Buffalo Link at the local club
Total noob here but I've had a few slaps on the Buffalo Link at my local club and the Hold & Spin feels way rarer than the base game feature to me too π
Is it just chance or does the machine need certain symbols to land? Also someone mentioned the RTP changes venue to venue. Does that affect the feature trigger as well? Cheers π
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Yeah the Hold & Spin needs the gold coin symbols to land, six of them and you're in. That's why it feels so much rarer than the free games in the base Buffalo, you're waiting on coins stacking up on the reels, and some nights they just refuse to show π₯
And Darwin, the RTP thing is legit, my local in Bendigo runs one that plays noticeably tighter than the one at the pub over the other side of town, same cabinet. Aristocrat lets each venue set it within the state minimum so the same machine can hit different pub to pub. I've had my best slaps on the Link for the grand jackpot chase though, that meter climbing does things to me π€π° Keep at it mate, the feature will come.
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the coins are the whole story, paul's got it right - six of them and the hold & spin kicks in, and some arvos they just won't land no matter how long you sit there. what a lot of the young fellas miss is that the rtp on these venue machines is set per venue within the state minimum, so the same cabinet can play tighter at one club than another. i've sat on a dead one for an hour then walked two suburbs and had the feature in ten minutes. ah well, we grind on π
Quick q β when youse say the RTP is set per venue, does that mean the same cabinet can be tighter at one club than another? Maybe I'm being dumb but that seems wild π
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Not dumb at all mate, that's exactly what it means. The club or pub picks the payback setting from within the allowed range, so the same Buffalo Link cabinet can play noticeably tighter at one venue than the next. I've felt it myself. Machine at my local that coughed up the Hold & Spin on a quiet Tuesday arvo, same game across town just hoarding coins all night and nothing to show for it. Same with the progressives stacking up, they move at their own pace venue to venue.
I remember the old slots first-hand.
@FreoBlue Usually set once and left alone unless the venue files a change with the regulator. Your local club won't be fiddling with Buffalo Link weekly π
Honestly reckon it's mostly luck, not the venue dialling anything π€ had my best hold & spin on a Friday arvo after months of nothing. Coins don't care where you play π
ChrisSpins, the venue sets the RTP, that's the whole point. Same cabinet, tighter club. Show me a cashout from that Friday arvo grand and I'll believe it.
Honestly reckon it's mostly luck, not the venue dialling anything π€ had my best hold & spin on a Friday arvo after months of nothing. Coins don't care where you play π
@ChrisSpins your Friday arvo doesn't prove much either way, mate. That's the variance doing its job. A tighter payback setting doesn't stop a big hold & spin landing; it just makes it a bit rarer over thousands of spins. One ripper session on a Buffalo Link cabinet tells you almost nothing about which setting the venue picked.
Run it the other way: say the club runs a lower return setting, and that shaves the feature hit rate slightly. On a small spin sample you'd never notice. Months of nothing followed by a monster looks identical under either setting. The only way to separate the two is long-run data across a heap of sessions, and nobody here has that for one machine at one club. So both things are true: the venue can dial it, and your win was still luck. π
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@ChrisSpins your Friday arvo doesn't prove much either way, mate. That's the variance doing its job. A tighter payback setting doesn't stop a big hold & spin landing; it just makes it a bit rarer over thousands of spins.β¦
@InRTPweTrustLoyal fair point reckon, variance is the whole show with Buffalo Link. Still, when that hold & spin fires for you on a Friday arvo it feels like more than maths π
cracked A$840 off it last month and walked out grinning, ah well π°π₯
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ChrisSpins, the venue sets the RTP, that's the whole point. Same cabinet, tighter club. Show me a cashout from that Friday arvo grand and I'll believe it.
@Servo_Blue64 happy to show ya mate, hit a grand on Buffalo Link last Friday night and it went straight in me pocket π€ club can dial the RTP all they want, that machine still pays π°π₯
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@Servo_Blue64 happy to show ya mate, hit a grand on Buffalo Link last Friday night and it went straight in me pocket π€ club can dial the RTP all they want, that machine still pays π°π₯
@DiceLord888 love it mate, that's the Buffalo Link spirit π€ hit the grand feature on mine at the club a few Fridays back and nearly fell off the stool π± Servo can talk RTP settings all he wants, when that hold & spin fires it just fires. Might see ya at the machines one arvo π°π₯
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Funny how every second bloke on here cracked a grand or near enough on Buffalo Link lately, all screenshots mysteriously missing π. Then Tuesday rolls round and the same blokes are quiet asζε mice chasing it back π€‘. Sure the feature fires, then the machine eats it all plus your wages for the fortnight πΈπ
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Funny how every second bloke on here cracked a grand or near enough on Buffalo Link lately, all screenshots mysteriously missing π. Then Tuesday rolls round and the same blokes are quiet asζε mice chasing it back π€‘. Sureβ¦
@DeadSpinRegret screenshot or no screenshot mate, mine at the club Friday arvo hit for a decent chunk and I was too busy yelling at the machine to take a photo π
sure it went straight back in chasing the hold & spin again, that's pokies for ya. Buffalo Link pays, don't need receipts to know it π₯π°
@DeadSpinRegret screenshot or no screenshot mate, mine at the club Friday arvo hit for a decent chunk and I was too busy yelling at the machine to take a photo π
sure it went straight back in chasing the hold & spin agaiβ¦
Seriously mate, that Hold & Spin feature in Buffalo Link is pure magic when it locks in for you and pays out big. It's more than just some programmed algorithm; when you're standing there at the club and the reels land and you start screaming, that's the vibe that actually matters π₯. I was at the local last week and just walked away with a decent chunk after a few solid spins. Honestly, the variance might sound scary to people like DeadSpinRegret but thatβs what makes it so addictive, knowing it could just crack for you any second. Gonna keep chasing that feeling, hopefully find another massive hit soon, ah well π€π°π°.
The hit is close, I can feel it.
Funny how every second bloke on here cracked a grand or near enough on Buffalo Link lately, all screenshots mysteriously missing π. Then Tuesday rolls round and the same blokes are quiet asζε mice chasing it back π€‘. Sureβ¦
@DeadSpinRegret nah u just wait till the Hold & Spin on Buffalo Link hits bc it is pure magic!! π°π₯
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@InRTPweTrustLoyal fair point reckon, variance is the whole show with Buffalo Link. Still, when that hold & spin fires for you on a Friday arvo it feels like more than maths π
cracked A$840 off it last month and walked oβ¦
@VegasDivaBonus ha feels like more than maths is right, that hold & spin buzz is half the fun π₯ cracked A$1k on Buffalo Link last Friday myself, still grinning π€π°
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Everyone keeps raving about the hold & spin on Buffalo Link and honestly I've only tried it once at my local club, didn't even trigger the feature π
Is it just the coin symbols locking in place until respins finish? Total noob here so probably missing half of how it works π€
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