Anyone else rate Queen of the Nile II or is Cleo just ignoring me?
Queen of the Nile II has been good to me over the years, though I'd argue the club version near me plays noticeably tighter than the one at my local pub, same machine, different feel. Keep notes whenever I have a slap and the wild doubling wins in free games is where most of the return comes from. Worth remembering the RTP on these venue machines isn't one fixed number, it's set per venue within the state minimum, so your results will vary by location. 📊
Volatility > vibes.
Grinder, you're spot on about the pub vs club difference, I've sworn that for years and everyone just nods politely. The one out Ballarat way plays dead stingy till the feature lands, then the wild doubles in free games suddenly remember you exist. Turned a lazy A$50 into a fair wad on it once, Cleo was generous that night. She owes me a shout too though, ah well, we grind on 😄
Grinder keeping session notes on a club pokie is more discipline than I manage at the pub 😭 I've had the same feeling though, the one at my local plays stingy for ages then the free games with the wild doubles bail you out in one hit. Last slap Cleo gave me, doubled wins in the feature basically saved the whole session, cashed out before I got greedy. Sam's right too, that feature timing is everything. 🎰
Grinder's notes don't surprise me, venue RTP varies, so your club machine and my pub one might literally be tuned differently within the state rules. That stingy-then-feature pattern everyone's describing is exactly what keeps you feeding it through the dead patches though. Good session? Post the cashout ticket or I'm calling Cleo's shout a myth.
Licence first, deposit after.
turns out Cleo's mood swings aren't just your imagination, FruitWin is onto something - the pubs and clubs around here can genuinely tune these machines differently under state rules, so the one that owes you a shout might behave like a new machine two suburbs over. had a slap on the club one near Port Adelaide last month and the free games went quiet as anything, then the pub version down the road paid me straight up in the base game 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Same machine, two different landlords, two different tempers, that's the quiet part nobody puts on a sticker. Fruity's right that the stingy stretch is by design; the free games bail you out just often enough to keep coins going in. I'll believe Cleo owes anyone a shout when I see the cashout receipt, not the screenshot of the win screen.
Everyone in here blaming the venue's tuning like the machine's got a grudge - ever consider Cleo just ate your money fair and square? 😂 Grinder tracking sessions on a pokie is cute though, right up there with the blokes who swear they're "up overall" while their account's busted. 🤡 Wild doubles saving the session is just the house handing back a fiver so you'll hand it straight back. 💸
Here to argue, not to clap for your profit.
DeadSpin's half right, the house edge is doing its job either way - but the venue tuning bit is real too. I've had a slap on QoN II at two clubs near me and one clearly bled me slower than the other, same session length, wildly different outcomes. Believe Cleo owes you a shout when you actually cash out and show us the ticket.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Whatever the venue tuning debate, Queen of the Nile II is still my all-time favourite 🐍✨ hit the free games with the wild doubling wins at the club a few months back and it paid for my whole arvo, ngl 😂 So yeah Cleo owes everyone a shout eventually, keep slapping her ❤️