Chasing the Hold & Spin feature on Dollar Storm, anyone else?
Had a couple of slaps on Dollar Storm myself and yeah, the Hold & Spin is the whole reason I keep feeding it. Nearly had one pay for the whole arvo last month at the club, got up to needing one more orb and the dead spin killed it. Painful. 💸
What I rate about it is it's an Aristocrat machine so the hold and spin feels proper, plus the progressives sitting on top keep you spinning even on a quiet base game. Worth remembering the RTP is set per venue within the state minimum, so the same machine can play totally different pub to pub. I've had one local that hits the feature every second session and another that ate A$50 without a sniff. Bet small, maybe 2 a spin, and chase the feature only when the machine's been paying. Anyone had the grand off it or is that just a dream? 🎰
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One more orb short is the most Dollar Storm feeling there is, I've had that exact session at the club and walked out muttering. What I keep in my notes is that the RTP is set per venue within the state minimum, so the machine at your local might be a different beast to the one across town. Worth asking which denom the feature pays best on, though on a small spin sample that's mostly hope rather than maths 📊
Do the EV, then spin.
Dead spin at one orb short, been there and it hurts every time 😄 reminds me of the old Queen of the Nile days when you'd sit through the grind knowing the feature was right there but never quite landing. Dollar Storm at least gives you that chase, I'll give it that.
And mate's got a point about each venue being its own beast. I've had slaps on the one at the RSL down here and swear it plays different to the one at the pub two suburbs over, same cabinet, different mood. Might be the per-venue setup doing its thing, might be my luck. Chase the feature by all means but keep the session money separate from the grocery money, that's my whole sermon on it 😉
It's all hit and busted before, folks.
Everyone blaming the venue RTP like it's the villain, but I've had Dollar Storm pay for a whole arvo at my club and go dead at the bloke's place two suburbs over. Same machine, same one-orb heartbreak both times, so I reckon luck swings harder than any setting. The old slots hit different though, and that Hold & Spin chase keeps me coming back 😄 ah well, we grind on.
That feeling of the Hold & Spin stacking up right before the runout is pure poker, mate.
It seems everyone's arguing the gear versus the guy, whether it's the club tweaking the venue RTP on Dollar Storm or just raw variance. I reckon you can argue either way, but from a pure bankroll perspective, the volatility is the key takeaway here. You need to accept that even with the free games and the grand jackpot hanging over it, these Aristocrat machine sessions are high commitment. Don't chase the feature past your planned unit size. Stick to the discipline, and when it hits, you cash out in time. Otherwise, it’s just a lengthy chase leading to that painful one-orb miss. 💸
@Wollongong_True it's less poker and more a vending machine taking your coins one orb at a time. FruitWin's right that venues can set the RTP toward the floor, but SamJackpot's right that variance eats people either way. Either way I want cashout screenshots before anyone tells me Dollar Storm "paid for the arvo".
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
@LuckyStreakHunter maybe I'm being dumb here but how would I even tell if my local is set low on Dollar Storm? I've gone one orb short twice this month and now I'm side-eyeing the place 😬 Does it say anything on the machine or do you just have to trust the vibes?
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@Multiplier_Master you can't really tell from the machine mate, they don't print the RTP anywhere you can see 😅 Two orbs short twice in a month stings but that's just Dollar Storm doing Dollar Storm things. I've chased that Hold & Spin on it every evening some weeks and mostly donated, then last Friday it spat me out a decent little win ngl 💰🎰 Vibes is all we've got, ah well
@Wollongong_True it's less poker and more a vending machine taking your coins one orb at a time. FruitWin's right that venues can set the RTP toward the floor, but SamJackpot's right that variance eats people either way.…
@LuckyStreakHunter vending machine is right, except this one never dispenses 😂 Two orbs short twice in a month and you're already blaming the floor setting,Multiplier_Master? Every punter who donated a few hundred A$ to Dollar Storm says the same thing. So where's the profit, mate?
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
@Wollongong_True it's less poker and more a vending machine taking your coins one orb at a time. FruitWin's right that venues can set the RTP toward the floor, but SamJackpot's right that variance eats people either way.…
@LuckyStreakHunter total noob here but that vending machine line hit hard 😂 I've gone orb-short on Dollar Storm heaps. Question: can you actually tell the venue RTP or just vibes? 🤷
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