers that play the same game every day and same constant bet-size on a game with negative expectation (ie. a house edge)
They play like this:
Gambler 1: Always play 100 games and then stops.
Gambler 2: Always play 100 games. If he is ahead after the 100 games and has exactly x $. Then he will play until he has > x$ (tiny win more) and always stop if he reaches break even point for the day so he still did not lose that day.
Which gambler will do best?
It is gambler 1 though he will still be an overall loser. Some players think gambler 2 will be better off because he only gambles with money he has won and try to win more.
The morale is. The more you bet total, the more you will lose total
Zoozie


How long can I beat the odds for before it looks fishy about low bets hitting them more than higher ones (performance dependent on bet size, not uniformly random)
... When you do the same experiment at higher odds! Gulp! Rather you than me!
.....and again today, this time in bonus round!
This run is going on forever!!!
How long can I beat the odds for before it looks fishy about low bets hitting them more than higher ones (performance dependent on bet size, not uniformly random)

This is freaky. I've played more Thunderstruck over the years than most forum members put together, 402,297 times at one casino alone in fact, and I only had the 5 rams flock together once in the early days at 1.80 a spin. I feel cheated![]()


athlone64 said:still 5 scatter![]()
still 5 scatter![]()
