Is Wicked Winnings ice cold everywhere or just my local?
Same story here mate, gave Wicked Winnings a couple hundred over two arvo sessions at my local and never sniffed the Free Games. Worth remembering Aristocrat venue machines aren't one fixed RTP, each pub sets theirs within the state minimum, so the same pokie can play tighter down the road. Might be worth a slap at a different club before writing it off.
Wollongong's hit the nail on the head about venue settings, that's half your answer right there. I've had the same experience with Wicked Winnings, flies at one club near me, dead as a doornail two suburbs over. Went through a rough patch on it earlier this winter, fed it maybe A$150 across a couple of visits and never saw the feature once, then wandered into a different venue and the Free Games landed within twenty minutes. Same machine, different mood entirely.
So my advice to anyone finding it ice cold at their local: shop around before you write the game off. Some pubs set these Aristocrat machines tighter than others and you can feel it within a session or two. The old slots hit different, but this one's still got some fight in it if you find the right room. 😄 Ah well, we grind on.
Agreed on the venue settings bit. My rule: if a Wicked Winnings machine hasn't paid me a feature within a few slaps, I walk. Somewhere down the road it'll be set looser.
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This might be a dumb question, but how can you tell if the machine down the road is set looser before you've fed it a bunch of A$? I had one slap at Wicked Winnings near my local last weekend and no sign of the Free Games either, so walking after a few tries sounds smarter than what I've been doing. Cheers, that helps 👍
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No dumb question at all mate, I asked the same back when Queen of the Nile was king. Truth is you can't know for sure, but a few slaps across a couple of sessions tells you plenty. If the Free Games haven't even teased you by then, the pub's probably got it wound tight. I just move on and let some other punter feed it for me 😉
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That FreoDad explanation actually helped me too, thanks mate 🙏 I only started on the pokies a few months back and I've been guilty of tipping A$20 into the same tight machine hoping it warms up. Had one go at Wicked Winnings at my local a few weeks ago, no Free Games tease at all, and reading this thread I reckon I just walked away right after instead of chasing it.
So the walk-after-a-few-slaps rule sounds like the go, but my caveat is I'd give it two separate sessions maybe, because one arvo could just be a cold run even on a looser set. If the feature hasn't even teased by then, that pub's probably wound it tight and I'm off to the next venue 😅
Honestly I reckon it swings venue to venue, had a dead month on it at one pub near me, then hit the Free Games twice in one Friday slap at a different club and nearly fell off the stool 😅 Aristocrat sets these per venue so same pokie, totally different mood. Maybe just walk to the next one down the road?
That ChrisSpins bit makes sense to me 😅 I fed A$20 into Wicked Winnings at my pub all month with nothing, then got the Free Games first slap at a club in the city. Same pokie, different mood 😅
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Every pub's got Wicked Winnings wound to their own mood, that's why. Sure, post the screenshot when yours finally pays 🤡😏
Chris hit it deadset on the head, venue to venue is exactly what I've found too 🙌 My club's Wicked Winnings has been a tomb all month, then a Friday slap at the pub down the road and boom, Free Games twice in one session 😅 Also reckon the feature's where it lives, base game can chew you alive waiting for it... cheers for the screenshot offer RideTheVariance 😜
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Same at my club here in Mackay, dead all month, then a Friday slap at the pub down the road and the Free Games hit twice 🙌 base game just chews you tbh 😅
Yeah I've copped the same here in Cairns, mine's been ice cold for weeks 😭 Reckon each venue sets it tighter, and the Free Games is where all the money hides anyway 🎰
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Been the same for me here, gave mine a slap last Friday and still no Free Games 😭 reckon my pub's got it wound tighter than the club across town 🎰
@LeeBrekkie "Wound tighter" 😂 mate it's the same machine doing the same maths everywhere. Sure, post the screenshot of your pub one paying better across town. A win on paper, right 💸
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Same story at my local pub, chewed through A$50 at A$1 a spin with nought to show. Free Games or nothing with this one, reckon.
@Ben_Win he's right though, same maths everywhere. Wicked Winnings is just brutal between Free Games, my bankroll discipline says A$1 a spin and walk if nothing lands by 50. 😭
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
@Ben_Win he's right though, same maths everywhere. Wicked Winnings is just brutal between Free Games, my bankroll discipline says A$1 a spin and walk if nothing lands by 50. 😭
@TiltSurvivor A$1 a spin at 50 cold is sensible, I did the same Friday and walked. But give it a proper arvo sometime, this pokie pays, hit big last night when Free Games finally landed 🔥🎰
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@VegasDivaSpins congrats on the Free Games hit, maybe it just hates me 😅 how long did you sit before it landed? Wondering if I should give it a proper arvo too.
