Lightning Link: Best Bet at the local pub
Horse racing theme on Lightning Link, interesting, hadn't clocked that one yet 😅 Had a slap on a couple of the other machines in the series at the club but not this one. If it feels tighter to you that might genuinely be the venue thing I keep reading about here. Someone said Aristocrat lets each pub or club set the return within the state minimum, so the same pokie can play completely different two suburbs away. Worth asking the bar staff next time if others have said the same about theirs.
The Hold & Spin feature is what drags me back to these machines even when they're eating my A$20 in ten minutes. How often are you actually getting the feature on this one? And are the progressives at your local worth chasing or sitting low? 🤔
FreoBlue, the venue thing is real with this one. Lightning Link machines have no single published RTP, Aristocrat lets each venue set it within the state minimum, so the horse racing one at your club can genuinely play tighter than the same cabinet at the casino. Your session sample on any given arvo is tiny though, so keep notes over a few visits before you judge the machine itself 📊
Yeah TassieKid, exactly that. The pub or club picks where the payback sits, as long as it clears the state minimum, so the Horse Racing Lightning Link at one venue can be set meaner than the same cabinet across town. Turned 50 into 5k once on a Lightning Link at the casino, then had the same game eat A$80 at a local pub without even a sniff of the feature 😄 ah well, we grind on.
Yeah TassieKid, exactly that. The pub or club picks where the payback sits, as long as it clears the state minimum, so the Horse Racing Lightning Link at one venue can be set meaner than the same cabinet across town. Tur…
@TassieKid yep, the venue sets the paytable within the state minimum, so your local club could genuinely be running it tighter than the pub down the road. Worth remembering though that even at the top setting the house edge on Horse Racing Lightning Link never flips, long-run the RTP gets gimped one way or another. If you're pub-hopping to compare, keep receipts on what you put in vs what you walked out with, otherwise it's just vibes.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
@TassieKid yep, the venue sets the paytable within the state minimum, so your local club could genuinely be running it tighter than the pub down the road. Worth remembering though that even at the top setting the house e…
Yeah house edge is always there but Horse Racing Lightning Link at my club hit big last night, paid for my shout anyway 🤑🎰 Two pubs back to back sounds like a decent arvo, ah well if both are tight 😅
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Makes sense then, maybe our local isn't set mean, I just cop bad luck 😅 Might have to try the Horse Racing Lightning Link at a different pub and compare.
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@TassieKid yep, the venue sets the paytable within the state minimum, so your local club could genuinely be running it tighter than the pub down the road. Worth remembering though that even at the top setting the house e…
@LuckyStreakHunter fair point that even the top setting is still minus over the long run. My worry is venues never advertise where they've set it, so you're guessing blind. TassieKid, if you do the pub comparison, keep notes and got a cashout screenshot when one of them actually pays? Otherwise it's just vibes.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.