Pompeii at the pub still slaps but is it just nostalgia?
Fancy seeing this thread pop up, I keep notes on venue machines and my take is the Reel Power setup on Pompeii still holds up, the Wheel Bonus just has a brutal hit profile so dead spins in the feature are the norm rather than a flaw. Worth remembering there's no single published RTP on these pub machines; it's set per venue within the state minimum, so the Pompeii at your local could genuinely be running tighter than the one at the club up the road. Have you tracked how often the wheel actually pays anything decent for you? 📊
Volatility > vibes.
fair call about the hit profile, though i reckon there's more to it, your local's machine could be running tighter than the club up the road anyway, since the venue sets the return within the state minimum and there's no published figure to check. i've had nights at the pub where the wheel bonus spun up sweet nothing three visits running, then the old club version handed me a free games run that paid for the lot. ah well, we grind on 😉
SamJackpot has it right, the venue dials the return wherever the state minimum allows, so the pub's Pompeii and the club's can be two completely different machines wearing the same theme. My local's one drains A$50 in twenty minutes flat while the club down the road actually pays the Wheel Bonus now and then. Grinder, a "brutal hit profile" explains some of it, sure, but I'd want to see an actual cashout from that machine before crediting Reel Power with anything.
SamJackpot has it right, the venue dials the return wherever the state minimum allows, so the pub's Pompeii and the club's can be two completely different machines wearing the same theme. My local's one drains A$50 in tw…
Ha, so Grinder's got his little notebook of venue notes like that proves anything 😂 Two pubs within walking distance of me and one Pompeii pays, the other's a volcano that just eats your A$20 quietly, same Reel Power, same wheel, same theme painted on the glass. Funny how nobody brags about their losing pub, eh. So where's the profit, notebook boy? 🤡💸
The house always wins.
Bankroll's exactly what I'm on about, my local has two Pompeii cabs and one of them just inhales your money while the other spits out free games every second session 😅 Same Reel Power, same volcano, wildly different nights. Still my all-time favourite though, the wheel noise gets me every time 🌋
Funny how everyone's suddenly a venue RTP expert when the wheel pays them nothing. Grinder, your notebook means nothing without payout proof, same cab can swing cold for months and you'll swear it's gimped. Darwin, swap pubs all you like, but believe it when you cash out, mate.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
CasinoGrinder mate, come have a slap on the Pompeii at my local and tell me the two cabs hit the same 😂 one spits free games like crazy, the other ate my A$50 Friday without even a wheel tease.Venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so pubs up the road can run tighter, that's just how venue machines work 🌋💰
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Grinder's onto it. The venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so two cabs in the one pub can run different. Turned 50 into 5k once on Queen of the Nile, so I never blame the machine 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
CasinoGrinder finally said something I agree with, must be a cold day in Canberra 😂 Darwin, mate, swap pubs all you want, the only guaranteed thing is minus long-run. That said, FreoDad's right that two cabs side by side can run completely different, my local's got one Pompeii that teases the wheel every second session and another that swallowed A$60 of mine Thursday without so much as a volcano cough. Then again, every bloke on here reckons he turned 50 into the grand once. A win on paper, right? 🤡😏
Here to argue, not to clap for your profit.
@DeadSpinRegret minus long-run yeah but who plays the long run on a Friday night 😂 I've had Pompeii hand me a few hundred off a lazy twenty more than once, wheel bonus comes out of nowhere. Brizzie's right that we cherry-pick the good ones, ah well... still gonna feed it every week 🎰🔥
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@DeadSpinRegret minus long-run yeah but who plays the long run on a Friday night 😂 I've had Pompeii hand me a few hundred off a lazy twenty more than once, wheel bonus comes out of nowhere. Brizzie's right that we cherry…
@Royal77 this is it exactly, who's out there chasing long-run on a Friday arvo at the RSL 😂 Pompeii's done the same to me, chucked in a lazy twenty and walked out a few hundred up when that wheel finally kicked. Nostalgia or not, that bonus still gives me a proper hit of adrenaline every time 🔥🎰
FreoDad's turned 50 into 5k on Queen of the Nile, sure, but that's one afternoon out of hundreds. Everyone remembers the good session and conveniently forgets the fifty Fridays the machine chewed through. FreeSpinsKing's two cabs story is the interesting bit though - same game, same pub, completely different behaviour. That's the venue dialing one down to the floor and you'd never know which is which unless you sat there for a month.
I'll give Pompeii this much: the wheel tease at least makes losing slightly more entertaining than most pokies do. Still, yesterday's session paid for itself? Got a cashout screenshot? Long-run it's still minus and the venue's rent says so.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
@Brizzie_Mate sure we forget the bad Fridays but that's half the fun innit 😂 Had a session on Pompeii at my local where a lazy twenty turned into a few hundred off the wheel, and even the dead nights are cheaper than most hobbies. Nostalgia or not, that bonus still slaps 🔥🎰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
dumb question maybe but how do you even tell when the wheel bonus is due? been playing Pompeii a few weeks and never hit it 😅 is it just random?
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.