nightoftheiguana2000 wrote:
>I think it's pretty clear. The clear possible stopping points are when a jackpot hits. If you play until a jackpot hits, then on average you get the meter rate. Otherwise you don't really get it, though you might get a portion of it. If on average you play a tenth of a cycle, then on average you will get a tenth of the meter rate. The EV is determined by your starting points plus whatever meter rate you are entitled to. If you play till a meter hits, you are entitled to the full meter rate, regardless of how many players you are competing with, because on average you will get it.
This assumes that the level of competition is constant. When I first
started playing progressives, there was one with 6 machines that I was
going to play a lot. I calculated that playing the first half cycle
by myself, having 5 competitors come in after me, and then we all
played until it was hit, made my average jackpot equivalent to me
getting about half a cycle of meter movement.
