MYSTERY BONUS - I got carried away with telling stories here instead of showing the approximate math of Mystery Bonus, plus a few other things.
"Watch For" phase = 450 coin-in
"Coming Soon" phase = Average 100 coin-in.
Average "Mystery Bonus" = 75 coins.
75/550 = 13.6%
90% minus 13.6% = 76.4%
At the Ramada, when I found the LED screen of this particular Mystery Bonus machine flashing the red "Coming Soon", I knew I had a big overlay through collecting the Mystery Bonus because I could eliminate the 450 coin-in from the "Watch For" phase.
I never knew how many coin-in into the Coming Soon phase that the prior player made unless I was sitting there watching. But let's assume the last spin the prior player made tripped it into Coming Soon. The math would look like this:
"Coming Soon" phase - Average 100 coin-in.
Average "Mystery Bonus" = 75 coins.
75/100 = 75%
Line Pays = 76.4%
75% plus 76.4% = 151.4%.
If there are still any of these machines around one cannot just assume because it's flashing the red "Coming Soon" that you have an advantage. You have to do your homework. For instance, in the case above, what if it was just the opposite, 100 coin-in in the green "Watch For" phase, and an average 450 coin-in in the red "Coming Soon" phase?" In this case you would have to count down a ploppie while they played and hope they left a play.
If you were to find one of these machines somewhere how would you figure out the math without costing yourself a bunch of money? I did it by counting down ploppies while they played. The "Watch For" phase is easy because there is always an exact number of coin-in to put it into the "Coming Soon" phase.
The "Coming Soon" phase requires a little more effort. I did it by counting down ploppies as they played and recording the stats.
