DiscreteMaths2
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June 15th, 2016 at 5:31:32 PM permalink
On some Konami slots when you win a bunch of free games you either get the choice of a random credit prize with a lower and upper bound or play the free games. Does anyone know how the two compare ? Small sample size but I have seen the minimum prize awarded but never getting less than the min from playing the free games. Also worth noting on most games the free spins have bonuses compared to normal spins, eg. all pays doubled or easy trigger more free games. I would assume that the choices are equivalent returns but perhaps not. Anyone know ?
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June 15th, 2016 at 5:41:33 PM permalink
IIRC it was DRICH who said to go for the free games. His posts are reliable, my memory not so much.
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June 15th, 2016 at 6:20:36 PM permalink
I would ALWAYS TAKE the free games
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June 15th, 2016 at 11:41:06 PM permalink
Quote: Mooseton

IIRC it was DRICH who said to go for the free games. His posts are reliable, my memory not so much.



Yeah, that's what he said, but I forgot in what thread he said it in. I would like to know where he got that info. Did he sneak-a-peek at a PAR? Personally I'm surprised that credits would be worse return. I guess they would either be equal or better on average return (with lower variance than the free spins of course). Doesn't the casino want to not have bonus rounds that last forever, and ever?? On the biggest bonuses, you just stopped your machine's coin-in for an ~hour, except for the degenerates that start gambling on the next machine over while the spins play out of course.
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June 16th, 2016 at 7:37:38 AM permalink
Quote: tringlomane

Yeah, that's what he said, but I forgot in what thread he said it in. I would like to know where he got that info. Did he sneak-a-peek at a PAR? Personally I'm surprised that credits would be worse return. I guess they would either be equal or better on average return (with lower variance than the free spins of course). Doesn't the casino want to not have bonus rounds that last forever, and ever?? On the biggest bonuses, you just stopped your machine's coin-in for an ~hour, except for the degenerates that start gambling on the next machine over while the spins play out of course.



My information was based on games from companies that I worked with. Taking the instant prize was worth 50% to 60% of the free spins.
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June 16th, 2016 at 8:24:26 AM permalink
Quote: Wizardofnothing

I would ALWAYS TAKE the free games

Certainly I can think of situations where that WOULDN'T ALWAYS be the correct move. IE a slot bonus that requires x amount of coins, and your credit bonus offer amount is that or over the amount needed.
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June 16th, 2016 at 8:27:57 AM permalink
Those are normally penny and 2 cent games- although leave it to axel to find the 1 in a million where it may not be productive- but for most on this board EXCLUDING SOME axel created promo/ picking the games is higher ev on the actual game itself. ... Which is what I believe the question was
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June 16th, 2016 at 9:51:14 AM permalink
Quote: DRich

My information was based on games from companies that I worked with. Taking the instant prize was worth 50% to 60% of the free spins.



Was the motivation behind that ever explained ? I would think it would be beneficial to the casino to have it opposite, free spins are taking up time on machine with no coin in; the instant prize has people back to spending money a lot quicker.
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June 16th, 2016 at 10:01:32 AM permalink
Quote: DiscreteMaths2

Was the motivation behind that ever explained ? I would think it would be beneficial to the casino to have it opposite, free spins are taking up time on machine with no coin in; the instant prize has people back to spending money a lot quicker.



No, I never heard an explanation but I would speculate that the many of people who are taking the instant win are more likely to cash out because they have a "big" win. The players that take the free spins are more likely enjoying the game and will probably continue playing.

I did advocate for the instant win prize to be raised closer to the expected return of the free spins.
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June 16th, 2016 at 12:58:51 PM permalink
Quote: DRich

No, I never heard an explanation but I would speculate that the many of people who are taking the instant win are more likely to cash out because they have a "big" win. The players that take the free spins are more likely enjoying the game and will probably continue playing.

I did advocate for the instant win prize to be raised closer to the expected return of the free spins.



That might be the logic, but I'm not sure how sound it is. People like to quit after finishing free spin bonuses as well.

