Individual progressive slot machines
October 26th, 2014 at 5:37:00 AM
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As I only play slots when I have free-play or some other edge I rarely notice much about them. But I was killing time before a gig so U went down the block and cruised through the casino. I saw two things I really hadn't noticed before:
1. There is a new breed of slots with an "individual progressive" on them. IOW the bank of machines and one will have $8,000 as the total progressive and another has $11,000. Same machine otherwise.
2. Same as above but it is spelled out "Must pay out by $500.00"
So I got to wondering, is there ever a level of bonus one should look for to expect a positive EV on this kind of machine?
1. There is a new breed of slots with an "individual progressive" on them. IOW the bank of machines and one will have $8,000 as the total progressive and another has $11,000. Same machine otherwise.
2. Same as above but it is spelled out "Must pay out by $500.00"
So I got to wondering, is there ever a level of bonus one should look for to expect a positive EV on this kind of machine?
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October 26th, 2014 at 6:49:35 AM
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October 27th, 2014 at 12:46:36 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanAs I only play slots when I have free-play or some other edge I rarely notice much about them. But I was killing time before a gig so U went down the block and cruised through the casino. I saw two things I really hadn't noticed before:
1. There is a new breed of slots with an "individual progressive" on them. IOW the bank of machines and one will have $8,000 as the total progressive and another has $11,000. Same machine otherwise.
2. Same as above but it is spelled out "Must pay out by $500.00"
So I got to wondering, is there ever a level of bonus one should look for to expect a positive EV on this kind of machine?
Yes, it is just determining what that level is where it becomes positive.
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October 27th, 2014 at 4:50:55 PM
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Depends on the base return, how close it is, what it must hit by, and the meter rate. They're all different.
November 2nd, 2014 at 12:57:54 PM
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Wizard of Odds has analysis on just this very thing.
November 2nd, 2014 at 2:21:25 PM
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They are called Mystery Progressives and there are threads here about them. Mission has covered them pretty good.
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