Red Baron at the pub is a bit of a flying disaster sometimes
Funny thing about Red Baron is the swings feel worse at the pub than the maths would suggest, because your spin sample on a night out is tiny. Aristocrat keeps the venue machines running smooth, no arguent there, but the RTP on those is set per venue so two pubs can run it noticeably differently. Had the free games with multipliers save a session more than once, then dead silence for an hour after. 📊
funny how you get dragged into thinking the math is dodgy when you're just having a Saturday afternoon session at the local. those slight dips in the red baron runs are just part of the Aussie club experience, mate, you never know what the machine is holding back until it decides to treat you right. still, seeing how that venue-specific setup works reminds me of the early days with old slots hit different, waiting for the big feature to kick in.
funny how you get dragged into thinking the math is dodgy when you're just having a Saturday afternoon session at the local. those slight dips in the red baron runs are just part of the Aussie club experience, mate, you …
Machine isn't holding anything back mate, your wallet is. Red Baron just grinds you till the free games finally show up 🤡💸
A paper win won't feed you.
John, "what the machine is holding back" is exactly the myth that keeps pubs in business. Red Baron pays what it pays, and per-venue RTP means your local might be stingier than the club up the road.
Hype isn't a payout.
Nah, but when Red Baron hits those Free Games, the Multipliers are just insane! It's the absolute best provider hands down, mate. 🔥💰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Nah, but when Red Baron hits those Free Games, the Multipliers are just insane! It's the absolute best provider hands down, mate. 🔥💰
@Lee_Brekkie Best provider? Cute. Post a cashout screenshot of one of those insane multi wins and I'll believe it. Otherwise Red Baron's just eating my A$20s nicely.
@NeonGuru same here mate, Red Baron had my last few A$20s vanish with barely a sniff of the feature 😅 I only started playing pokies recently though so maybe I'm just feeding it wrong. Is the base game supposed to pay anything decent or is it all saved for the free games?
Asking dumb bonus questions, that's the job.
Funny how the plane only seems to fly in the feature and crash-lands on the base game, isn't it. Jack's got the right of it though. Each venue runs its own RTP within the state minimum, so the one at your corner pub could genuinely be tuned tighter than the club's floor a suburb over, and no amount of "holding back" superstition changes that. I keep a note of session lengths on Red Baron and honestly a typical pub slap is maybe an hour. On a small spin sample that's nowhere near enough spins for the average to settle, so a grim hour feels like the machine is rigged when it's really just variance showing its teeth.
Where I'd half agree with Lee is the Free Games. Those Multipliers are what the whole game is built around, the base game basically exists to keep you seated until they land. The catch is the EV is still negative across any real session, the feature just lumps the return into rare bursts instead of dribbling it out.
Do the EV, then spin.
The base game grind on Red Baron is why I only put A$20 notes in when the free games feel due, and I know that's bad maths, the variance doesn't care about timing.
Do the EV, then spin.
ScatterAddict, the base game pays mostly small line hits, the real money sits in the free games. On a small spin sample your A$20s vanishing is normal, not you feeding it wrong.
RTP is a long-run number.