Noti, in the old days of the IGT Visions, where they were two and three coin machines, I would min-bet to get in two or three times the spins to even out the variance on the line pays. One can use the same technique on the Mystery Progressives but there are some factors involved. Min-betting on a stand alone MP is ok, it will even out the variance, but the smaller you bet the lower your hourly rate is. If there are other plays around then min-betting MP's can cost you money on those games.
It is a mistake to min-bet on linked bank MP's where you have competition. You actually want to max-bet. This is my take on the game that I developed when the MP's first hit Nevada. At reset an RNG selects a coin number. Whoever bets that coin number gets the money in the meter. Take a penny game where the min-bet is 45 cents and the max bet is $4.50 and the meter range is $100 to $200. Let's say it's a 1% meter. I come along and find the meter at $196.
So $400 in action will drive the meter to the top. That's 40,000 pennies and one of those pennies is going to trigger the Mystery Progressive. There is one person on the bank betting 45 coins at regular speed. They might be getting in ten spins per minute. I sit down and max bet 450 coins on turbo speed (30 spins per minute).
The other person is only betting 450 pennies per minute. I'm betting 13,500 pennies per minute. I'm almost a virtual lock to get the meter. The other person's chances to get the meter are somewhere between slim and none.
Posted by: mickeycrimm@yahoo.com
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