rsactuary
rsactuary
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December 10th, 2022 at 11:09:07 AM permalink
I saw this pop up on my YouTube page and found it to be quite interesting. Fair warning, this takes almost two hours to watch the whole thing, but found it fascinating with all the little parts involved. No way could I keep it all straight.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakPV_vVraQ&t=2341s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ8m7HPLH64
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0l4pv7_YrQ&t=31s

I looked at the paytable and the reel strips and decided to take a shot at determining the expected return. If my calcs are right, I see an expected return of -24%.

I found it odd that the Lemon symbol appears on the first and third reels only, so it's basically a blocker on the first reel.

Reel strips and EV calc is as follows - happy to have someone check my math. I've assumed unweighted reels and one coin to play.

Reel 1 Reel 2 Reel 3
Cherry Bar Orange
Bar Orange Lemon
Plum Cherry Plum
Cherry Bell Bell
Plum Cherry Orange
Orange Orange Lemon
Cherry Cherry Plum
Bell Plum Orange
Plum Cherry Bell
Cherry Orange Plum
Lemon Bell Lemon
Orange Orange Orange
Cherry Plum Plum
Lemon Orange Orange
Plum Cherry Bar
Cherry Bar Lemon
Lemon Bell Plum
Orange Cherry Orange
Cherry Orange Bell
Plum Cherry Lemon


Paytable Prob Prob Prob Total
WinReel 1 Reel 2 Reel 3 Prob Profit
Bar Bar Bar 20 0.05 0.1 0.05 0.000250 19
Bell Bell Bell 18 0.05 0.15 0.15 0.001125 17
Bell Bell Bar 18 0.05 0.15 0.05 0.000375 17
Plum Plum Plum 14 0.25 0.1 0.25 0.006250 13
Plum Plum Bar 14 0.25 0.1 0.05 0.001250 13
Orange Orange Orange 10 0.15 0.3 0.3 0.013500 9
Orange Orange Bar 10 0.15 0.3 0.05 0.002250 9
Cherry Cherry Lemon 5 0.35 0.35 0.25 0.030625 4
Cherry Cherry Bell 5 0.35 0.35 0.15 0.018375 4
Cherry Cherry 3 0.35 0.35 0.6 0.073500 2
Losing Spin 0.852500 -1
-0.24
Last edited by: rsactuary on Dec 10, 2022
smoothgrh
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December 10th, 2022 at 3:17:19 PM permalink
Of all the reading I'd done in EM slots, I never knew that some have symbols that don't appear on the paytable. I would think these are less collectible because of their lessened fun factor.
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