Official Videoslots presents Battle of Slots!

[anddi32]

I see in vegas: Thursday freerolls removed, friday removed. Valid promotions can be seen in the encore section

Tuesdays before today : 10mans 8min 30% chance. Starting today: 15man 12 mins 20% chance.


I know, the casino trend is to reduce promotions. But destroying almost the entire promo catalog in one week is a wild pace

 

[Kalnad]

Got worried as the friday Mr vegas event is my favorite, but it seems to be there still, at least for sweden. 12min battles instead of 10 now and I assume 15 players so less prizes.

 

[Pixie]

kungaslottet maybe this site?

Seems so !

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Well if the freeroll battles are being removed then so is my will to grind for the 1000XP required to play them.

All things good have to come to an end I guess, and i won't miss having to sit there for hours signing up for battles to get 4 free spins that pay 7p.

 

[Video_Poker_Pro]

the swedish site, might it be kungaslottet ??

who is the owner? is it legit

 

[Johanzson]

who is the owner? is it legit

no clue havent tried it yet

 

[jeretee]

i think whole battle genre is joke now , good days battles takes 2-3h now have to always wait 12h , and too many baby battles 1-2e .. what u even do those 0,50e tickets u can upgrade them only 2e battles max , but i start play again when this raw hype is over total trash provider or most of games .. or they start appreciate loyal players like once they do

 

[Team.Videoslots]

Hi Everyone,

Here are the details for tonight’s Epic Thursdays’ Battles on Book of the Fallen from Pragmatic Play and Scatters Matter from RAW iGaming.

Battle Details:

• Date: Thursday 6th June 2024
• Times: 18:00 - 22:00 GMT
• Battle Type: Sit & Go Freerolls
• Game Names:
• 15-man Battles: Book of the Fallen (Pragmatic Play) €0.10
• 30-man Battles: Scatters Matter (RAW iGaming) €0.20
• Max number of players per Battle: 15 & 30
• Spin: 25 Spins
• Duration per Battle: 12 minutes
• Prize Structure on 15-man Battle: 1st Place: 6 Extra Spins, 2nd Place: 5 Extra Spins, 3rd Place: 4 Extra Spins. Extra spins are wager-free.
• Prize Structure on 30-man Battle: 1st-2nd Place: 6 Extra Spins, 3rd-4th Place: 5 Extra spins, 5th-6th Place: 4 Extra Spins. Extra spins are wager-free.
• Requirements: To participate you need to have deposited €20 or more and collected 1000XP in the last 30 calendar days before the start of these Battles.

You can find out more information including T&C's by clicking here.

Good luck!

Kind regards,
Team Videoslots

 

[anddi32]

I hope all players understand how harsh the cuts are so here is some math:

Before: play 20 battles, win an average of 6 prizes.
Currently: play 20 battles, win 4 battles on average
a change of 33% in favor of the casino

if you previously won 15 prizes from Thursdays, in the future you will win an average of 10 prizes from Thursdays. And this is only a change in the prize distribution

it is a little more difficult to calculate how 12 minutes affects the number of battles because not all battles take the full time. It's clear that extending the time has only negative effects. If in the former format without queues you could play 16-18 battles per hour, nowadays you can play 12-14 battles per hour at best. So let's say it was 17, now it's 13. 13/17 = 25% less battles per hour.

Now we have already removed the effect of the prize structure from the number of prizes. But we still need to reduce the effect caused by extending the playing time what was about 25% less battles (means 25% less prizes too). 10 prizes - 25% = 7.5 prizes every thursday. 7.5 / 4 hours is 1.87 prizes per hour.

And finally: During the battle weekend, if you have previously won 100 prizes during the weekend, in the future you will, mathematically calculated, win about 50 prizes.

In other words, with pure mathematics, the casino just cut 50% from the players by changing the playing time and prize structure. And that's not all, they removed monday and 90% of freerolls are practically full fun games with 25e / 250 spins total prizes

I still have the rights to Vegas, but I couldn't even play on Tuesday because it doesn't make any sense anymore.
Totally insane
Cheers!

 

[pinnit2014]

We understand that, but what about reducing the frequency to keep some quality?
As an example, for the scheduled battles, why don't you get rid of some of them and at the end of the week we have a special decent battle?
but
Instead of having battles every 2 hours, make it every 3 or 4 hours.
I guess most players would rather have a decent battle from time to time than a lot of nonsense battles of 250-750 spins or 50€ tickets.

