Wicked Winnings at the local pub
Had a slap on Wicked Winnings at my local the other arvo and same thing happened to me. Fed it for what felt like ages, dead silence, then the free games finally hit and suddenly it's throwing wins around like it owes me money. 😅
I'm pretty new to all this so forgive the basic question, but someone told me the RTP on these Aristocrat venue machines isn't even one fixed number, it depends on the pub or club? So the same pokie could be playing different at the club down the road? That would explain a lot honestly. Does anyone else find the free games feature just refuses to land then pays all at once, or am I imagining it? 🙏
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that "throwing wins around like it owes you money" bit made me chuckle, seen Wicked Winnings do exactly that more times than i can count. old school grind, feed it quiet, cop nothing, then the feature lands and it pays back a whole session in one hit. worth remembering the venue sets its own RTP within the state minimum, so the one at your local can play a fair bit different to the one down the road 😉
I remember the old slots first-hand.
No silly question at all, mate, good on you for asking. That's exactly right. On the venue machines like Wicked Winnings the payback isn't one fixed number set by Aristocrat, the pub or club sets it somewhere within the minimum their state allows. So yes, the same pokie can genuinely play a bit tighter at your local than at the club down the road, and nobody at either place will tell you the figure.
I've felt that myself over the years. Same game, two different venues, one feeds you the odd win to keep you seated and the other just sits there dead until the free games finally bail you out. Turned 50 into a few grand once on a generous one, then got thumped silly on what felt like the identical cabinet across town. Ah well, we grind on 😉
Yeah it's exactly that machine 😅 my pub's Wicked Winnings can go cold for ages then the free games smash it in one hit. SamJackpot's right too, the club down the road could be running looser 👀
Darwin asked a fair dinkum good question there and Sam covered it right. I've noticed it myself over the years, same Wicked Winnings cabinet can play completely different between my local and the club a suburb over. Remember feeding one in a pub years back, turned fifty into five grand once on those free games when they finally landed, then couldn't buy a feature on a similar machine at another joint for weeks. The old slots hit different, and apparently so does the same one from venue to venue 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
That cycle sounds super brutal 😅. I guess you just hope those free games come soon? Does anyone else feel like Wicked Winnings plays different across venues? 🤔
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That cycle sounds super brutal 😅. I guess you just hope those free games come soon? Does anyone else feel like Wicked Winnings plays different across venues? 🤔
@Brizzie_True yeah the waiting is the whole game with Wicked Winnings. I run A$2 a spin, budget set before I sit down, and I've had sessions where the free games hit in ten minutes and others where I've burnt the lot and walked. Walked out up A$180 off a A$60 float once because the retrigger stacked two rounds back to back. That one paid for dinner for weeks in my head lol.
And yes, 100% plays different venue to venue. The one at my local near Cairns goes ice cold on weekends when it's busy, I swear the club up the road pays friendlier mid arvo when it's quiet. FreoDad's spot on, same cabinet, different feel. Worth trying a few venues and noting which one treats you well, then sticking to it. Timing your walk is everything though, especially when those free games finally land. 🔥
Yeah it's exactly that machine 😅 my pub's Wicked Winnings can go cold for ages then the free games smash it in one hit. SamJackpot's right too, the club down the road could be running looser 👀
@ChrisSpins so the free games eventually hit even after a cold run? Maybe I'm being dumb but I've sat through ages of nothing on Wicked Winnings at my local and bailed too early 😅
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@MaxBetLifeMode nah you're not dumb, everyone bails early on Wicked Winnings at some point 😅 I copped a brutal dry spell at my local one Friday, nearly walked, then the free games stacked back to back and it paid for the whole night plus my parmas 🎉 The waiting really is the game. Anyone else find the retrigger during free games hits way more than the base game?
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@Brizzie_Blue free games stacked back to back, that's the dream run. Wicked Winnings has bailed me out plenty after I nearly got up and walked 😄
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Anyone saying Wicked Winnings "plays different" across venues is usually just describing variance, the maths on the cabinet is the same wherever it sits. Brizzie_True, your spin sample from one Friday night tells you nothing, three dry sessions at the pub and one stacked free games run can come off the identical machine. The waiting is the whole design though, that's fair.
RTP is a long-run number.