Rakin Bacon
Quote: mwalz9Quote: McSweeneyYeah, I used to ignore 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums at my casino because I am only interested in advantage machines. But lately I've started taking notes as to the jackpot amounts of these games, and I am trying to create a "highest I've ever seen the Grand/Major/etc. jackpot" record to get a feel for what is a much greater jackpot than usual to inform my decision to perhaps go after one.
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Exactly what I do on Rakin Bacon. There is an opportunity there for sure!
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How crazy do you go? Do you commit 100% and max bet until you hit it or do you set a limit and stay within it?
To illustrate, let me make an extreme example. Let's say that by some bizarre twist of fate, the 88 Fortunes Grand jackpot has not hit for a very long time and has now run up to $1 billion, even though the odds of hitting the Grand jackpot are just the same as it was when it was at $15,000.00; I have no clue what those odds are but let's assume it's something like a 1 in 50,000 chance. The very obvious thing that you should do is go down to the bank, take out a mortgage on your house, bet 5 gold symbols, max bet and don't stop until you hit that jackpot.
Quote: FinsRuleQuote: mwalz9Quote: McSweeneyYeah, I used to ignore 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums at my casino because I am only interested in advantage machines. But lately I've started taking notes as to the jackpot amounts of these games, and I am trying to create a "highest I've ever seen the Grand/Major/etc. jackpot" record to get a feel for what is a much greater jackpot than usual to inform my decision to perhaps go after one.
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Exactly what I do on Rakin Bacon. There is an opportunity there for sure!
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But it’s not a real opportunity, right? Because these machines aren’t “due.”
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Is the machine "due"? No. However, if over the course of many, many months and trips to the casino you notice the mini on Rakin Bacon resets at $10.00 on an $0.88 bet, and historically the average after hundred of trackings of this progressive, you see it averages around $18.88 before it hits, and you walk by and it's at $32, I feel its as worth a good of a play as anything in the casino. I am using the mini just as an example. I have hit these progressives many times doing this, I have also burnt thru the bankroll I was willing to lose trying to trip it, but I feel like its as good as a strategy as just picking any random slot in the casino.
Yes, one could argue how many hundreds or thousands of dollars were spent watching it go from $18.88 to $32, but as I said, better to me than just a lucky guess.
for rakin bacon, i saw the mini at $100+.Quote: mwalz9Quote: FinsRuleQuote: mwalz9Quote: McSweeneyYeah, I used to ignore 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums at my casino because I am only interested in advantage machines. But lately I've started taking notes as to the jackpot amounts of these games, and I am trying to create a "highest I've ever seen the Grand/Major/etc. jackpot" record to get a feel for what is a much greater jackpot than usual to inform my decision to perhaps go after one.
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Exactly what I do on Rakin Bacon. There is an opportunity there for sure!
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But it’s not a real opportunity, right? Because these machines aren’t “due.”
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Is the machine "due"? No. However, if over the course of many, many months and trips to the casino you notice the mini on Rakin Bacon resets at $10.00 on an $0.88 bet, and historically the average after hundred of trackings of this progressive, you see it averages around $18.88 before it hits, and you walk by and it's at $32, I feel its as worth a good of a play as anything in the casino. I am using the mini just as an example. I have hit these progressives many times doing this, I have also burnt thru the bankroll I was willing to lose trying to trip it, but I feel like its as good as a strategy as just picking any random slot in the casino.
Yes, one could argue how many hundreds or thousands of dollars were spent watching it go from $18.88 to $32, but as I said, better to me than just a lucky guess.
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i burned through $500 at max bet ($8.88?) before i gave up.
maybe i should have min bet?
Quote: 100xOddsfor rakin bacon, i saw the mini at $100+.Quote: mwalz9Quote: FinsRuleQuote: mwalz9Quote: McSweeneyYeah, I used to ignore 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums at my casino because I am only interested in advantage machines. But lately I've started taking notes as to the jackpot amounts of these games, and I am trying to create a "highest I've ever seen the Grand/Major/etc. jackpot" record to get a feel for what is a much greater jackpot than usual to inform my decision to perhaps go after one.
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I bet Ive tracked that machine an estimated 500 times. Ive NEVER seen the mini above $53 EVER! Id say thats just bad luck if this wasnt an exaggerated story to make a point.
Exactly what I do on Rakin Bacon. There is an opportunity there for sure!
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But it’s not a real opportunity, right? Because these machines aren’t “due.”
