Had a slap on Red Baron at the club arvo and the Baron himself was
Red Baron's always been a hit-and-miss machine for me at the club. Landed the free games dry more times than I can count, multipliers are rare as hen's teeth. Worth knowing Aristocrat lets each venue set the RTP within the state minimum, so your club's cabinet could genuinely be tighter than your mate's local. Kept my bet per spin low and walked when the feature didn't hit, that's the whole session sorted. 🎰
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
TiltSurvivor nailed it, the multipliers are rare as hen's teeth 😂 Every venue sets its own RTP too, so your club's Baron might just run tighter than your mate's local. Don't write the old girl off! 🛩️
Ah, the Baron, she's been doing that to punters since the old slots hit different, I swear. Turned 50 into a handy win on her once at the local, but for every one of those there's been an arvo where the feature came in bone dry and I shuffled off wondering why I bothered. The multipliers are the whole point of the free games, land them without and it feels like getting a cheque with no name on it.
Chris is right on the money with the venue angle though. These old Aristocrats get set per venue within the state minimum, so your club's Baron might genuinely run tighter than the one at your mate's pub. Nothing wrong with the cabinet, it's just how she's been dialled in. Might be worth having a slap on her somewhere else one day and see if she warms up. Ah well, we grind on 😉
So the venue sets the RTP themselves? That explains a lot, thanks ChrisSpins 🙏 Thought I was doing something wrong when the feature came in dry 😅
FreoBlue yeah that venue RTP thing caught me off guard too when I first learnt it, makes sense why the same machine plays totally different club to club 😅
Reckon I've copped the same dry Baron sessions meself. Landed the free games at my local a few Fridays back and got sweet FA from the multipliers, walked out lighter than I went in. But then the very next month, same cabinet, the feature hits with the multipliers stacking and I'm up a few hundred A$ before tea. Old Aristocrat girl keeps you coming back eh 🛩️🎰 Might just be your club's got her set on the tight side, worth a slap on her somewhere else next time you're out and about.
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@PaulSlots13 yeah same here, explains my dry arvos 😅 but when that Baron multiplier hits in the free games she ROARS, cracked A$400 off a single bonus last Friday 🤑🎰🔥
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Wait, so the club can just dial it tighter themselves?? That explains my last few arvos there 😅 I've had the Baron's free games come up with barely anything too, thought the cabinet was crook. Still learning bonuses and all this RTP stuff, cheers for clearing it up FreoBlue and ChrisSpins 🙏
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@Darwin nobody's "dialling it tighter" by hand mate, the venue just picks a machine with a lower RTP setting from the options approved by the regulator, then it's down to the maths doing its thing. Red Baron's volatility is brutal enough on the loosest setting, so a tight club model just stretches the dry spells out even further. Guaranteed minus long-run, as they say - the Baron always collects his rent eventually.
And to the blokes bragging about the A$400 bonus roaring off, good for you, but I've watched plenty of punters feed a hundred into that cabinet chasing exactly that roar and walk out with change from a twenty 🤡💸 The free games with no multipliers is the Baron's favourite joke. Two clubs, same pokie, different pain thresholds, that's the whole story 😏
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@Neon_Addict same, my club's Baron is tight as a drum but I still feed it a fixed A$20 arvo slap, walk when it's gone. Set a limit per spin and the variance sorts itself out 🔥🎰
@DeadSpinRegret yeah that tracks with what I've seen. Same Red Baron at two different clubs up here and they play like totally different pokies. One keeps you in the seat half the arvo, the other eats your session before you've finished the first beer 😭 worst part is you only find out which setting you copped after you've paid for it.
