Just got a look at Lightning Link: Best Bet in the pub
Seen Best Bet at the club last arvo and had a slap, the Hold & Spin still hits different on the horse racing theme 🐎🔥 Lightning Link never misses for me, landed the feature twice in one session and nearly fell off the stool lol. Free games on top too, this thing is gonna drain my wallet every Friday and I'm fine with it 😅
Twice in one session, you lucky bugger, that machine has been tight as a drum for me 😄 mind you, remember the old reel days when Queen of the Nile ran cold for weeks then paid a grand out of nowhere. The Hold & Spin on Best Bet does suit the horse racing theme though, keeps the punters hovering. Worth keeping in mind the RTP varies venue to venue, the club down my way seems set meaner than the pub across town. Ah well, we grind on.
SamJackpot, funny you mention Queen of the Nile going cold for weeks then spitting a grand out, Best Bet feels similar from my notes. Worth remembering the RTP on these Lightning Link machines is set per venue within the state minimum, so the pub copy down the road can genuinely play tighter than the club one. Two features in one session like Chris had is a nice sample but on a small spin sample it tells you more about variance than anything else. 📊
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Wait, so two pubs with the same Best Bet machine can pay different? Always thought RTP was fixed 😅 maybe I'm being dumb but that explains why my local feels dead.
Not dumb at all, I only learnt that recently 😅 My local's Best Bet feels cold too, though maybe I just keep picking bad times after work.
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I remember back when I was running a shift near Port Adelaide, we had this one machine at the corner pub, a couple of these older ones, that used to be a real beast. they’d run dead for days on Best Bet but the moment they started chugging, they’d just put a massive swing on you.
it's funny you lot are scratching your heads about the RTP being venue-specific. i saw it first back when I was still pounding the streets in the nineties. the point is, even if the state sets a minimum, each club runs its own local calibration, bit by bit, right? so the one playing on the main floor at the big venue might be set tighter than the one tucked away in a small watering hole down the road. you gotta realise that luck? they batter them for ninety minutes. don’t blame the provider; blame the meter settings at the centre. Queen of the Nile used to feel like a saint when she finally threw it out, and this Best Bet, with its hold and spin and all, it just feels like that kind of wild, unfair swing.
I remember the old slots first-hand.
RideTheVariance, same thing happened to me, my local's Best Bet feels frozen and I thought I was cursed 😅 Suppose the venue sets its own payback so no wonder it varies.
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Reminds me of Queen of the Nile days, when the same cabinet two doors apart felt like two different machines, and that was before venues could fiddle the set point this openly. Had a few slaps on Best Bet at my local and the Hold & Spin round there is stingy, while the club up the road pays it like a garden hose. So your local being dead might be exactly what you reckon it is 😉
Been grinding longer than some have played.
Reminds me of Queen of the Nile days, when the same cabinet two doors apart felt like two different machines, and that was before venues could fiddle the set point this openly. Had a few slaps on Best Bet at my local and…
Honestly, it’s wild how different things felt back in the day compared to now, isn't it? Like those old Queen of the Nile runs were just a different era altogether. But look, you've hit on something, even if I don't want to dwell on the dodgy stuff. When the local does feel a bit tight, it's frustrating because you're just gonna come in, hit the pokies, and have a good time.
But you gotta look at the upside! When Lightning Link: Best Bet is on a roll, it's pure magic. I've had session after session this slot pays out HUGE, and that's the part I live for. Catching those feature hits on it every evening is the real reward, even if the setup feels unpredictable sometimes. My luck has been insane lately, just constant wins, ngl! 💰🔥
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FreoDad that dead machine bit makes sense now 🤔 total noob here so I thought a pokie was the same everywhere. Had a few slaps on Best Bet after my delivery run last week, feature never came and I assumed it was me being unlucky 😅 still learning this Hold & Spin stuff honestly.
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The theme works better than I expected, horses galloping on the hold & spin hits different 🐎🔥 Did a couple slaps at the RSL Friday and the feature teased me all night, ah well. Cairns_South don't beat yourself up, each venue runs its own setup so your local might just be tight compared to the club down the road... still my all-time favourite series from Aristocrat, keep chasing that grand 💰
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That Hold & Spin feature in Lightning Link: Best Bet sounds exciting 🤩 but as a total noob here, how do I even clear the bonus to get the big wins?
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
Feature tease all night is the game doing its job, Royal77. Best Bet takes your A$5 in slaps and pays it back in horse pictures. Believe it when someone posts a cashout.
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