Oh I see now. I didn't watch the video yet so I thought that it you had just started with the second bonus but I saw now that the video also shows the end result. Well done!
Interestingly I posted in
post #41 that based on my computer simulations, in those times when you DO meet the WR, your expected end balance is ~5000 which seems to be exactly what you ended up with.
If there really is a 99% slot then obviously it changes things completely and increases the value of this bonus. Are you sure that The Back Nine truly pays out though and does the bonus game require a lot of skill?
I also figured that you can cashout your deposit in addition to the £888. I am glad you noticed that on time and didn't play everything above £888 away
Hi Jufo,
Well Tropica have changed the T&Cs of the bonus now so that should tell you all need to know about The Back Nine's RTP
It now only contributes to the WR at 10%, instead of 100% when I beat the bonus.
I stumbled upon the bonus by accident as I was genuinely just after the playtime, but when I nearly beat it on the first attempt it became pretty clear to me that it was easily beatable with optimal strategy, so I decided to have a proper go at it.
Here are the chances of meeting a £122,000 WR from a £1877 bankroll. (Easiest way to work this out is to simply divide the bankroll by the house edge expressed as a decimal, i.e. a 95% RTP slot has a house edge of 5% so just divide the bankroll by 0.05, which therefore assumes that each spin 'costs' 5p.)
95% RTP - 1877 / 0.05 = £37,540 wagered before bust-out
96% RTP - 1877 / 0.04 = £46,925
97% RTP - 1877 / 0.03 = £62,566
98% RTP - 1877 / 0.02 = £93,850
99% RTP - 1877 / 0.01 = £187,700 - OOPS!
So what I did for the second attempt was:
1) First increase my bankroll on a high variance slot, this was the biggest gamble of the whole endeavour but I'd rather have taken the gamble early on, so that if I bust out I could just try again quickly.
2) Move to the highest RTP slot on Rival's books, The Back Nine, which has a 98-99% RTP depending on your performance in the bonus round (it's true skill).
3) See out the WR exclusively playing The Back Nine, which should comfortably be achieved at 98% RTP or higher.
4) Cash out.
The bonus round on The Back Nine isn't that tricky, I don't think a massive amount of the RTP is tied up in it anyway (I'd estimate around 35%), and even if you completely mess it up you still get paid over 50% of the round's value as compared to getting a hole in one. A hole in two is consistently achievable and that pays 75% of the value of a hole in one. By the end of the session I was routinely completing all nine holes with all hole in ones or hole in twos - on that basis I'd say I was comfortably achieving an RTP of over 98%, which MASSIVELY changes the viability of the bonus as compared to a slot at 95-96%.
(It amazes me how people just can't seem to grasp how small changes in RTP of just 1% and 2% can make HUGE changes to a player's expected overall results over time.)
But yes, Tropica have changed the terms and conditions of this bonus quite dramatically now
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