vinylweatherman
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I have noticed what appear to be highs and lows in the slots. I once ran Thunderstruck for well over 700 spins without a single feature, over a number of visits during a wager tournament. In the end it gave a normal win of 5 hammers with wild Thor, which brought the overall return to what would be expected. But the point is that a free spins slot should give free spins, as this is why they are played. Strangely, I was getting a pair of Rams frequently, but the third just would not fall, which makes be wonder if the RNG selects beforehand whether free spins will be given before the spin rather than the reels independently spinning and the Rams turning up or not. I note that "wizardofodds" states that Video slots do not use "weighted reels", so the Rams should appear in view on each reel with a probability depending on the number of rams on that reel. The symbol band for a video slot can be large, and may contain only one ram. The frequency of seeing 2 rams, but not three suggests that some reels have more rams than others, and one or two reels probably only have one, as 4 rams is rare, and I have never seen all 5, but I have had 5 "scatters" frequently on the "5 Reel Drive" slot, which are worth less.
If the win of 5 rams came up in free spins, the feature return could exceed the JP from normal mode. I frequently see casinos posting winners of "free spin jackpots", so this is something that must happen.
I have also played Thunderstruck in "Hot" mode, where I was frequently hitting the free spins every 50 to 100 spins for some period.
I have been interested in this sort of analysis of the games myself, and have run a few experiments. I have done one for 100,000 spins of Jurassic Jackpot, and I have done others on the Blackjack games, which have been the subject of much debate in the past.
I believe the feature slots are more volatile due to the large wins possible in the feature mode, but this means that if you fail to get the feature for an extended period the overall return is much lower that expectation, and the temptation to carry on for the feature which "must surely come soon", in order to recover is evident.
If the expected hit rate is one in 150 spins, then a 700 spin famine is not too far fetched, but before this I had found the longest spell without a feature to lie between 300 and 400 spins. I also find that often the free spin mode is rather poor, sometimes with not a single win for the 15 free spins, not even the regular small ones, and as soon as the spins are over the small wins start coming again.
I have noticed what appear to be highs and lows in the slots. I once ran Thunderstruck for well over 700 spins without a single feature, over a number of visits during a wager tournament. In the end it gave a normal win of 5 hammers with wild Thor, which brought the overall return to what would be expected. But the point is that a free spins slot should give free spins, as this is why they are played. Strangely, I was getting a pair of Rams frequently, but the third just would not fall, which makes be wonder if the RNG selects beforehand whether free spins will be given before the spin rather than the reels independently spinning and the Rams turning up or not. I note that "wizardofodds" states that Video slots do not use "weighted reels", so the Rams should appear in view on each reel with a probability depending on the number of rams on that reel. The symbol band for a video slot can be large, and may contain only one ram. The frequency of seeing 2 rams, but not three suggests that some reels have more rams than others, and one or two reels probably only have one, as 4 rams is rare, and I have never seen all 5, but I have had 5 "scatters" frequently on the "5 Reel Drive" slot, which are worth less.
If the win of 5 rams came up in free spins, the feature return could exceed the JP from normal mode. I frequently see casinos posting winners of "free spin jackpots", so this is something that must happen.
I have also played Thunderstruck in "Hot" mode, where I was frequently hitting the free spins every 50 to 100 spins for some period.
I have been interested in this sort of analysis of the games myself, and have run a few experiments. I have done one for 100,000 spins of Jurassic Jackpot, and I have done others on the Blackjack games, which have been the subject of much debate in the past.
I believe the feature slots are more volatile due to the large wins possible in the feature mode, but this means that if you fail to get the feature for an extended period the overall return is much lower that expectation, and the temptation to carry on for the feature which "must surely come soon", in order to recover is evident.
If the expected hit rate is one in 150 spins, then a 700 spin famine is not too far fetched, but before this I had found the longest spell without a feature to lie between 300 and 400 spins. I also find that often the free spin mode is rather poor, sometimes with not a single win for the 15 free spins, not even the regular small ones, and as soon as the spins are over the small wins start coming again.
) i don't now the features that came out, but my pot went from 150 to 620... what a good breakfast i had today...
