50 Lions at the local pub has been my go-to slap for years

Turned fifty bucks into five grand on 50 Lions once and I've chased that dragon ever since, mate 😄 you're dead right about the feature though. Went months without seeing the free games at my club, then watched a fella two stools down trigger them twice in one arvo. Worth remembering each venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so the same machine can play tighter down the road. Ah well, we grind on.

That dragon-chasing bit from SamJackpot is textbook variance, and 50 Lions punishes it beautifully. Worth remembering two machines of the same Aristocrat cabinet can be tuned differently per venue, so the club two suburbs over might genuinely be looser than your local. On a small spin sample the free games drought means very little, though I'll admit months without a feature would test anyone's notes. 📊

That Chris bloke is spot on about venues tuning them different, my club's 50 Lions went ice cold for ages then some fella cracked the free games twice in a night last week 😅 I mostly slap Lightning Link these days but nothing beats the sound of those African reels lining up when the feature finally hits... madness 💸

Nah agree with Steve, 50 Lions is my all-time favourite even though mine at the club has been dead for weeks 🦁💯 went in last Friday with A$20, feature never showed and still couldn't walk past it this arvo. One night last year the free games landed out of nowhere and I hit big ngl, still think about that session 😄

Mine at the club was dead for a fortnight, came back looser than I remember, same cabinet, different tuning, like Chris says. Feature still makes you earn it though 😉

Same here, mine went quiet for weeks then spat the free games out last Friday night, nearly fell off the stool 🦁 when the lions started stacking… pays, this one does 🔥

Queen of the Nile taught me patience back in the day, and 50 Lions runs on the same blood - turned A$50 into a handy arvo once when the feature finally hit after two dry visits, walked out grinning like an idiot 😄 What gets me is how the same cabinet can feel like two different pokies depending on which pub you're standing in. The venue sets its own RTP inside the state minimum, so your local might be tuned tight while the club across town pays friendlier on the very same game. Worth remembering next time someone swears their mate's Lions is looser, maybe he just drinks at the right pub 😉

FreoDad nailed it, that Queen of the Nile blood runs deep in 50 Lions 🦁 my local one went three dry Fridays on me then spat the free games out and turned my last A$20 into a decent arvo. Only catch is the same cabinet can play tight as a drum some weeks, reckon they tune it per venue. Still my go-to slap though 🔥🎰

Interesting one from MaxBetLifeEveryday about the tuning, noticed exactly that with the 50 Lions up the road from me. Pub cabinet played dead for a month, then the club version two doors down started paying free games regularly on the same nights I gave up on the first one. Same Aristocrat game, completely different feel, reckon the venue really does set its own dial.

BrekkieNorth1995 that pub vs club thing is so real 🔥 my 50 Lions at the club went stone cold for a month while the one at the pub a few k's away was spitting free games every second slap, reckon they're tuned different per venue for sure. Mine finally landed the feature two Fridays back and turned a lazy A$40 into an arvo to remember 🦁💰 magic when it hits, brutal waiting on it lol

You lot realise venues genuinely do set their own RTP on these old Aristocrat cabinets, right within each state's minimum, so your mate's 50 Lions down the road literally can run looser than yours. Free games hitting every second slap at one pub and dead for a month at the club isn't vibes, that's the config. So where's the profit on those dry Fridays though, or was that all gone into the tuning? 😏💸

BankrollKing is spot on, same pokie two venues, completely different feel 🔥 my club one went dry for weeks then spat the free games and turned my last A$20 into a decent hit, swear I nearly fell off the stool 😱🤑 Only pain is chasing the feature on the tighter cabinet down the road, brutal.

Twenty years of getting belted by 50 Lions taught me one thing: find the looser cabinet and set a hard stop, feature or no feature 💸

Wait, venues can actually set the RTP on 50 Lions themselves?? 😳 Maybe I'm being dumb but I always thought it was fixed factory-side. Makes me wonder which cabinet near me is the looser one 🤔 I've only just got into it and probably fed a tight one for weeks lol. Good tip on the hard stop, thanks 🙏

MaxBet, yeah venues can set the return on 50 Lions within state rules, so same pokie plays different down the road 🎰 I've copped a tight one too. Bet small, like A$1 a spin, till you find the loose cabinet 🔥

Yep, venues pick from the allowed RTP range, so your local 50 Lions could be set tighter than the one two suburbs over. Fine when you know. I'd still like to see who actually got paid on the "loose cabinet" theory though.

@Brizzie_Blue nearly yelled at a pub pokie, sure mate 😂 every rescue story here ends the same way, the house always wins and 50 Lions takes the last of it back within the hour 💸😏

@BetLord house always wins yeah, but last Friday night 50 Lions paid me A$180 off a twenty after I was nearly done. So what do you say to that then 😂🎰🔥