Still taking the Vesuvius slap at Pompeii even though it wrecks me
Vesuvius at my local has ruined more Friday nights than I can count and I keep lining up anyway 😂 Pompeii is an all-time favourite, that Reel Power setup with the free games and the Wheel Bonus is just made for chasing. Got the feature twice last session and the wheel teased me the whole way, absolute tease 🌋
One thing I've learned tho, my mate reckons the one at his club seems to pay heaps different to mine. Made me realise the venue sets the payback within the state minimum, so your pub's machine might genuinely be tighter or looser than the one down the road. Anyone else notice that or is it all in our heads? 😅
Turned fifty into a grand on a Pompeii once, the wheel landing sweet out of nowhere, that's the hook that keeps me lining up decades later 😉 You're right it's worth remembering the club sets the payback per venue within the state minimum, so your local's machine might be tighter than the one two towns over. Still, when the free games hit with Reel Power running wild, the old slots hit different. Ah well, we grind on.
The per-venue RTP point Sam raised is worth pinning down, because Pompeii is a classic case of it. Aristocrat didn't publish one fixed payback figure for the venue machines. The club sets it within the state minimum, so the one at my local in Newcastle and the one at yours could genuinely be running different denominations of stinginess. Same cabinet, same Reel Power, same wheel, completely different odds underneath. Worth asking the club or at least comparing notes between venues before you swear a particular machine is dead.
On a small spin sample the free games will feel either generous or brutal depending which side of variance you copped, I've had a session where the wheel barely sniffed a decent prize across a whole arvo, then a mate two stools down lands the feature first twenty spins. 📊 That's not the machine "owing" anyone; the EV is still negative regardless of how sweet that one big wheel hit felt.
Do the EV, then spin.
So does that mean the Pompeii at my pub and the one at the club down the road could be paying totally different even though they look identical? 🤯 That'd explain why my local feels like a dead machine some nights 😅 cheers for explaining, that actually helps 🙏
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
Spot on mate, that's exactly it. I've had nights where the pub one near me was as dead as a doornail, drove to the club and the same cabinet paid first spin 😉 old slots hit different when they're in the mood.
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Ben_Win reckon whatever you like mate, my pub one coughed up the free games twice last Friday and I walked out happy for once 🤑 Same cabinet can be cold one week and on fire the next, and that per-venue payback bit explains why the club machine near me plays heaps different to the pub one. Still gonna keep feeding Vesuvius though, it's Pompeii, I can't help myself 🌋💰
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
@FreoBlue you've got the right attitude there, a wheel bonus after weeks of nothing is just variance doing its thing, nothing more. That Pompeii near the bar hasn't "woken up", the RNG doesn't know you're sitting there. …
@FreeSpinsKing happy for once, eh? Free games twice in one arvo and suddenly the machine's your mate 🤡 Free spins on Pompeii pay sweet fa most of the time anyway, you know that. Did you even withdraw anything or did it all go back in before you left?
Ran the same session myself last month, triggered the feature, felt like a genius, watched the wins dribble out at coin-level and handed back A$150 finding it again. The house always wins long run, a cold week followed by a warm one is just the schedule working as intended 😏
The house always wins.
Same at my local, the Pompeii near the bar went quiet for ages then coughed up the wheel bonus one Thursday 😅 Still reckon it's just luck, but cheers FreoDad 🙏
@FreoBlue you've got the right attitude there, a wheel bonus after weeks of nothing is just variance doing its thing, nothing more. That Pompeii near the bar hasn't "woken up", the RNG doesn't know you're sitting there. Same cabinet can pay me A$80 one Thursday and eat A$200 the next.
Only caution I'd add: enjoy the free games when they land, but don't let one good bonus convince you the machine "owes" you less now. Long run you're still playing a negative number. And if anyone in here starts bragging about big wins, I'll believe it when I cash out, screenshot or it didn't happen.
Licence first, deposit after.
@FruitWin spot on. The "that machine near the bar is due" crowd has been saying it about the same Pompeii cabinet at my local for years, and it's never paid anyone a house deposit yet. RNG has no memory and no favourites, no matter how loud blokes get when free games hit.
Funny how Lee_Brekkie's A$180 win came with zero mention of what went in beforehand. I've watched Pompeii hand out a free games bonus, get the whole pub excited, then quietly take back double over the next half hour. Show me the arvo's net, and the screenshots, and I'll believe the cabinet loves you back. Until then it's just the house doing what the house does.