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Is the machine "due"? No. However, if over the course of many, many months and trips to the casino you notice the mini on Rakin Bacon resets at $10.00 on an $0.88 bet, and historically the average after hundred of trackings of this progressive, you see it averages around $18.88 before it hits, and you walk by and it's at $32, I feel its as worth a good of a play as anything in the casino. I am using the mini just as an example. I have hit these progressives many times doing this, I have also burnt thru the bankroll I was willing to lose trying to trip it, but I feel like its as good as a strategy as just picking any random slot in the casino.
Yes, one could argue how many hundreds or thousands of dollars were spent watching it go from $18.88 to $32, but as I said, better to me than just a lucky guess.
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i burned through $500 at max bet ($8.88?) before i gave up.
maybe i should have min bet?
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Quote: 100xOddsfor rakin bacon, i saw the mini at $100+.Quote: mwalz9Quote: FinsRuleQuote: mwalz9Quote: McSweeneyYeah, I used to ignore 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums at my casino because I am only interested in advantage machines. But lately I've started taking notes as to the jackpot amounts of these games, and I am trying to create a "highest I've ever seen the Grand/Major/etc. jackpot" record to get a feel for what is a much greater jackpot than usual to inform my decision to perhaps go after one.
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Exactly what I do on Rakin Bacon. There is an opportunity there for sure!
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But it’s not a real opportunity, right? Because these machines aren’t “due.”
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Is the machine "due"? No. However, if over the course of many, many months and trips to the casino you notice the mini on Rakin Bacon resets at $10.00 on an $0.88 bet, and historically the average after hundred of trackings of this progressive, you see it averages around $18.88 before it hits, and you walk by and it's at $32, I feel its as worth a good of a play as anything in the casino. I am using the mini just as an example. I have hit these progressives many times doing this, I have also burnt thru the bankroll I was willing to lose trying to trip it, but I feel like its as good as a strategy as just picking any random slot in the casino.
Yes, one could argue how many hundreds or thousands of dollars were spent watching it go from $18.88 to $32, but as I said, better to me than just a lucky guess.
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i burned through $500 at max bet ($8.88?) before i gave up.
maybe i should have min bet?
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I bet Ive tracked that machine an estimated 500 times. Ive NEVER seen the mini above $53 EVER! Id say thats just bad luck if this wasnt an exaggerated story to make a point.
In my view, the great advantage of 88 Fortunes and Dancing Drums is that you can forfeit eligibility for the higher jackpots in order to more cost-effectively target a lower jackpot that is inflated.
interesting.. even though i have a reply before this topic was split off, it doesnt show up on my thread subscription list.Quote: WizardThis thead is a split-off from 88 Fortunes. This link will take you to the first post about it, which I neglected to include here.
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hence, this reply should now put this thread on my subscription list.
i guess your casino has the machine set to a higher payout than my casino?Quote: mwalz9Quote: 100xOddsfor rakin bacon, i saw the mini at $100+.Quote: mwalz9Is the machine "due"? No. However, if over the course of many, many months and trips to the casino you notice the mini on Rakin Bacon resets at $10.00 on an $0.88 bet, and historically the average after hundred of trackings of this progressive, you see it averages around $18.88 before it hits, and you walk by and it's at $32, I feel its as worth a good of a play as anything in the casino. I am using the mini just as an example. I have hit these progressives many times doing this, I have also burnt thru the bankroll I was willing to lose trying to trip it, but I feel like its as good as a strategy as just picking any random slot in the casino.
Yes, one could argue how many hundreds or thousands of dollars were spent watching it go from $18.88 to $32, but as I said, better to me than just a lucky guess.
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i burned through $500 at max bet ($8.88?) before i gave up.
maybe i should have min bet?
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I bet Ive tracked that machine an estimated 500 times. Ive NEVER seen the mini above $53 EVER! Id say thats just bad luck if this wasnt an exaggerated story to make a point.
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The Mini (which starts at $20 and maxes out at $45) I have seen go up to $45 then reset to $45 after it was hit, then reset to $29ish after it was hit the second time.
The Major (which starts at $500 and am pretty sure is not capped) I have seen go up to $2400ish about 3 times over the years, but it rarely goes above $1200.
The Grand (which starts at $5000 and also has no ceiling I believe) I have seen go as high as $11,300+ 4 times over the years, and one at my local is currently up to $12600ish. They rarely go above $10,000.
These are for standalone progressive machines. For linked progressives, I have seen the $10,000 Grand go up to about $38,000ish at it’s highest. But I haven’t monitored them much as they are not in venues around me.
