no, it can vary, and it does
often maxbet has max return, but not always
sometimes minbet is max return
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "George" <wxmen@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I realize that the RF and progressives require a higher bet but these are spelled out in plain view for anyone who cares to look. I was talking about a slot game where you may select 1X, 2X, 5X, or 10X the line bet for example. I thought that the payback% had to be identical for all multipliers of the line bet.
>
> George
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "pyiddy" <pyiddy@> wrote:
> >
> > 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:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > George
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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