The same applies to the Thursday event, if the rewards are reduced from 9 to 6 in the 30 man and it's kept as 3 for 15 man, I think most people would rather lose 1 hour of battle than have a reduced chance of getting a single reward.

Quality > quantity is always better in most of the cases

Picking up on this and others - i would never default to UKGC is the main issue, maybe is, maybe not.

Point regarding quality over quantity is valid. Rather than introduce, as they've done with Mr V, 25 quid freerolls, do a root and branch review of the battle format - if that means less, so be it. Id rather see less but more - the constant, stealth like slimming of the pig, from a PR perspective never sits well as players always remember 'what was'. If you have to cut your cloth so be it but trying to do so whilst maintaining the current format never sits well.

 

[pinnit2014]

Yeah, I get you mate, kind of not giving Mr Wild a hard time and seeing things from his point of view as a business owner.

I far from rely or look forward to the battles, I just do them in the main as a boredom buster and that I'm in the house most night's anyway at this time with little else to do. I watch my TV and streams at bed time when I have more peace and quiet and no distractions.

Battles as you say used to be good, Missed the Frenzy and Mystery Fridays briefly but very quickly got over their removal.

In all honesty, the only real event I'd be keen to keep and would miss for more than a week or two is the battle weekend. Sure it can be a drag but I don't over do it and sleep most of it but it does usually lead to £40 - £50 for "free" which is like 2-3 deposits for a hunble low roller like me lol


Big Money Bass 6 - clone of Fortune Teller's Charm 6 - Think it is something like that for the 5 scatters (or 6?)

Just picking up on this now Jono.

To give VS etc their dues, they were trailblazers when it came to this format - problem is, when you do this, any dip in quantity/quality, will be met with critique. -in many ways, a victim of their own success (which is a compliment in its own right).

The good old days, so to speak, are long done and maybe as players we need to manage our own expectations of what is viable in the current environment.

If this is the current way forward, i'd say focusing more on the battle weekends, even funded by cutting the weekly ones, would be a better strategy - you hammer the 2 days a month, done. But this slicing and dicing of the current format, just draws more comments.

 

[Reelsoffun]

Yeah I too think they should have kept 30% prizes format but cut the amount instead, every 4hrs in the week instead of two and only 2hr battle nights instead of 4 would surely have had the same 50% cost saving effect with less moany comments on here.

Or scrap all the daily ones, and maybe replace with one a day with a prize pool of 25-50% of the daily combined ones.

As others have said there was many better ways to make cuts that would have been better than making them practically pointless.

 

[Video_Poker_Pro]

You can scrap all normal battles and just have the normal big weekend battle 48h with 8min.

 

[Jono777]

You can scrap all normal battles and just have the normal big weekend battle 48h with 8min.

Totally agreed.

All freeroll and Sng could go for me, as long as we got 2 decent games, no queues, 8 mins once a month, even if it was 6am - midnight and totaled 36h where they'd make another saving.

It gets frustrating constantly finishing 4th and 10th and missing out on rewards, sure I am not alone here, to make this even harder, well.......

 

[pinnit2014]

You can scrap all normal battles and just have the normal big weekend battle 48h with 8min.

Years ago i would have have said: are you mad?

But now i think that's a decent solution: 2 20p, games for 48hrs, running at 6/8 mins, no rubbish Monday nonsense etc to fund it

It's far better than offering 25/50 quid freeroll tickets

 

[Itaghai]

Years ago i would have have said: are you mad?

But now i think that's a decent solution: 2 20p, games for 48hrs, running at 6/8 mins, no rubbish Monday nonsense etc to fund it

It's far better than offering 25/50 quid freeroll tickets

Wait until Jan or Feb next year for the battles offering 15/25 of freeroll tickets and 150 spins ?
Top that off with SnG of 2x 30 man battles, with 10% rewards and it's the cherry on top.
But hey, look at it from the bright side, at least there won't be more queues.

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Is it just me or does anyone else hate having to sit there for 4 hours registering to battles.

Why not make it 2 hours and double the rewards, I want the rewards from the freerolls but I hate having to dedicate one of my 2 monitors solely to battle of the slots for 4 hours.

Especially when you spent that amount of time registering to freerolls only to end up with fuck all after redeeming the rewards you just sat and spent 4 hours to earn.

 

[spoo42]

I don't mind sitting for 4 hours playing the battles, but i also wouldn't say no to 2 hours of double rewards and being done quicker!

