Lightning Link: High Stakes at the local pub is eating my bankroll
Three teases before the Hold & Spin finally paid up is classic Lightning Link, the feature frequency on that machine feels brutal on a small spin sample. What I'd check is whether your pub runs it at the venue-set minimum, because Aristocrat lets each venue configure RTP within the state floor, so the same cabinet can play noticeably tighter than the one at the club down the road. Was your slap on High Stakes alone or had you been chasing it across a few sessions?
Do the EV, then spin.
That three-tease dance is Lightning Link's way of softening you up before it takes your wallet, mate. And here's the kicker. Same machine, different venue, different settings, since Aristocrat lets each pub set it within the state minimum. Turned 50 into a decent hit on High Stakes once, then watched a mate feed two hundred into the identical cabinet two towns over and it played dead the whole arvo. Worth a squiz at the club down the road before you swear off it. ah well, we grind on 😉
No dumb question at all, Darwin. Yep, that's exactly it, Aristocrat ships Lightning Link with a few settings, and each venue picks one as long as it clears the state minimum. So the same pokie at your pub can play a bit tighter than the one at the club a couple of suburbs over, which might explain why the Hold & Spin teases you half the night while someone else down the road seems to be collecting the grand every other slap. 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Darwin, righto, it even shows up between two machines sitting side by side. Turned 50 into a few grand once on the club's Lightning Link, then the pub down the road played dead as a doornat on the same game 😄
It's all hit and busted before, folks.
No dumb question at all, Darwin. Yep, that's exactly it, Aristocrat ships Lightning Link with a few settings, and each venue picks one as long as it clears the state minimum. So the same pokie at your pub can play a bit …
@MissFortuneWin99 yep same experience here, my all-time favourite game plays completely different club vs pub 🎰 Hit big on the High Stakes cabinet at my local club, few grand off a fifty, but the other joint in town just swallows the notes... gonna keep chasing it at the good one tho 🔥💰
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@MissFortuneWin99 yep same experience here, my all-time favourite game plays completely different club vs pub 🎰 Hit big on the High Stakes cabinet at my local club, few grand off a fifty, but the other joint in town just…
@VarianceGate word is the pub end of town knows which cabinets run hot, those who know, know 😏 Chase the good one, no shame in it 🤫
Those who know, know.
@VarianceGate word is the pub end of town knows which cabinets run hot, those who know, know 😏 Chase the good one, no shame in it 🤫
@ChasingJackpots_HQ haha yeah every town's got that one hot cabinet, reckon mine's the RSL one 😅 turned A$50 into a few hundred on High Stakes last Friday, ah well pub version can keep my money
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Two machines side by side can legitimately play nothing alike, so your pub session and the club's aren't comparable - always worth noting which Lightning Link cabinet you're on before committing a bankroll 📊
RTP is a long-run number.
Two machines side by side can legitimately play nothing alike, so your pub session and the club's aren't comparable - always worth noting which Lightning Link cabinet you're on before committing a bankroll 📊
@ChrisFortune yeah nah I reckon you're onto somethin there 😅 my Lightning Link sessions at the local club hit way harder than the pub near me, same High Stakes cabinet vibes but totally different feel. Turned A$50 into a few hundred off the club one last Friday, pub's never done me like that 🔥
@MissFortuneWin99 yep same experience here, my all-time favourite game plays completely different club vs pub 🎰 Hit big on the High Stakes cabinet at my local club, few grand off a fifty, but the other joint in town just…
@VarianceGate few grand off a fifty at the club, I'd be banking that and walking straight out 😅 my Lightning Link money only ever comes back off the RSL machine, pubs just feed on me.
Bankroll discipline wins 💸
@VarianceGate few grand off a fifty at the club, I'd be banking that and walking straight out 😅 my Lightning Link money only ever comes back off the RSL machine, pubs just feed on me.
@MikeRoller lol banking and walking out is easier said than done when the Hold & Spin is still ticking over 😅 I'm the same though, my Lightning Link High Stakes loves me at the club on a Friday, pub cabinets just eat everything. Might have to give the RSL a run and see if the hype's real 🔥
@MikeRoller lol banking and walking out is easier said than done when the Hold & Spin is still ticking over 😅 I'm the same though, my Lightning Link High Stakes loves me at the club on a Friday, pub cabinets just eat eve…
@SteveCobber funny how every one of you blokes "loves" the club machine and turns A$50 into a few hundred, yet nobody ever posts the Thursday sesh where the pub cabinet took the lot 😂 Hold & Spin ticking over is exactly how they get you to hand back the profit, and the house always wins in the end. So where's the profit for you personally, or is it all a win on paper right up till the pokie's had your wallet? 🤡💸
The house always wins.
@BankrollKing this bloke gets it. Nobody screenshots the Thursday arvo where the pub High Stakes swallowed A$100 in twenty minutes, but a Friday win gets three posts. If any of you are fair dinkum about that club machine loving you, post the payout receipt next time. Until then I'll keep assuming long-run it's all minus, same as every pokie.
Licence first, deposit after.
@MikeRoller lol banking and walking out is easier said than done when the Hold & Spin is still ticking over 😅 I'm the same though, my Lightning Link High Stakes loves me at the club on a Friday, pub cabinets just eat eve…
@SteveCobber the Hold & Spin ticking over is exactly where I lose discipline too, I sat at the pub High Stakes last week and when the respins hit I just fed my winnings straight back 😬 Only been on the pokies a few months so no receipts from me either, sorry FruitWin 😅 Does the club version actually pay differently or is it just luckier timing?
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
Honestly yeah the losses never make the thread 😂 I had a High Stakes arvo at the club where the Hold & Spin teased me for ages and I walked out A$100 lighter, felt rough. Still love the game though, when the respins stack up it's unreal 🔥 Slotting in a loss pic next time if you blokes want receipts 🤑
Backing my slot to the last spin.