Had a decent slap on Extra Chilli Megaways last arvo
had a go on Extra Chilli a few weeks back and nearly cooked me finger on the gamble for spins, dropping a decent free games run then gambling it for more, only to land two scatters and get square root nothing. that feature drop is a clever bit of business though, lets you skip the wait when you're impatient like me.
compared to the club machines, this one's a different animal entirely. the old Queen of the Nile days taught you patience for a reason, but this BTG beast rattles through 117,649 ways at pace and can eat a bank before you've blinked. that 5/6 volatility rating is honest. It swings hard both ways. turned 50 into a few hundred once on it, then gave the lot back chasing the feature. ah well, we grind on 😉
That gamble wheel is pure variance, on a small spin sample it'll look brutal. Trading a guaranteed free games run for more spins is negative EV more often than not.
Do the EV, then spin.
That gamble wheel is pure variance, on a small spin sample it'll look brutal. Trading a guaranteed free games run for more spins is negative EV more often than not.
Negative EV shmesh, that's half the fun of it 😂 gambled a 15 free games run last week and pulled the 4 retriggers, paid A$180 off a A$2 slap 🔥🤑 BTG are the best provider hands down, and yeah the wheel burns me more often than it pays, ah well
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
VegasDiva, one A$180 hit means nothing without a cashout screenshot, believe it when you actually get paid. The gamble wheel is exactly as Loyal says: trading a locked-in feature for extra spins is a loser's trade long-run, and at 5/6 volatility the machine grinds you between bonuses anyway. I'll rate the game fine, but I want payout proof before anyone calls BTG generous.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
@CasinoGrinder spot on about the screenshots, VegasDiva. And the gamble wheel on Extra Chilli - did it once, lost the lot, never again. House edge baked into every choice.
Licence first, deposit after.
Funny thing about the Feature Drop, I've sat there doing the maths in my head mid-session and still clicked it anyway. The gamble wheel is where I draw the line though. A guaranteed free games run with the pot collector is worth too much to punt on two more scatters. At 5/6 volatility the base game bites hard enough between features without donating a locked-in bonus back to the machine.
RTP is a long-run number.
Chris, same here, drew the line at the gamble after it burned me twice. Only gripe: the Feature Drop price creeps up mid-session, so "buying in cheap" rarely stays cheap.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Chris, same here, drew the line at the gamble after it burned me twice. Only gripe: the Feature Drop price creeps up mid-session, so "buying in cheap" rarely stays cheap.
@Brizzie_Mate the creeping price is by design mate, no accident there. Had a contact tell me once that any feature you can buy has a floor tuned to keep you feeding it 😏 those who know, know. I just set my drop limit before the session starts and walk when it blows past.
Those who know, know.
fair dinkum thread this one. reminds me of the old Queen of the Nile days at the club. You knew a feature when it landed, and you never had the option to gamble it away, so the only mug who could ruin a good run was yourself 😄
my take on Extra Chilli after plenty of arvos on it: the Feature Drop is fine if you've got patience and a bankroll that can breathe, because dropping in when the price has cooled a bit beats chasing scatters on a cold machine. the gamble wheel though? Brizzie nailed it, that price creep is real, and the wheel is where punter discipline goes to die. i've had a beaut free games run sitting there, thought "one more gamble for the lads", and watched it evaporate. turned 50 into 5k once back in the day, but that was from letting features play out, never from trading them. long-run the wheel takes more than it gives, but crikey it makes for a good story when it lands 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
@FreoDad ha Queen of the Nile memories too mate 😄 but gotta disagree on the gamble - hit big last night doubling the feature on Extra Chilli, it's pure adrenaline when it lands... ah well, when it doesn't 😅
The hit is close, I can feel it.
fair dinkum thread this one. reminds me of the old Queen of the Nile days at the club. You knew a feature when it landed, and you never had the option to gamble it away, so the only mug who could ruin a good run was your…
@FreoDad old Queen of the Nile never asked you to pay extra for the feature though 😏 Feature Drop's just a guaranteed minus long-run dressed up as a shortcut. So where's the profit, mate? 💸
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
@FreoDad old Queen of the Nile never asked you to pay extra for the feature though 😏 Feature Drop's just a guaranteed minus long-run dressed up as a shortcut. So where's the profit, mate? 💸
@SpinToWin247 profit on Feature Drop? nah mate, I only ever buy it when I'm chasing and that's exactly how it gets ya 😅 spun the bonus in free on Extra Chilli last Friday and it paid A$340, way sweeter than paying 100x for it 🔥🎰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Tried the Feature Drop once on Extra Chilli, never again 😅 spinning in the bonus for cheap hits way better anyway. Free spins ftw 🌶️🔥
Feature Drop on Extra Chilli cooked me once too, never again. I run 40c bet per spin and wait for the bonus to spin in, cheaper in the long run even if it takes an hour. HobartNorth I do love the gamble but doubling on a whim is how bankrolls die 😭
Feature Drop on Extra Chilli cooked me once too, never again. I run 40c bet per spin and wait for the bonus to spin in, cheaper in the long run even if it takes an hour. HobartNorth I do love the gamble but doubling on a…
@Wollongong_True waiting it out on Extra Chilli is the only sane way to play it, agreed. The Feature Drop price scales with your bet anyway, so buying in is just volunteering to lose faster.
Only thing I'd add, cheap spins grind your balance down slow and the hour can stretch into three. Seen blokes at the local pokies room chase that bonus spin-in for a full arvo on Extra Chilli. Either way long-run you're still minus, the game's built that way. Post a payout screenshot if that A$340 ever turns into anything real.
Licence first, deposit after.
FruitWin nailed the real cost of waiting though. Cheap spins on Extra Chilli feel gentle for the first half hour, then you look down and the balance has bled A$80 with nothing to show for it. That's the volatility doing its job. RTP tells you what comes back over a silly long horizon, but the ride between bonuses is where the session actually lives or dies.
I keep a note of my own runs on it, and the hours I've sat through three dead stretch periods at 40c dwarf the two Feature Drops I ever bought. Buying just compresses the variance into one lump, you pay the house edge faster and get less spins in the sample. If your bankroll can't survive the wait, the game's telling you the stake is too high anyway.
FruitWin nailed the real cost of waiting though. Cheap spins on Extra Chilli feel gentle for the first half hour, then you look down and the balance has bled A$80 with nothing to show for it. That's the volatility doing …
@ReelMaster that bleeding pattern is exactly what I keep notes on. Small spins on Extra Chilli hide the real cost because the RTP only settles over tens of thousands of spins, and your session sample is tiny, so a quiet hour of nothing looks like bad luck when it's just variance being normal. I'd add one thing: track your spins per bonus rather than the dollar bleed, that number tells you whether waiting is actually working for you.
RTP is a long-run number.