One of my favourite topics!
The reason we all love to play these 'Bonus' slots is because the bonus rounds can potentially pay out a very large win for a relatively small cost of spin.
The downside to this of course, is that if you're not hitting the average (or above) number of bonus features, it can murder your bankroll.
I pretty much agree with Wayram:-
GOOD TO GO is about the worst of the lot - pretty much the same as SECRET ADMIRER - if you get the 5 scatters you could be looking at a mega win, but it's a fricking enormous 'IF'! Far too tight for my liking.
CASHVILLE can also be a money-eater. Like all 20+ line slots, the problem is many of the 3 or even 4 symbol winning combinations don't even pay you back the cost of the spin!
You need to be getting features at least once every 50 spins to stand any chance of profiting from this one.
SPRING BREAK has been good to me - I think I've had more winning sessions than losing ones. And as with LADIES NITE it is often possible to get in a large number of spins without losing very much, even when the feature is not hitting.
WHAT ON EARTH is also pretty good at making your money last as you hit lots of 3 - 4 fruit wins. This is probably my second favourite slot. I really like the 'Contest' bonus, but now HATE potted plants!
THUNDERSTRUCK for me is a load of crap. I love the graphics & the 'Lightening Strike' sound for 2 or more goats, but it just will not give me any decent wins. The last good win I had was about a year ago - since then I've had diddly-squat!
I quite like JUNGLE JIM which seems to payout a lot better than 'REEL STRIKE' which it looks like it was 'cloned' from. In fact, now that I think about it REEL STRIKE is even worse than GOOD TO GO!
WITCHES WEALTH seemed good at first, and you usually hit loads of bonus round, but these can quickly get extremely annoying when the wand keeps hitting the crap 'wins' either side of the bonus segment.
And finally, I agree with JohnSteed - TOMB RAIDER remains my favourite despite the high minimum bet at most places. And I also agree that ALL slots seem to be tighter now than a few months back.
Maybe we've just been unlucky, or maybe MG have 'tweaked' the % payout - we'll never know!
As for different casinos having different payouts; quite a few people say that. I don't play enough different sites to have an opinion on that, but apparently all MG sites run of the same central RNG so should theoretically all pay the same - we'll never know...
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