Mustang Money at the pub has been a dead machine for me lately
Mustang Money at my local has gone ice cold on me too. Three slaps in the last fortnight, decent bet per spin to try and ride out to the Free Games, and barely a sniff of the feature each time. reckon that's the catch with this one, the volatility is up near the top of the scale so it's designed to sting you while you grind for the free spins. An Ainsworth machine at that kind of return isn't built for a friendly arvo session.
Last visit I set a hard stop before I sat down and walked when it hit, no chasing. Cashed out in time for once and it saved me a sore head the next morning. Anyone actually landed the feature on it lately or is every machine in every pub running the same cold streak?
Bonus taken, wagering cleared.
Same at my club mate, chased the Free Games for two arvos and got nothing. That Ainsworth volatility bites hard 🐎🎰
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Interesting that everyone here blames the machine. Mustang Money hasn't changed, fellas. It's an Ainsworth venue pokie sitting at 94.38% return with volatility rated 5 out of 6. That combination means long dead patches are the design, a highlight reel of nothing punctuated by the occasional Free Games hit if you can last long enough to see one.
I gave it a slap at a club near Parramatta a while back, chased the feature on decent bets, and it just slowly vacuumed my notes while the horses spun past. Nothing "cold" about it, that's exactly what a high-volatility machine at that RTP does. Two arvos of chasing Free Games and expecting better? That's the game working as intended, mates. The house edge never sleeps, no matter which pub it lives in.
Licence first, deposit after.
RngGod is right enough, that machine was always built to sting. Ainsworth rated it 5 out of 6 for volatility and the return sits at 94.38%, so cold patches are part of the deal. I remember when the old slots hit different, but Mustang Money was always a grinder even in its prime. The Free Games is where all the money lives and it knows it, holds your spin money hostage while you wait.
That said, my local one went quiet for about six weeks earlier this year and I reckon a punter ahead of me got paid, took the club for a decent wad chasing the feature. So maybe yours warms up eventually too. I keep slaps small on it now, bet light and only push when the horses start showing up on the reels. Melbourne Cup day it's packed and nobody touches it, which tells you something about the crowd 😄
Ah well, we grind on.
RngGod has a point but I still reckon the pub's machine runs colder than the one at my club 😅 had a slap on Mustang Money last Friday, chased the Free Games hard and the horses just would not show up. That 5 out of 6 volatility stings alright, ah well
Funny you all call it cold, I've been calling it hungry. Turned A$50 into A$500 on one once years back during a free games run at a club out west, so I know she can pay. But that was the good old days and even then the machine made you sweat for it. 94.38% return with volatility at 5 out of 6, like RngGod says, means cold stretches are baked in from the factory, no mystery there.
My caveat though is I do think some cabinets play meaner than others, or maybe it's just where I'm standing when I feed them. The two Mustang Money machines at my usual spot sit side by side and one of them has been stone dead for me all winter while the other at least teases the horses now and then. Could be pure chance, could be the machine. Either way chasing the feature on a 5 out of 6 grinder is an expensive hobby at my age 😉
Funny, I had the opposite at my local Tuesday, A$20 at a buck a spin and the Free Games finally landed. Paid sweet fa but at least she woke up 😭