Mickey, I can't give you an exact answer for 100-play, but you're correct in thinking that you'd have a much better chance of at least breaking even than you would with the same coin-in playing single line.
With my program I can compare 1,000,000 deals of a single line game to 100,000 deals of 10-line, and even with that you can see the difference. I did each case 10,000 times.
With single line, none of the 10,000 trials resulted in a breakeven or positive result. In fact, only 65 out or 10,000 times did the player lose less than 40,000 coins. (i.e., lose less than $10K for a 25c game)
With 10-line, there were 28 cases out of the 10,000 trials that ended with a positive result, and 346 other cases when the player lost less than 40,000 units.
Of course, the reverse is also true; namely, big losses are more likely with 10-line. In a 25c game, the chance of losing more than $40K playing single line is 0.25%. But with the same coin-in on 10-line, a $40K loss is 6 times more likely.
All these effects would be amplified again with 100-line.
--Dunbar
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <mickeycrimm@...> wrote :
mikepeck5440, I have a follow up question. Some people think that 10,000 deals on a hundred play would be the equivalent of playing 1,000,000 deals on a single line game. But I don't think so as far as chances of success go. I would think that 10,000 deals would have a much better chance of being at breakeven or ahead than 1,000,000 deals. Could you tell me what your programs says about the chance of being at breakeven or ahead at 7/5 bonus poker for 10,000 deals?