Bonus games: Random amount vs fixed #

Lightning slot games have a variable # of bonus games. It's either 6,9,or 12.

Dragon Link, which uses the same game mechanics, only gives 6 bonus games.

Obviously from a player perspective, more bonus games are better.

I guess from a casino perspective, less bonus games means more time playing at big -EV?

Obvious to me that more bonus games are not necessarily better.

Math is all that matters. Less bonus rounds, but more theoretical payback during each, can balance it out. Saying more rounds is better than less would only matter on the exact same game/clone of game that carries the same math model. In that case, you'd always want more.

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Obvious to me that more bonus games are not necessarily better.

i was looking at it from the 'more fun' point of view

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Math is all that matters.
Less bonus rounds, but more theoretical payback during each, can balance it out.

that's like those bonus games were you get:
30games at 1x, 15 games at 2x multiplier, 6 games at 5x multiplier or 3 games at 10x multiplier.

i'll take 30games at 1x to both smooth out the variance and for the fun factor