Is Dollar Storm eating everyone's budget or is it just my machine?
Yeah that machine does my head in the exact same way 😅 Dollar Storm's an Aristocrat venue pokie and the Hold & Spin feature is all I chase on it, but the volatility on that thing is brutal. Had a Friday at the club where it ate my whole session before I even sniffed the feature, then the next week the grand jackpot counter dropped for some bloke two seats over. Dead machine one visit, magic the next.
The thing people forget is the RTP gets set per venue within the state minimum, so the one at your pub can genuinely play tighter than the one at mine. Doesn't help when you're copping it twice in one week though lol. I reckon give it one more arvo before you write it off entirely, it's got Free Games plus those progressive jackpots so it only takes one feature to flip the whole session 🎰🔥
Ha, the old dollar storm of tears, eh DiamondWin 😄 been through this exact misery myself. Gave it a slap at the club a few weeks back, chased the Hold & Spin for the better part of an arvo and the thing just would not cough up a feature. Walked out lighter and a bit wiser.
One thing worth remembering, each venue sets its own payback within the state minimum, so the one grinding you down at your pub might play a fair bit different to the one at mine. Same cabinet, same aristocrat guts, different mood entirely. Mind you, the free games and those progressives sit there dangling like bait no matter which room you're in. I've had it hand me the feature twice in ten minutes once, then starve me a full month after. Ah well, we grind on.
Yeah mine at the pub plays the same, dead as. Worth remembering the venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so each Dollar Storm hits different 💸
So each pub's machine can play different? That explains a lot 😅 I copped two dead sessions on Dollar Storm this week, maybe my local just runs it tight. 🤔
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Funny how the "tight venue" theory only comes out after a losing arvo 😄 I've had the Hold & Spin hit twice in ten minutes on one machine and dead for weeks on another. Could just be variance. 🎰
LeeBrekkie has got it right IMO, that Hold & Spin either fires twice in ten minutes or starves you for weeks 😅 dollar storms gonna dollar storm. My club one copped a grand progressive drop a while back and now the thing's been ice cold since, ah well 🎰🔥
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Variance or not, two busted arvos in a row makes me walk, that's the discipline lesson from Tuesday 😭 My rule on Dollar Storm is a fixed bet per spin and if the Hold & Spin hasn't shown by half the budget I'm gone. Interesting about the grand drop then ice cold after though, VegasDiva, maybe the machine does go quiet post jackpot 🎰
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Honestly I reckon LeeBrekkie nailed it 😂 variance just hits different on Dollar Storm. My club one went nearly a month without the Hold & Spin even landing, then Friday gone it fired twice in one arvo and nearly gave me the mini, was screaming at the screen ngl 🔥
ChrisRTP's rule is solid though, I've started doing the same. Half the budget gone and no feature, I'm up and off to the bar. The problem is this slot pays so good when it wakes up that you convince yourself the next ten spins are the ones... and that's how a whole arvo disappears 💸😭
Same story here tbh, my local one ate a whole arvo last Friday then spat the Hold & Spin back at me once and I was up 😅 variance on that thing is wild, might just be the venue settings like ChrisRTP said
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Variance or not, two busted arvos in a row makes me walk, that's the discipline lesson from Tuesday 😭 My rule on Dollar Storm is a fixed bet per spin and if the Hold & Spin hasn't shown by half the budget I'm gone. Inter…
I kinda relate to your rule ChrisRTP 😅 because I get so caught up in the game I forget to watch my budget. That fixed bet idea is smart, but I wonder if walking away too soon means missing some big trigger for the Dollar Storm. Does anyone know if these types of sessions always give better returns if you let them go all the way through? Thanks for sharing your experience! 🙏
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I kinda relate to your rule ChrisRTP 😅 because I get so caught up in the game I forget to watch my budget. That fixed bet idea is smart, but I wonder if walking away too soon means missing some big trigger for the Dollar…
@Darwin mate there's no trigger you miss, RNG doesn't care 😅 I walked at A$120 up last night on Lightning Link instead and slept like a king 🤑
@Darwin mate there's no trigger you miss, RNG doesn't care 😅 I walked at A$120 up last night on Lightning Link instead and slept like a king 🤑
@CashChaser75 sleeping like a king on A$120 up, that's the dream ngl 😅 Dollar Storm gets me every time, I keep telling myself one more Hold & Spin and the arvo's gone. Cash out while you're ahead, RngGodGod is spot on, that machine doesn't owe anyone a thing 🔥🎰
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I kinda relate to your rule ChrisRTP 😅 because I get so caught up in the game I forget to watch my budget. That fixed bet idea is smart, but I wonder if walking away too soon means missing some big trigger for the Dollar…
You think walking away means missing a trigger? Nah, the machine is set to take your money regardless. Stick to your budget and cash out while you can.
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