Anyone else had a decent hit on the Wheel of Fortune pokie lately?
Good to hear the Wheel Bonus actually landed for you with an audience and all. I've had a few slaps on the IGT one at the club near me and that feature is the whole reason I sit down at it, though the wait between spins of the wheel can test your patience. Interesting that it runs both 243 Ways and 25 Lines, I'd love to know which mode you were on when it hit, and whether the pub version down the road feels any looser than the club one given the RTP gets set per venue.
Good on ya Sam, patience is the tax you pay on that wheel I reckon 😅 I've sat through some dead stretches on the Wheel of Fortune machine at my local club where the spins between features just eat your bankroll slow. Bet per spin I keep small, like pocket change per hit, purely because the Wheel Bonus is the payout and everything else is filler. Worth noting the RTP changes venue to venue since it's set per club within the state minimum, so the same machine can play tighter at the pub down the road. That's why I track my sessions on it, banked a decent hit off the wheel once and walked straight out, no hero spins after 🔥
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
That dead stretch between wheel spins is deadset the whole character of the machine isn't it. Reminds me of the old reel days on Queen of the Nile, you'd sit there for ages feeding it patience money then the feature would drop and suddenly the whole bar's leaning over your shoulder. Turned A$50 into a few grand on that old girl once, never lived it down at the club.
On the Wheel of Fortune one, I've found the wait is worth it if the progressive's ticking up, that's when I give it a slap. Worth remembering the RTP's set per venue too, so the one at your club might be a different animal to the same cabinet at the pub down the road. Doesn't change the wheel's pull though 😄
The dead stretches are exactly why I keep notes on these venue machines, and the IGT Wheel of Fortune is a classic case of high volatility doing its job. Over a small spin sample the Wheel Bonus might look like it pays the bills, but most sessions you're essentially funding the game until the feature drops, and with progressives on top plus the 243 Ways alongside the 25 Lines setup, the hit rate is tuned so the wheel carries the session.
Do the EV, then spin.
ha, InRTP keeping notes on the Wheel of Fortune, that's a bit keen mate, my notes went out the window decades ago 😄 but I'll give you this much, the dead stretches on that IGT one do feel like a machine doing its job properly, chewing patience money till the wheel decides to show up.
JohnBrizzie you're spot on about the old Queen of the Nile vibe, that's exactly what it reminded me of, bloke down at my club in Ballarat had the bar shoulder-surfing him last winter when the wheel got a run. funny thing is everyone at my pub swears their Wheel of Fortune pays looser than the club's version. same machine, different venues, and with the return set per venue within the state minimum they're probably both right. makes you wonder how much of the "hot machine" talk around the bar is just whoever's sitting at the friendly one. ah well, we grind on.
SamJackpot, keeping notes is half the fun, my notebook has a whole page on this one. The Wheel Bonus on the IGT Wheel of Fortune really is the whole session in miniature, long flat grind then one spin of the wheel and the room changes. And remember the RTP differs venue to venue since each club sets it within the state minimum, so the same machine can play differently at the pub down the road. Worth checking which room you like it at. 📊
RTP is a long-run number.