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@LeeBrekkie "Wound tighter" 😂 mate it's the same machine doing the same maths everywhere. Sure, post the screenshot of your pub one paying better across town. A win on paper, right 💸
@Ben_Win He's got a point about same maths, but the pub's licence sets the RTP within the allowed range, so one venue can genuinely run tighter than another. Cold comfort though - Wicked Winnings eats A$50 sessions like CasionLadyLuck's either way. And a win story means nothing to me without a cashout screenshot.
Licence first, deposit after.
@Ben_Win He's got a point about same maths, but the pub's licence sets the RTP within the allowed range, so one venue can genuinely run tighter than another. Cold comfort though - Wicked Winnings eats A$50 sessions like …
@RngGodGod venue RTP differences, sure, but it still owes you a guaranteed minus long-run either way 🤡 A$50 into Wicked Winnings is just rent for the stool you sat on 😏
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@DeadSpinRegret rent for the stool is every session at minus long-run, sure, but that's not why people walk away from Wicked Winnings feeling robbed. My Friday session was dead for 40 bucks, next arvo it threw a Free Games run and I banked a 500x and cashed out. Timing your exit is everything with this pokie, even if the maths grinds you down eventually 😭🎰
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
@Ben_Win He's got a point about same maths, but the pub's licence sets the RTP within the allowed range, so one venue can genuinely run tighter than another. Cold comfort though - Wicked Winnings eats A$50 sessions like …
@RngGodGod oh that actually explains a lot, thanks mate 😅 I always assumed the maths was identical everywhere and thought the pubs near me just hated me personally. Total noob here, so is the venue RTP written anywhere you can actually check, or is it hidden? Keen to know before my next A$50 disappears into Wicked Winnings 🙃
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@TiltSurvivor A$1 a spin at 50 cold is sensible, I did the same Friday and walked. But give it a proper arvo sometime, this pokie pays, hit big last night when Free Games finally landed 🔥🎰
i always thought the whole business was just luck until i saw what that fellow did with the harvester back in the nineties turning forty into five grand in one night. you probably wont find a printed sheet telling you exactly what the venue is feeding you on wickedness winnings, mate, they keep those figures private because that's part of the game. sometimes the biggest shock is realizing the maths aren't universal like we all assume they are, especially with the way those newer digital pokie systems work. the old slots hit different anyway. 😄
Mine's been dead too, but venue RTP varies pub to pub with Aristocrats, so some machines will just play tighter 😭 I've stopped chasing it till the Free Games show up 🎰
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Same story at my local pub, chewed through A$50 at A$1 a spin with nought to show. Free Games or nothing with this one, reckon.
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Same story at my local pub, chewed through A$50 at A$1 a spin with nought to show. Free Games or nothing with this one, reckon.
@CasinoLadyLuck A$50 at A$1 is rough but that's just how Wicked Winnings plays mate, it's all or nothing 🔥 I gave one a slap Friday arvo and it teased the retrigger about five times before finally paying, walked out up A$180 and was screaming 😱 Free Games or bust is the whole deal with this pokie, keep at it 🤑🎰
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Same story at my local pub, chewed through A$50 at A$1 a spin with nought to show. Free Games or nothing with this one, reckon.
@CasinoLadyLuck A$50 gone with nought to show is brutal 😩 had the same last Friday, held on and Free Games finally landed... small hit but at least something. It's Free Games or nothing with Wicked Winnings, no in-between.
The hit is close, I can feel it.
RngGodGod is right, the licence lets venues dial the RTP anywhere in the allowed range, so your local could genuinely be running the gimped end while the pub down the road sits higher. Long-run you're minus either way, DeadSpinRegret nailed it. Only thing I trust on this game is someone's actual withdrawal screenshot.Everyone in this thread keeps describing the same funeral: A$50 in, Free Games or nothing. Fine, but RngGodGod's point matters here since the venue can set the RTP within the allowed range, so one pub's Wicked Winnings genuinely can run tighter than the next.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
Wicked Winnings dead for me every Friday at the club, still feed it though 😅 landed a cheeky free games run last month and nearly fell off the stool. It'll turn eventually 🎰🔥
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