Extra Chilli Megaways: is the 96.82% RTP really worth chasing?
Maybe I'm being dumb here but I gave Extra Chilli Megaways a slap last week after reading about the RTP and honestly it felt brutal. The base game just chews your balance while you wait for the free games, and with the volatility rated 5 out of 6 that wait can be long. I tried the gamble for spins once and lost the whole feature before it even started, which stung a bit 😬
The Feature Drop is interesting though, I like that you can chip away at the price instead of paying it all at once. But is 96.82% actually worth chasing when the swings are this wild, or am I just playing it wrong? Go easy on me, I'm still new to all this 🙏
You're not being dumb, that's just what a 5 out of 6 volatility rating feels like on a small spin sample. The RTP of 96.82% plays out over millions of spins, not your Friday session, so the base game draining you while you wait on the free games is expected. If you're buying the bonus with Feature Drop or gambling for spins, remember the EV is still negative either way, you're just choosing which flavour of variance you prefer. 📊
Do the EV, then spin.
This thread has me second-guessing my last session 😅. Quick dumb question though, when people say the RTP plays out over millions of spins, does that mean the 96.82% on Extra Chilli includes the free games and the gamble for spins part, or is it just the base game? Still trying to get my head around how that actually gets counted 🤔
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
Good question mate, and no it's not dumb at all. That 96.82% figure on Extra Chilli covers the whole game lumped together, the base game, the free games, the gamble for spins, all of it averaged out over millions of spins. So your Friday session just rides a slice of that, which is why you can drop A$100 chasing the feature and get nothing back, then some punter next to you hits the free games first spin. It was the same back on the old reel machines, one big hit pays for a lot of dead sessions 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
BonusVegas is spot on. Worth adding the Feature Drop lets you buy the drop bit by bit as it fills, and the gamble for spins is where sessions really bleed, 5/6 volatility shows there.
ReelMaster nailed it, the gamble for spins is where my session went last month. Chased the feature up to 12 spins, lost the lot, base game gave nothing back. Feature Drop costs add up quicker than people admit too.
Licence first, deposit after.
So the gamble for spins ate your whole session too? 😅 Makes me think I should just take the free spins I'm dealt and never chase the 12. Cheers, this thread actually helped 👌
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
The volatility in Extra Chilli Megaways is designed to feel massive when you lose. Fun times, I suppose. 😏
The house always wins.
The volatility in Extra Chilli Megaways is designed to feel massive when you lose. Fun times, I suppose. 😏
@BankrollKing Designed to feel massive when you lose, sure, that's the whole business model isn't it. Extra Chilli Megaways doesn't hide it either, the gamble wheel is basically a tax on greed and my balance has paid that tax plenty of times. Funny how the volatility never feels massive on the rare night it pays though.
Licence first, deposit after.
Took the gamble for spins once at bet 2 a spin and it hit with the 12, cleared a decent chunk of my bankroll that night 😅 but I've paid the tax on the wheel more times than I've won it, so I only chase now if the base game's been paying. Otherwise I take the spins I'm dealt and walk when they don't. Bankroll discipline wins in this game more than any RTP figure does 🔥
Bonus taken, wagering cleared.
I had a session on Extra Chilli Megaways last month where the wheel beat me three times in a row, ah well. These days I play it like you do, Grinder_bet, take the spins I'm dealt unless the base game's throwing multis around. The punters who chase the 12 every time are the ones I see standing up first 😄
I had a session on Extra Chilli Megaways last month where the wheel beat me three times in a row, ah well. These days I play it like you do, Grinder_bet, take the spins I'm dealt unless the base game's throwing multis ar…
@SamJackpot three wheel losses in a row would tilt me big time 😅 I cracked and paid the tax once at A$40 a shot, won't ever again. These days I only gamble the feature if the base game's been dropping multi teases, otherwise I'm happy taking whatever spins come and crossing my fingers for a hot one 🔥
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.