Pompeii at the pub is eating my cash way quicker than it used to
reckon the pub machine's just set tighter than the one at my club, same pokie can feel like a dead machine at one joint and throw free games all arvo at another. No single published RTP on Pompeii, each venue runs it within the state minimum, so your local might just be on the stingy end. Try the club up the road and see if the wheel bonus hits any kinder 🔥🎰
Yeah this tracks with me too, Pompeii at my local's been absolute curtains the last few months, two slaps and no wheel bonus in sight. The club near work coughed up free games twice in one arvo last week, same pokie, so it's got to be how each venue's got it set within the state rules. My bank's gone either way 🤣
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MaxBet hit the nail on the head. I've had the same feeling with Pompeii, one pub near me it's a dead machine all arvo, the club down the road coughs up the free games and the wheel bonus like it's Christmas. Reel Power hits feel different too depending on the joint. No published RTP, so the venue sets it as stingy as they like. Ah well, we grind on 😉
Ohh that explains a lot, I'd no idea venues could set their own RTP on Pompeii 🤔 Does that mean I can ask the pub staff how theirs is set?
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Brizzie, most staff will only tell you it's set per the rules, they rarely know or will say the actual figure. I've been on Pompeii since the old reel days and the pub ones near me have felt tighter lately too, while the club down the road pays the wheel bonus like it's nothing. Funny how the volcano wipes you out quicker at one joint than the next 😄
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Man, that run at the James Cook club with Pompeii is pure gold honestly. Finding those big wheel bonuses is such a massive rush 🔥. Feels like the machines are on a moody streak because my local has been playing it super tight lately, argh. The anticipation for the next hit when the volcano starts working for you is just the best, isn't it? 💰😱🎰
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Man, that run at the James Cook club with Pompeii is pure gold honestly. Finding those big wheel bonuses is such a massive rush 🔥. Feels like the machines are on a moody streak because my local has been playing it super …
@Royal77 ha yep the wheel bonus on Pompeii is unreal when it lands 🎡 My Friday ritual is Pompeii at the local club and one arvo it gave me the wheel twice in like half an hour, walked out up a couple hundred A$. reckon your local is just on a cold patch, give it a few visits before you write it off 🔥
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Turned fifty bucks into five hundred on a Pompeii once at the old Wollongong leagues club, wheel bonus on the second slap of the arvo, felt like the volcano was working for me instead of against me 😄 These days I reckon you'd need a miracle to get that run at some of the pubs around here.
I've been through this cycle before with Aristocrat gear. FreoDad's spot on about asking staff, they'll just give you the shrug. Only real test is to have a small slap at each joint and let your own pocket do the research. The Reel Power ones that keep teasing the free games without delivering, that's the tell for me. Newbies take note, same pokie, different mood depending on whose licence it's sitting under.
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Yeah MissFortuneWin99, that Wollongong run sounds like the dream 😄 I reckon the pub Pompeii near me has gone tight too, had A$30 in and never even sniffed the free games the other night. Only thing I'd add is maybe I just notice it more now that I'm newer to the pokies, or is it really the venue setting the machine tighter? 🤔
Had the exact same thing, Pompeii at my pub went stone cold while the club one gave me the wheel bonus first slap of the arvo 🎡 venue settings make all the difference, reckon.
Is there any way to tell if a pub has theirs set tight or is it just vibes? Only been on Pompeii a few weeks, maybe I'm being dumb 😅
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Is there any way to tell if a pub has theirs set tight or is it just vibes? Only been on Pompeii a few weeks, maybe I'm being dumb 😅
@NearMiss_PTSD you're not dumb at all, I've been wondering the same thing since I started on Pompeii 😅 From what the others are saying I think it's each state sets its own rules for pub pokies so two venues can genuinely feel different, but within that it might just be vibes and variance. Keen if anyone actually knows whether pubs can dial them up or down themselves?
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