Doesn't change how I play it though. Fixed budget, set bet per spin, and honestly I'm only sitting there for the free games when the multipliers stack, the base game on this one's a slow leak. Went through a few dead arvos at my local, then one Friday the feature finally fired and it was a ripper, paid back everything I'd fed it and then some. Ticket straight in the pocket and out the door before she could take it back 🔥
Nah your cabinet's fine, mine up the club plays tight as anything most arvos too 😅 Wild that two clubs can run the exact same Baron and one pays handsomer than the other, no wonder it feels crook. When the multipliers do land in the free games though, mate, she goes OFF 🙌
SteveCobber nailed it, cabinet's fine, the Baron's just a grumpy old bird and your club's got him dialled tight. My local's the same, I gave it a slap a few weekends back, got the free games once and the multipliers were nowhere, copped about half my spin money back and walked. That's the whole trick with the venue machines, you can't chase a dry one hoping the next feature fixes it, the club's set it how they've set it and that's that.
Worth keeping in the back of your head the next time you're bonus hunting between clubs, same Baron at the pub down the road might play looser for your budget, or might not. I count the feature as the marker: multipliers land, good arvo; they don't, cash out and go drive. Beats feeding a stingy Baron all session wondering if the thing's crook 😅🎰
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DeadSpinRegret's got it right, each state lets venues pick from approved RTP settings so two Barons can feel like totally different pokies. My local one's tight too but I keep slapping it anyway, cos when those multipliers stack in the free games she proper ROARS 🔥🎰 been burned plenty of arvos but one good bonus keeps me coming back 😅
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DeadSpinRegret's got it right, each state lets venues pick from approved RTP settings so two Barons can feel like totally different pokies. My local one's tight too but I keep slapping it anyway, cos when those multiplie…
@Neon_Addict same, my club's Baron is tight as a drum but I still feed it a fixed A$20 arvo slap, walk when it's gone. Set a limit per spin and the variance sorts itself out 🔥🎰
DeadSpinRegret's got it right, each state lets venues pick from approved RTP settings so two Barons can feel like totally different pokies. My local one's tight too but I keep slapping it anyway, cos when those multiplie…
@Neon_Addict "proper ROARS" until the arvo's gone and you're down another grab, aye. If she roars so often, where's the profit? 😏
The house always wins.
@BankrollKing pretty much where I land. Diamond_Lord, good story, but one good arvo out of three Fridays straight means the other two funded it, long-run it's still minus. I'll believe the Baron roars when someone posts a cashout screenshot instead of a win animation.
Licence first, deposit after.
@BankrollKing mate I dropped A$60 on Red Baron three Fridays straight then one arvo the free games stacked 5x multipliers and paid the lot back plus more 🤑 thats why I keep slapping her 🔥🎰
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It sounds like the Red Baron plays totally differently depending on the club, which is confusing. Do I even know what setting I should be looking for to make sure it's fair? 😅🙏
It sounds like the Red Baron plays totally differently depending on the club, which is confusing. Do I even know what setting I should be looking for to make sure it's fair? 😅🙏
@RideTheVariance_Everyday96 mate it feels different because some machines are looser than others, clubs set them up differently and noones posting the settings on the glass 😅 all regulated though so it's fair, just some Barons bite harder than others. Found that out the hard way when mine took A$80 and stayed quiet all arvo 🔥 keep having a crack anyway, when those 5x multis land she's the best pokie going 🤑
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It sounds like the Red Baron plays totally differently depending on the club, which is confusing. Do I even know what setting I should be looking for to make sure it's fair? 😅🙏
@RideTheVariance_Everyday96 yeah its all regulated mate, same Red Baron everywhere, just some clubs run them looser than others 😅 I copped one at my local that pays dead nothing, drove out to the other side of town and the Baron stacked multipliers first session 🤑 no setting you can check on the glass, just find the one that growls 🔥🎰
@RideTheVariance_Everyday96 nothing dodgy going on mate, the pay table is the same everywhere, what changes is the return setting the club picks from the approved range. Some venues run near the top of it, others sit low, and none of them print that on the glass. Fair? Yes, regulated. Generous? Depends which pub you're standing in 😅
My trick is simple, I give a Baron ten or twelve spins at my usual bet per spin, say A$1 a go off a A$50 session bankroll. If the free spins haven't shown up by then I move on to the next pokie instead of chasing. Tried beating a cold machine with bigger bets once, copped a A$100 smash for it, lesson stuck. Walk when it's dead, and if you do land the multipliers, actually cash out rather than feeding it all back 🔥
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