I would agree they should be equal EV or at least close, 50% to 60% is pretty nuts. I would think a few jurisdictions (NJ for example) would legally need to point out which option gave the better return in a help screen at least. And with the Konami games, this would make a huge difference, the bonus is a MAJOR part of the return. Probably enough where if the credit prize was only 50%-60% of the free spin EV, then always picking the credit prize would drop the EV of the machine to below 75%.
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June 18th, 2016 at 12:01:25 PM permalink
One other thing to keep in mind, is that many of these games can award more spins during the bonus spins.
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December 16th, 2016 at 9:08:45 PM permalink
It's best to do both. Say you get 500 free spins playing the max bet at $3 and on spin 250 you have accumalated $1,000. You then can stop and see the credit prize that says "Minimum prize is $100. Max prize is $5,000. You pick credit prize and end up with another $1,000. So you now have a $2,000 handpay by playing half free spins and half credits prize.
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December 16th, 2016 at 9:51:18 PM permalink
Quote: Nathan

It's best to do both. Say you get 500 free spins playing the max bet at $3 and on spin 250 you have accumalated $1,000. You then can stop and see the credit prize that says "Minimum prize is $100. Max prize is $5,000. You pick credit prize and end up with another $1,000. So you now have a $2,000 handpay by playing half free spins and half credits prize.

where can I buy your book? It's common sense spins pay more, people here are confirming it, yet you know better. No that's not right at all unless someone is dying in the hospital.
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December 16th, 2016 at 9:53:55 PM permalink
Clearly it's another kentry type situation
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December 17th, 2016 at 3:53:26 AM permalink
Like I said, it's best to just do both. Half free spins and half credits. Anyways, free spins don't always pay more. There is the probability of lots of dead spins. Someone on the internet even said that his free spins gave him less than what the credits prize offered. So you never know.
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December 17th, 2016 at 6:28:58 AM permalink
It's so obvious you make statement to sound one off.
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March 30th, 2017 at 12:24:53 AM permalink
Never knew konami have a slot game. I only known konami as a video game maker. I wonder how good is a konami slot and how much will I make playing konami slots.
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March 30th, 2017 at 12:30:30 AM permalink
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Never knew konami have a slot game. I only known konami as a video game maker. I wonder how good is a konami slot and how much will I make playing konami slots.

What country are you in? If you've ever been to America, every casino has Konami. Just look up Konami slots on YouTube.
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March 30th, 2017 at 7:55:47 AM permalink
Quote: ProfessorSlot

Never knew konami have a slot game. I only known konami as a video game maker. I wonder how good is a konami slot and how much will I lose playing konami slots.



I fixed your quote.
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March 30th, 2017 at 8:03:30 AM permalink
Quote: rsactuary

I fixed your quote.


A lot of Konami slots are beatable.
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March 30th, 2017 at 10:59:12 AM permalink
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A lot of Konami slots are beatable.



Based on the original statement, he wouldn't know that up front though.
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March 30th, 2017 at 1:22:15 PM permalink
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A lot of Konami slots are beatable.

name 50.
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March 30th, 2017 at 1:38:03 PM permalink
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name 50.



I would imagine the list of unbeatable slots is shorter. They are real big on their "Stepper" design of multiple progressive jackpots. Just don't play vanilla China Mystery or China Shores and stuff like that which are just the video versions of your traditional reel slots in terms of potential returns.
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March 30th, 2017 at 1:41:39 PM permalink
Quote: DiscreteMaths2

I would imagine the list of unbeatable slots is shorter. They are real big on their "Stepper" design of multiple progressive jackpots. Just don't play vanilla China Mystery or China Shores and stuff like that which are just the video versions of your traditional reel slots in terms of potential returns.

I wasn't thinking in terms of progessives.

If you count the progessives most of them at some point can become +EV.
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March 30th, 2017 at 1:59:14 PM permalink
Naturally I was taking about the progressive ones. Must hit bys in particular.
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