Does Mustang Money run hot in the free games but cold in between?
Funny you rate the free games on Mustang Money, because that's been my read too. Had a slap on one at the club near me a few weeks back, dead grind between features, ate through most of a hundred riding the base game, then the feature landed and nearly patched the session up in one go. Volatility on that thing feels properly high for a club machine, no wonder it swings.
Worth remembering it's an Ainsworth machine, and venues set the payback themselves within the state minimum - so the one at your club and the one at the casino could genuinely be two different animals. Might explain why some blokes swear it runs hot and others call it a dead machine. I banked the feature win and walked while I was ahead, cashing out in time is everything with a grinder like this. 🔥🎰
that club-to-club difference you noticed, FreoBlue, is worth chewing on. Ainsworth machines like Mustang Money don't come off the truck with a fixed payback, the venue sets it within what the state allows. So the one at my club and the one at the pub up the road can be two entirely different beasts wearing the same hat. I've had sessions where the free games came in quick and generous, and others where the thing played like it owed the venue money 😄
the grind between features is just the volatility showing itself, mind, it's a 5 out of 6 on that scale, so the base game will happily chew your A$50 while you wait. my advice to the young fellas having their first slaps on it: judge the machine over a couple of visits, because yesterday's hot one can be tomorrow's dead machine. ah well, we grind on.
SamJackpot nailed it. Two venues, same pokie, completely different payback. The club down the road from me could be running it at the state minimum while the casino runs it higher, and no one tells you which. So the "runs hot" talk mostly comes down to where you're sitting. I'll believe a machine's generous when I see someone actually cash out.
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Does explain why I've had nights where Mustang Money was printing free games like tickets and others where it felt parked 🎰 Figure the pub version round here sits low, cause the base game chews your money slow but pays sweet nothing until the horses finally turn up. Either way I keep my stake small in the grind, cos the win lives entirely inside that feature 💸
Love how everyone's suddenly a paytable expert the second they lose 😏 same pokie, same maths, pal, your "hot" free games were just luck paying you back. Post the screenshot or it never happened 🤡
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@Ben_Win mate, the maths being the same everywhere is the bit I'd question 🤔 Total noob here so correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read venues in Queensland can set payback differently on the same pokie. So two Mustang Money cabinets a suburb apart could genuinely play different, which sort of kills the "same maths" argument?
Still learning bonuses and all this stuff, but I do notice the free games feel chunkier some nights and dead others. Could easily just be variance, but given what Servo_Blue64 said about venue-set payback, maybe it's both? Lucky you for not caring though, seems like you always win 😅
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Ben_Win has a point about the screenshots, but he's wrong about the maths being the same maths. Venue-set payback is real in NSW and Queensland, so the same Mustang Money cabinet genuinely can behave differently two suburbs apart. FreoBlue's observation lines up with that.
What I'd add is that even on the same machine, hot base game with a long drought is exactly how these are tuned, the free games come in clumps by design. My scepticism kicks in when someone posts a big free games streak with no cashout behind it. Doesn't matter what it printed mid-session; what did you actually walk out with? That's the only number worth anything here.
