Top Dollar

Top Dollar is one of the few slots that offers players a genuine choice that influences the outcome of the game -- namely, whether to take an offer or try again. For any given offer, there is an optimal and suboptimal decision. The game even tells players in small print which option is the best play (presumably this advice is accurate).

Obviously not all players will make the right decision - whether because they are too greedy and throw away a good offer, too cautious and take a mediocre offer, or too drunk and accidentally hit the wrong button.

Given that casinos benefit when players make mistakes, it stands to reason that they would be willing to set the payback percentage on Top Dollar a bit higher than for slots that give players no opportunity to make strategy errors. Is this actually the case? Does Top Dollar, when played correctly, offer a better return to player than other slots?

CasinoRankings has an informative post about
Top Dollar, especially regarding the advice proffered. Would casinos offer a game that rewards skilled players to a degree where they sacrifice potential profit? Doubtful, highly doubtful.

The game is also discussed on this forum’s
Top Dollar Bonus Game thread, which also discusses strategy for accepting offers.

[Ed: Added link to this forum’s thread.]