At 1% the 6-Spot had the slowest meter.
The 7-Spot had a 4% meter that started at $100. You filled an icon in by hitting 6/7. I used par numbers that I carried around in my pocket notebook to figure where I was at on a play. For instance, a 7-Spot, two icons to go at $310 was exactly a 10% overlay. So if the meter was at $400 I would divide the extra 180 bets by the 6/7 frequency times two (1366 X 2 = 2732)which made it a 116.6% play through filling the rest of the icons in.
The 8-Spot only had a 2% meter that started at $100. You filled an icon in by hitting 6/8. The frequency is 422.5. $50 per icon was an 8% overlay. So if it was two to go at $130 it was a 115.1% play.
The 10-Spot had a 4% meter. You filled an icon in by hitting 7/10, frequency is 621.7. This was the real gravy train play. 10% overlay at $78 per icon. So a 10-Spot 1 to go at $350 was a 198% play. At 2 to go it was a 141% play, at three to go it was a 122% play. At 4 to go it was a 113% play.
Putting the machine on turbo speed meant getting out 1400 games per hour--that's $700 an hour in action. Lumping all the plays together I operated with about a 30% edge. Which meant my time was worth about $210 an hour on $700 an hour in action. Of course, that's just seat time. I spent considerable time looking for the plays, but the overall hourly rate was still pretty good.
