Been a standard feature on most slot machines for a very long time!
Think about the Royal Flush payback on video poker which basically was
"borrowed" from the slot machine practice of paying a bigger multiple on a
max coin bet.
Many video slots now have bonus progressives that can only be won by playing
max bet while playing for lesser bets causes bonus bets to be paid at fixed
multiples.
Also so called "buy a pay" slots may have a much greater shortfall when you
play less than max. A modern example is the original Wheel of Fortune slot
where if you played 1 or 2 coins, the "Spin" symbol on the 3rd reel would
win only 5 times your bet instead of the wheel spin which averaged 26 times
your bet.
From: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vpFREE@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
mleist
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:46 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Graduating Paybacks on Slots
"Comments please."
If you feel that a 98% (doubtful, but sure possible) slot machine is better
than a 99.54% (or greater) VP machine I'm not sure what other comment would
be helpful.
People play for different reasons... what's yours? Do what makes you happy,
seriously, but just don't expect logic to back it up. :)
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vpFREE%40yahoogroups.com> , "George"
<wxmen@...> wrote:
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> After 2 1/2 years of bad luck playing VP, I decided to try the slots. I
recently came upon a new IGT penny machine at the Reno Peppermill. What
caught my eye was signage that said something to the effect that higher bets
have higher payback percentages. There are 5 buttons, allowing for 50, 100,
150, 200, and 250 credit bets. The 100, 150, and 200 buttons say "higher
payback" and the 250 says "highest payback." I thought it was illegal (at
leaast in NV) to change the payback for different bet amounts but apparently
not. I'm wondering if anyone has heard of graduating paybacks and what the
range might be from lowest to highest. The IGT web site says that this game
has paybacks from 85% to 98% but is that the range from the 50 credit bet to
the 250 credit bet? I don't see how this machine could advertise a specific
payback percentage since they don't know what the average size bet would be.
BTW, the machine was "The Little Shop of Horrors" and I won $630 on a $2.50
bet, more than I've won with larger bets on VP in 2 1/2 years. It took 20
minutes for the bonus to playout. Needless to say, I'm even less inclined to
play VP now.
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> George
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