I can't say i noticed a lot of difference last battle weekend with the increase in battle time, i got around about what id normally get rewards wise. But all these extra changes to winning places and adding on the time, etc 2 hours sounds better , just to get it over with. lol

 

[Jono777]

Is it just me or does anyone else hate having to sit there for 4 hours registering to battles.

Why not make it 2 hours and double the rewards, I want the rewards from the freerolls but I hate having to dedicate one of my 2 monitors solely to battle of the slots for 4 hours.

Especially when you spent that amount of time registering to freerolls only to end up with fuck all after redeeming the rewards you just sat and spent 4 hours to earn.

Double rewards?

Have you actually being reading this thread mate

 

[YouTubeSlots]

Double rewards?

Have you actually being reading this thread mate

I caught the tail end of it to be fair

But even with the whole 48 hour weekend battle why not make it 24 hours and double the Rewards?

 

[pinnit2014]

double rewards for half the time is far better - i mean, you're pretty much a sadist/no hobbies the more hours you like to sit

 

[CongoGB]

I'm not sure if Mrs Congo will be happier or sadder about this - it means I'm not distracted for 4 hours on a Thursday evening any more anyway!

 

[09237653]

they are trying to kill the casino off arent they?

 

[Sonict]

These new changes are terrible. Like it or not, the freerolls are a big draw to people coming and I get that they need to take things away, but making it harder to win a prize in the two main events that make people come is not the way to do it IMO. :/

Here comes some "Record Breaking profits" this month! Reminds me of some companys from a vaccine for a virus...

In terms of regular freerolls, those 250 freespins ones are the terrible. Here is a preview for people who are in Ontario.

Those battle sure look like fun! NOT!

 

[09237653]

for nostalgia sake here is an old vs flyer I found from the good old days.

 

[Jono777]

for nostalgia sake here is an old vs flyer I found from the good old days.

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I remember this one quite well. Think they did another the following month with The Rift and 2 other games before returning to just 2 games.

I'd totally revamp the whole lot if 'm honest and work along the lines of higher deposits needed (but not crazy high) and back to the 2,500XP and a really good EOM battle weekend for those who qualify but no other promotions all month long to cover the costs.

Either this or design a new wheel with £25 - £100 EQUALLY WEIGHTED prizes and if you qualify, you get one spin on the last day of the month.

 

[09237653]

2500xp was a lot but I never understood why it was dropped, would probably do better to bring that back than cut everything to the bone.

 

[Jono777]

2500xp was a lot but I never understood why it was dropped, would probably do better to bring that back than cut everything to the bone.

Definitely

Tonight is a struggle and borderline pointless. I am getting scores which in the past may scrape me 3rd or 7-9th but alas missing out.

I know these cuts had to come for xyz reasons but 100% sure it could have been done in a much better way like others and myself have put forward / suggested.

 

[Itaghai]

Either this or design a new wheel with £25 - £100 EQUALLY WEIGHTED prizes and if you qualify, you get one spin on the last day of the month.

 

[Sonict]

2500 XP to qualify when it was a thing was way too much IMO. You could lose a ton of money for the chance of getting very little back in the freerolls. I feel that 1000 XP is good enough.

 

[spoo42]

I remember that battle weekend well too oddly enough with those 3 games. Ahh.

Tonight?.. Meh.

 

[spoo42]

I always thought 2500xp was too high.. but then at one point i recall it was what, just £200 of wagering (roughly 200xp give or take, now) to get freerolls a few years back now before xp introduction.

I think 1000-1500xp is acceptable, particularly if things were improved some again id accept the upper amount, but i dont think id like to go back to 2500xp.

 

[Jono777]

I always thought 2500xp was too high.. but then at one point i recall it was what, just £200 of wagering (roughly 200xp give or take, now) to get freerolls a few years back now before xp introduction.

I think 1000-1500xp is acceptable, particularly if things were improved some again id accept the upper amount, but i dont think id like to go back to 2500xp.

This is the thing though, for 2,500 we used to get

Frenzy Mondays 4 games
Epic Thursdays 2 games
Mystery Friday, 9/10 was decent before all this tickets nonsense

IMO they switched it down to 1K XP once cuts were planned but not yet implemented.

Sure the Frenzy caused issues at times but they did replace it rather than scrap it.

No offence to anyone intended but I feel 1K XP and next to no decent battles just brings out the part time players and those who are borderline freebie hunters.

 

[Jono777]

Suppose I'd better not moan too much about last night's event.

