Lions on strike again on 50 Lions, anyone else getting this?
Lions on strike, that's a good one — mine do that too most arvos. I've had more joy chasing the Free Games on that one than waiting around for the big cats, honestly. And worth remembering the club down the road might have theirs tuned a bit different, so a cold machine at one pub can feel totally dead versus the same game elsewhere. Keep at it, they eventually turn up for work 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
FreoDad has it right, the Free Games is where any return on 50 Lions actually comes from, the base game with all fifty lines can idle along all arvo and give you nothing. Worth remembering the RTP is set per venue within the state minimum, so the same machine can play noticeably tighter two suburbs over. On a small spin sample, chasing the feature is the only sensible plan anyway.
Do the EV, then spin.
FreoDad's spot on about chasing the feature, had a slap on 50 Lions at my club a few Friday nights back and the base game was dead quiet for ages, then the Free Games finally landed and it paid for the whole session plus a bit more 🦁🔥 swear that's the only way this one treats you right. And yeah, don't expect the same play down the road either, my local hits different to the pub near work.
Maybe a silly question but does the Free Games actually hit often at your club? 😅 Mine at the RSL seems dead set allergic to triggering it 🦁
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
@MaxBetLifeMode allergic to triggering it? That's the whole gig mate, the Free Games on 50 Lions exists to keep you feeding it while you wait 😏 Everyone in here preaching venue RTP like that explains weeks of dead spins, sure, and my car yard "sets its own prices" too. Real question is did anyone in this thread actually withdraw that A$400 or just feed it straight back 🤡💸
Here to argue, not to clap for your profit.
FreoBlue's got it right. Each venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so your pub machine can play tighter than the RSL up the road. Same pokie, different temperament. Ah well, we grind on.
@CascadeQueen nah mate the venue RTP thing is legit, I've felt the difference between my local club and the RSL on 50 Lions myself 😅 that said you're not wrong about the dead spins, this pokie makes you earn every feature. Mine finally paid A$380 off the Free Games last Friday after weeks of nothing, so it does cough up eventually 🦁🔥
One slot, one love 🎰
@CascadeQueen nah mate the venue RTP thing is legit, I've felt the difference between my local club and the RSL on 50 Lions myself 😅 that said you're not wrong about the dead spins, this pokie makes you earn every featur…
@BigWinGod yeah felt that too, club near me on 50 Lions is a grave but the RSL one coughed up a feature on my second carton night in 🤑 people sleep on how much the venue changes it. Still grinding the dead spins tho cos when Free Games hits it's worth it... mostly. ah well
The hit is close, I can feel it.
@CascadeQueen nah mate the venue RTP thing is legit, I've felt the difference between my local club and the RSL on 50 Lions myself 😅 that said you're not wrong about the dead spins, this pokie makes you earn every featur…
@BigWinGod "mine finally paid" and yet I bet you fed it a week of dead spins to get there 😂 a win on paper, right; but did they let you withdraw? Venue RTP vibes is just comfort food for punters, mate, the pokie chews everyone eventually 💸
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
Nah, I don't care about the dead spins! You just gotta stay hyped for 50 Lions and wait for one of those massive hits. 🤩🔥💰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Nah, I don't care about the dead spins! You just gotta stay hyped for 50 Lions and wait for one of those massive hits. 🤩🔥💰
@PaulSlots13 staying hyped is easy when you're not the one feeding it. Did a session on 50 Lions yesterday, A$1 a spin, and the lions didn't turn up once. Cashed out what was left and walked, that's the discipline part. You can wait for a big hit all you like but your bankroll has to survive the dead spins first 😭🎰
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
MaxBetLifeMode mine at the pub seems allergic too, went weeks without a feature 😬 Someone said the RTP's set per venue, so maybe ours is tighter than your RSL? Thanks for asking that 🙏
FreoBlue's got it right. Each venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so your pub machine can play tighter than the RSL up the road. Same pokie, different temperament. Ah well, we grind on.
MaxBetLifeMode mine at the club's the same, weeks of nothing 🦁 then one Friday it just coughed up A$400 off the Free Games, couldn't believe it 😱 spot on about the venue RTP though Sam
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Feels like 50 Lions either pays the feature or eats your session, no in-between. Pub near me plays dead too, RSL version's been kinder. Keep bets small till it triggers 🎰
Totally feel you on 50 Lions being a gamble, high or nothing 🤷♀️. I hit this incredible win with it the other day, like A$2,500 came through and everything was insane ngl 💰. The huge wins make all the dead spins worth it though, ah well 🔥.
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Venue RTP chat again, fellas? Every pub's got a "good machine" story and a fortnight of dead spins to fund it 😂 50 Lions always takes it back in the long run.
Here to argue, not to clap for your profit.
@DeadSpinRegret long run yeah, but the floor tells a different story mate. Word from a contact of mine is some of those 50 Lions cabinets get touched up after a big handpay, sat on them myself and watched them go cold for weeks 🤫 Diva's A$2,500 might've been the last roar on that one for a while. Those who know, know 😏
Those who know, know.
A$2,500 off 50 Lions is huge, Diva, stoked for ya 🔥 I copped a dry fortnight on it at the club last month but the lions roared one arvo and made it all back ngl. Dead spins are just the rent you pay lol... one big hit and you forget the lot, ah well 🐘💰
The hit is close, I can feel it.
Nah Kev, no one's touching the cabinets at my club, it's just variance. 50 Lions goes cold for me every second Friday then boom, retrigger city 🐂🔥
Nah Kev, no one's touching the cabinets at my club, it's just variance. 50 Lions goes cold for me every second Friday then boom, retrigger city 🐂🔥
@Maccas_Legend508 yeah this bloke gets it, 50 Lions is all variance, no one's secret-touching cabinets 🤣 had the same rhythm at my local, couple dead Fridays then the free spins stack up out of nowhere and it's retrigger madness. Kev your mate's story sounds like pub chat mate, the game doesn't owe ya a win after a handpay, ah well 💰🦁
One slot, one love 🎰
@Maccas_Legend508 yeah this bloke gets it, 50 Lions is all variance, no one's secret-touching cabinets 🤣 had the same rhythm at my local, couple dead Fridays then the free spins stack up out of nowhere and it's retrigger…
@DeadSpin_Survivor mostly with you here, variance explains the dead Fridays fine. The only caveat I'd add is that on a small spin sample a pokie like 50 Lions can look either broken or generous and neither reading means much. A few hundred spins at A$1 tells you almost nothing about the long run, the free spins stacking up out of nowhere is exactly what a high variance game is supposed to do.
What I track instead is hit rate session to session. If the base game pays small stuff regularly and the lion feature just refuses to land, that's normal for this cabinet. If the base game goes silent too, then even I start raising an eyebrow. Kev's handpay theory I'll leave alone, can't verify it and the maths doesn't need it.
RTP is a long-run number.