Ben_Win has a point about the screenshots, but he's wrong about the maths being the same maths. Venue-set payback is real in NSW and Queensland, so the same Mustang Money cabinet genuinely can behave differently two subu…
@Servo_Blue64 yeah fair call, the venue-set payback thing is real up here in QLD, I've noticed it myself, the Mustang Money at my local near Carseldine feels way stingier than the one I had a spin on at a club in the city 🤡 Ben's still got a point though, half these blokes crying "hot" wouldn't know a profit if it hit them, so where's the profit? 😏
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@Ben_Win mate, the maths being the same everywhere is the bit I'd question 🤔 Total noob here so correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read venues in Queensland can set payback differently on the same pokie. So two Mustang Mo…
@Darwin nah mate, you've read right, venue-set payback is a genuine thing, and CascadeQueen just backed it up with her Carseldine example. The part everyone skips is the free games still come out of the same ledger, so any "hot" Mustang Money streak gets paid back with interest in the cold bits 🤡 I sold a bloke a ute last week after he swore he was up for the year on these things - wonder which half of the story was real 😏
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BigWin_Mania382 reckon that ledger theory's a bit neat. My Mustang Money free games just go quiet for ages then ripper runs out of nowhere, cold bits don't owe me anything imo 🔥🎰
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@Servo_Blue64 yeah fair call, the venue-set payback thing is real up here in QLD, I've noticed it myself, the Mustang Money at my local near Carseldine feels way stingier than the one I had a spin on at a club in the cit…
@CascadeQueen funny how the stingy one is always the machine near your joint and the loose one's where you had the good arvo 😏 every punter in QLD swears their local Mustang Money eats A$20 like breakfast. Half these "hot and cold" stories are just memory picking the wins, guaranteed minus long-run either way 🤡
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@CascadeQueen funny how the stingy one is always the machine near your joint and the loose one's where you had the good arvo 😏 every punter in QLD swears their local Mustang Money eats A$20 like breakfast. Half these "ho…
@DeadSpinRegret fair crack but I've watched floors long enough to know the same title can feel like two different machines two towns over 😏 won't say how I know. Mustang Money on a good day throws free games like confetti, down the road it just hums at you. Those who know, know 🤫
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@Darwin nah mate, you've read right, venue-set payback is a genuine thing, and CascadeQueen just backed it up with her Carseldine example. The part everyone skips is the free games still come out of the same ledger, so a…
@Kev_Esky2010 exactly this, had a Mustang Money in Echuca throw free games at me three sessions straight 🔞🎰 then back home mine just hums. Same machine I swear 🤑
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@CascadeQueen funny how the stingy one is always the machine near your joint and the loose one's where you had the good arvo 😏 every punter in QLD swears their local Mustang Money eats A$20 like breakfast. Half these "ho…
@DeadSpinRegret honestly my local Mustang Money ate A$40 of mine in one arvo so it's not just QLD 😅 does the same machine actually pay differently or is it just vibes?
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@DeadSpinRegret honestly my local Mustang Money ate A$40 of mine in one arvo so it's not just QLD 😅 does the same machine actually pay differently or is it just vibes?
@Brizzie_True vibes mostly, but a busted A$40 arvo never lies 😂 question is, after it ate your money, did you even withdraw anything back out?
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@DeadSpinRegret fair crack but I've watched floors long enough to know the same title can feel like two different machines two towns over 😏 won't say how I know. Mustang Money on a good day throws free games like confett…
@Brizzie_True same machine, same maths, different vibes. There's a variance nuance here, a Mustang Money session of A$40 is a tiny sample so the free games either show up early or they don't, and that colours everything after. On a small spin sample it'll feel like two different machines in the same pub a week apart.
Do the EV, then spin.
Same maths every spin, the free games just cluster when they feel like it. Three hot sessions in Echuca means nothing without a cashout screenshot though. Who actually got paid on Mustang Money, or is everyone here reciting near misses?
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
@DeadSpinRegret honestly my local Mustang Money ate A$40 of mine in one arvo so it's not just QLD 😅 does the same machine actually pay differently or is it just vibes?
@Brizzie_True it's vibes mate, the maths don't change. Mustang Money free games just come in bunches, I've had an arvo where it felt due then boom, free games back to back 🤑🔥
@SteveDarwin exactly that, bunches is the perfect word for it 🤑 I had a Friday at the local where Mustang Money dead-ate A$30 of my A$40 then the free games hit twice back to back and I walked out up A$85, still buzzing about it. Feels due or feels dead but the spins in between are just waiting around for the bunch 😂
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@Brizzie_True vibes mostly, but a busted A$40 arvo never lies 😂 question is, after it ate your money, did you even withdraw anything back out?
@Cronulla ha, the A$40 arvo massacre is a classic Mustang Money session mate 😂 same here, it hoovers the money then spits back a sneaky A$25 free games hit and you walk up thinking you're even. Fair dinkum I've never actually cashed a proper win off it but I keep going back, the free games bunch up like Steve says 🔥🎰
Gotta love when Mustang Money hits its stride like that. those free spin clusters are EVERthyigthing, seriously! 🔥🎰