Licence first, deposit after.
@RngGodGod fair dinkum no memory, but the Pompeii at my RSL hit me A$200 on free games once and I'm convinced she gets warm 😂 still feeding it every Friday 🎰🔥
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
@RngGodGod fair dinkum no memory, but the Pompeii at my RSL hit me A$200 on free games once and I'm convinced she gets warm 😂 still feeding it every Friday 🎰🔥
@Diamond_Lord1993 the "she gets warm" feeling is exactly how high volatility messes with your head. One A$200 free games hit on Pompeii and your brain files it as a pattern, but the RNG dealt you that spin the same way it deals the next bloke who sits down after you. No memory, no temperature.
What I'd actually track is what that Friday habit costs over a month, not the single win. If you're feeding it A$40 a week to chase a warm cabinet, your hit rate on Pompeii depends heavily on the volatility, and those free games rounds can go long droughts between triggers. Write down four Fridays in a row, in and out, then look at the column. If the romance survives the spreadsheet, fair enough, keep punting it. Mine never did. 📊
Volatility > vibes.
FreoBlue's got it right. Free games twice means nothing if it all went back in, got a cashout screenshot, FreeSpinsKing? Long-run Pompeii still eats you alive.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Pompeii free spins pay sweet fa? tell that to the A$180 they gave me last month 😂🔥 RNG's cold and heartless but I still love that cabinet, gonna keep feeding it 🎰🤑
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Pompeii free spins pay sweet fa? tell that to the A$180 they gave me last month 😂🔥 RNG's cold and heartless but I still love that cabinet, gonna keep feeding it 🎰🤑
@Lee_Brekkie A$180 once and you're calling it a romance, meanwhile the same cabinet's taken double that off me this month 😂 so where's the profit?
The house always wins.
Pompeii free spins pay sweet fa? tell that to the A$180 they gave me last month 😂🔥 RNG's cold and heartless but I still love that cabinet, gonna keep feeding it 🎰🤑
@Lee_Brekkie one A$180 hit and she's calling it love, classic. Ask her bank what Pompeii thinks of the "romance" 😏
The house always wins.
@Lee_Brekkie A$180 once and you're calling it a romance, meanwhile the same cabinet's taken double that off me this month 😂 so where's the profit?
Clinging to that single A$180 hit like it’s some kind of validation is just wishful thinking, mate. Those random spikes are just the cabinet giving a flash of hope before confirming the guaranteed minus long-run. Still racking up massive losses at Pompeii though, which is the only real story here. 💸
Show me the withdrawal first 😏
Clinging to that single A$180 hit like it’s some kind of validation is just wishful thinking, mate. Those random spikes are just the cabinet giving a flash of hope before confirming the guaranteed minus long-run. Still r…
You know the odds, @SpinToWin247, the long run is always brutal on Pompeii. Still, getting that single A$180 chunk off the reels feels unreal while you're watching it happen, even if it's short-lived. We get hooked on those flashes of hope, mate. Guess I'll just be donated to the casino again when it inevitably reclaims my remaining balance. 😂💸
You know the odds, @SpinToWin247, the long run is always brutal on Pompeii. Still, getting that single A$180 chunk off the reels feels unreal while you're watching it happen, even if it's short-lived. We get hooked on th…
@HitRateGuy yeah that flash is the whole trap. I gave Pompeii A$100 Tuesday, one small bonus and it still ate the lot. Walk at the hit or it's gone. 🔥😭
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@HitRateGuy yeah that flash is the whole trap. I gave Pompeii A$100 Tuesday, one small bonus and it still ate the lot. Walk at the hit or it's gone. 🔥😭
@PaulSpins nah the flash is worth it mate, that's the whole point of Pompeii 😄 A$100 gone in a blink hurts but I copped a wild run on it at the club a few Fridays back, screen went mental, one of those nights you chase ever since. Walking at the hit is smart though... if I could ever actually do it 🔥🎰
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Nah SpinToWin, my A$180 hit on Pompeii counts for something, you can't take the memory too 😂 It paid for the whole arvo and I still tell the story. Yeah long run it eats you alive, I've fed it way more than I've pulled out, but that's every pokie isn't it.
That wild run Darwin mentioned is exactly the problem, one session like that and you're chasing forever. Pompeii's got me the same way, free games with the stacked volcanos and I'm gone. Friday night ritual at the local now, win or lose 🌋🔥