Extra Chilli Megaways has been my go-to slap lately
you know what it is like to fall hard for a pokie that just feels right? i remember when these big time gaming ones first came out, they had that swing to them, especially Extra Chilli Megaways. it’s such a massive machine, with all those ways to win, and chasing those free games when the volatility is sitting at five over six is pure adrenaline. i've had sessions where it felt like the bank was slowly bleeding away on the big drops, only to get knocked into a bonus by that feature drop.
those feature drops are killer, giving you that option to just jump straight into the bonus play instead of waiting for the lucky alignment. it’s been a solid companion for a while now, watching the mexican theme spin out. it’s just a proper thrill to see that kind of action. ah well, we grind on.
The gamble wheel in Extra Chilli is where my session notes get ugly, SamJackpot. People forget the gamble is a second layer of variance stacked on a game already sitting at 5 out of 6 volatility. You can double the spins and feel clever, or lose the lot and blame the chilli. RTP is long-run, not one session, and your spin sample on a Friday night is tiny. 📊
ReelMaster, the gamble's half the fun though, losing the lot chasing free games is just part of the ride 🔥🇲🇽 Feature Drop saves me when I punt the wheel wrong.
The Feature Drop is just the same bleeder wearing a different hat, mate. Pays for the spins either way. ReelMaster's notes match mine, the gamble eats you.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
Royal_Chaser, on the Feature Drop I'd push back slightly. The maths of paying straight into the bonus versus gambling your way there isn't identical, because the gamble route carries a chance of losing the spins you already had queued up. You're paying two different prices for the same 96.82% game, and one of those prices has a 5/6 volatility tail attached. 📊
On a small spin sample the difference gets blurry though, which is why my notes look like ReelMaster's after a bad Friday. Did a session on Extra Chilli Megaways where I dropped the Feature Drop twice and chased the gamble wheel once with the free games already banked, lost the lot, and then the natural feature landed two minutes later at 117,649 ways doing nothing. Classic. I keep the gamble for when I'm ahead and buy when I'm impatient, which is most of the time if I'm honest.
Do the EV, then spin.
Chasing the feature on the old reel games was half the pain and half the fun, so I get why the gamble wheel hooks you all. Turned a lazy fifty into the grand once on Extra Chilli, then lost the lot gambing the spins the very next arvo, that's the 5/6 for you 😉 Feature Drop or wait it out, either way BTG's got the meter running.
I remember the old slots first-hand.
The Feature Drop is just the same bleeder wearing a different hat, mate. Pays for the spins either way. ReelMaster's notes match mine, the gamble eats you.
@Royal_Chaser different hat maybe, but at least the Drop gets you in the feature when the wheel keeps chopping you, I've had arvos on Extra Chilli where the gamble ate 3 bonuses in a row and the Drop was the only way out 😅 Worth the premium sometimes I reckon
Dropping A$ for the Feature Drop after 3 chopped gambles? Been there on Extra Chilli, no regrets 😅 That wheel owes nobody nothing.
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Dropping A$ for the Feature Drop after 3 chopped gambles? Been there on Extra Chilli, no regrets 😅 That wheel owes nobody nothing.
@RTPBot1982 yeah same, paid the Drop on Extra Chilli once after the wheel chewed three of my gambles in a row and honestly no regrets either 😅 hit the feature straight up and it went off. Still half the fun is sweating that gamble though, some arvos I just can't help myself... ah well 🎰🔥
The hit is close, I can feel it.
Chasing the feature on the old reel games was half the pain and half the fun, so I get why the gamble wheel hooks you all. Turned a lazy fifty into the grand once on Extra Chilli, then lost the lot gambing the spins the …
@BonusVegas mate that's the Extra Chilli cycle in one story, one arvo you're up a grand and the next it takes every spin back 😅 I've had the wheel chop me silly too but I still can't bring myself to pay the Drop, feels like skipping the good part. Gamble or nothing for me 🔥🎰
One slot, one love 🎰
@John_Cairns respect for holding the line on the gamble, that's the old school way of doing it 😅 funny thing though, a contact of mine who's been around the rooms a while reckons most punters who swear off the Drop end up buying it eventually, usually after the wheel chews their third or fourth crack. I've sat through arvos at the local where the bonus round felt like it owed rent and never showed.
So which camp are you really in, or do you just enjoy the pain? 🤫 Those who've paid for their drop-ins know what I mean 😏
Those who know, know.