 

[jeretee]

Suppose I'd better not moan too much about last night's event.

i play 4h get 6 reward one scatter matters reward only :l

 

[slotmaster]

Was Videoslots not going into sportsbetting? @Team.Videoslots @Mr Wild

Or not doing that for Ontario?

 

[Itaghai]

@Team.Videoslots I don't mind it, but there was an error in the fish battle earlier today.
Whoever got 25 FS, has it in a different slot.

 

[ihilty79]

I regretfully took a mrvegas bonus today. The way I play i usually play a mini bonus hunt.
Anyone long story short. I put 400 in on a match. Its impossible to turn any over to even get 10%.

My big issue is now I am at 4% after nearly three hours and at the end when i have ran out of money I will play the bonueses.
They have all started paying out as bonus..its comical.
I have one left do. Do I have to forfeit all my real money that can not be right. As I am not playing the last one as all the rest coming to a grand sum of about 80 quid have turned to bonus and unplayable.
It will then say I have no real money to play.
What is goin on.

Oh and to top it off they also screw you over on xp as no play counts to that.

edit - it says bonus but lets me use it.
@Team.Videoslots @Mr Wild

 

[Team.Videoslots]

Was Videoslots not going into sportsbetting? @Team.Videoslots @Mr Wild

Or not doing that for Ontario?

Hi @slotmaster,

At the moment, we offer sports betting in the UKGC, MGA (excluding Ireland) and SGA Markets. Unfortunately, it is not available in Ontario. Should there be any plans regarding this, we will make sure to let everybody know.

Kind regards,
Team Videoslots

 

[Team.Videoslots]

@Team.Videoslots I don't mind it, but there was an error in the fish battle earlier today.
Whoever got 25 FS, has it in a different slot.
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HI @Itaghai ,

Thank you for letting us know, and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

I have reported this to the team in charge to take a look at what happened and to avoid this from happening again.

Kind Regards,
Team Videoslots

 

[Team.Videoslots]

I regretfully took a mrvegas bonus today. The way I play i usually play a mini bonus hunt.
Anyone long story short. I put 400 in on a match. Its impossible to turn any over to even get 10%.

My big issue is now I am at 4% after nearly three hours and at the end when i have ran out of money I will play the bonueses.
They have all started paying out as bonus..its comical.
I have one left do. Do I have to forfeit all my real money that can not be right. As I am not playing the last one as all the rest coming to a grand sum of about 80 quid have turned to bonus and unplayable.
It will then say I have no real money to play.
What is goin on.

Oh and to top it off they also screw you over on xp as no play counts to that.

edit - it says bonus but lets me use it.
@Team.Videoslots @Mr Wild

Hi @ihilty79,

I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I kindly ask you to provide more details about this and send an Email to Mr Vegas on [email protected] and a support agent will be able to assist you regarding this matter.

Kind Regards,
Team Videoslots

 

[Scott1baird]

Battle not working bet size is wrong... @Videoslots

 

[Reelsoffun]

@Team.Videoslots battle that just started is configured wrong its a 20p game so need 20.00 its only got 10.00

 

[Pixie]

MrVegas had the same problem yesterday, then I talked to the chat and they were going to fix it but it didn't happen! I would think it will be the same with @Videoslots !

 

[Team.Videoslots]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about this issue. This has been reported to the team in charge so that this can be fixed.

We apologize for any of the inconveniences caused in the meantime.

Kind Regards,
Team Videoslots

 

[OSCAR1962]

Strange, no problem with the 250 battles all day

 

[Reelsoffun]

Yeah the biggest one of the day it’s almost as if they trying to save money…… oh wait…. ?

 

[OSCAR1962]

I can't see anything appealing about playing on this site anymore, the daily battles are just not worth bothering with, there are hundreds of other sites with better battles and you only have to make 1 deposit, I not even sure whether it is worth playing the battle weekend ( which I'm still not convinced will actually happen) with the new rules I think you'll be lucky to get more than 8 games an hour and will be lucky to get 2 prizes an hour, used to regularly get £40-£60, now I think you would be lucky to get £10

 

[Krrk]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for letting us know about this issue. This has been reported to the team in charge so that this can be fixed.

We apologize for any of the inconveniences caused in the meantime.

Kind Regards,
Team Videoslots

Same thing happening on both brands on same weekend is hardly an accident.
Please stop bullshitting us, thank you.

 

[pinnit2014]

Yeah, certainly has the feel of having once shopped at Waitrose, now scrambling at the Asda Foodbank: probably best to just not eat