QUICK STRIKE-ANALYZING THE GAME
1. Assing an overall payback value of 90% (with a margin of error of plus 4% or minus 3%).
2. Determine what the average mini jackpot value is by adding the lower parameter, $25, to the upper parameter, $50, then dividing by 2. Average mini jackpot value is $37.50.
3. Determine the wager necessary to drive the meter from $25 to $37.50. It's a 1% meter so 12.5 X 100 equals $1250.
4. Determine how much payback the Mini represents. 37.5/1250 = 3%.
5. Discount 3% from the overall payback. That leaves 87%.
Note: The Major jackpot represents 1% of the payback. Two-thirds of it is in the $250 it starts at, and one-third is in the meter. You can't say you have total equity in the Major meter because you will cash out when you hit the Mini. But this is offset by the extra money in the major meter. I'll deal with plays on the major meter at another time.
6. Determine, with a playable number of $48, the average payoff for betting the luck coin by adding the lower parameter, $48, to the upper parameter, $50, and dividing by 2. Average value is $49.
7. Determine how much wager it takes to move the meter to $49. It's a 1% meter so $100 in action does the trick.
8. Determine how much payback $49 represents. 49/100 = 49%.
9. Add 49% to 87%.
A playable number of $48 comes in at 136%
A playable number of $47.50 comes in at 126%
A playable number of $47 comes in at 119%
A playable number of $46.50 comes in at 114%
A playable number of $46.00 comes in at 111%
Playing at $48 or higher virtually guarantee's no losing plays. Playing at $46 will show a profit in the long term, but you will have many losing plays.
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