Thunder Cash at the local pub is my new guilty pleasure
Ha, the "pays someone else's carton" line is too real 😅 I've had a few slaps on Thunder Cash at my local after shifts and it does exactly that. Teases the free games forever, some bloke two stools over hits the feature and gets the storm sounds going, and I'm sitting there feeding a twenty like a mug.
Maybe I'm being dumb but can someone explain the RTP thing on these pub machines? I read somewhere it's not one set number, each venue sets it different within whatever the state minimum is. So the same Thunder Cash could play tight at one pub and looser at the club down the road? 🤔 Also is it meant to be medium volatility? Feels like it to me, small hits keep you going then the feature either makes your arvo or does nothing. Cheers for any info 🍺
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Mate, that bloke two stools over winning the feature while you're feeding twenties is the oldest story in the pub, they've been writing it since the Queen of the Nile days 😄 Thunder Cash is a classic Ainsworth in that way, mid volatility so it grinds you along nice and slow, teases the storm stuff on the reels, and the free games hit when you've stopped believing. Worth remembering the RTP on these venue machines is set per pub anyway, so your local might be tighter than the club up the road. Ah well, we grind on.
Mid volatility, is that what 3 out of 6 means? I keep seeing people say Thunder Cash grinds you slow and I honestly don't get how the volatility number changes how it plays 😅 Total noob here, thanks SamJackpot for the breakdown though 🙏 Does higher volatility mean bigger hits but rarer?
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You've got it pretty much right, mate. Higher volatility means wins come rarer but can be bigger when they land. Lower numbers pay you small and often, so the session feels steadier. Thunder Cash sits at 3 out of 6, so it's smack in the middle. It dribbles out enough little wins to keep you seated, then teases that storm feature and the jackpot chase for ages before someone actually cracks it.
Old-school grind is what I'd call it. Reminds me of the reel days, turned 50 into 5k once on a machine like this after what felt like an hour of nothing much, just small returns keeping the dream alive. Then bam, free games and it all lands at once. The trick is knowing the middle ground means long dry stretches are normal, so don't chase thinking the feature is overdue. It never is 😄
It's all hit and busted before, folks.
So that explains why my Thunder Cash sessions feel so up and down but never dead 😅 Does the venue setting the RTP mean my local could be tighter than the club down the road? 🤔
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Yeah @Brizzie_True that's how it works, two venues can run the same cabinet pretty differently so your local might well be tighter than the club down the road 😅 I swear the one at my club near me pays way friendlier on Thunder Cash than the pub version I tried once, hit a ripper bonus there and nothing since... ah well, probably just luck but I keep going back anyway 🎰
The hit is close, I can feel it.
Told ya, all this variation is just the house making sure you feel hope before the inevitable loss. 🤡💸
@HobartNorth that lines up with my experience too, the club version up my way definitely felt looser than the pub one two suburbs over. I gave the pub cabinet A$40 at a dollar a spin one arvo and never saw the storm round once. Same game, different mood entirely.
The annoying part is you can't check the return before you sit down, so I just treat the pub one as entertainment money and save the proper bankroll for when I find a cabinet that's actually paying. Had a mate clear a decent bonus on Thunder Cash at a surfers club and immediately put most of it back in, classic. Does yours ever go two bonuses in one session or is it usually feast or famine? 😅🎰
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Just realized my local has two Thunder Cash cabinets side by side and they play nothing alike 😅 so yeah Brizzie, the venue can set its own return within the state rules, no one published number. Still my after-work slap though, that storm tease gets me every arvo.
Funnily enough I did a pub crawl of Thunder Cash cabinets around my area one arvo out of curiosity, and yeah, they felt different. Two cabinets playing nothing alike is exactly the point, the venue picks the return and nobody tells you which. Enjoy the storm tease all you want, but until someone posts actual withdrawal proof from a session, assume the house number is the only one that matters.
Hype isn't a payout.
Told ya, all this variation is just the house making sure you feel hope before the inevitable loss. 🤡💸
The house always wins.