Wicked Winnings at the pub has been filthy all month for me
Cold month on Wicked Winnings for me too - but worth remembering the same pokie can be tuned differently from one pub to the next, since the venue sets the return somewhere above the state minimum. So before you write the machine off as filthy, try the same cabinet at a different club and see whether the Free Games feature shows up more often. 📊 In my notes it's always been a feature-or-bust sort of session: base game dribbles, then one decent free games run decides your arvo.
Volatility > vibes.
Grinder's got a fair point about the venue tuning, and I've lived it. Remember Queen of the Nile back in the day, same cabinet in two clubs down my way and one of them just hit different. Wicked Winnings feels the same to me now. Turned 50 into a decent pay on it at a club a few suburbs over once, then went back to my local and it chewed through the same money like a tar brush. Same game on paper, completely different animal in the chair.
Only advice I'd give is give the feature some patience. The free games is where the machine actually pays you back. Sit through the base game bleeding slowly and it can feel like a dead machine, but when those free spins land the whole session turns. Trouble is you never know which pub's copy is in a mood that night, so I just set myself a loss I can wear and enjoy the ride. Cold month for all of us by the sound of it 😄
I remember the old slots first-hand.
Grinder's right about venue tuning, two pubs, same Wicked Winnings, totally different feel. Mine's been dead all month too. Luck swings, but long-run it's still minus.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
Same story at my local, FreoBlue, dead machine vibes all month, I nearly gave up on it. Total noob here so go easy on me 😅 but I've been told the Free Games is where Wicked Winnings actually pays, so now I just sit tight waiting for the feature instead of chasing spins. Cheers, that helps, does the club up the road usually run it better, or is it pure luck which venue you pick? 🙏
New here, soaking it up.
Funny how nobody asks the club staff what their Wicked Winnings is set at, I've had a bar bloke basically shrug when I asked, which tells you the venue keeps that to itself. Sit through enough arvos at two different clubs and the difference in how the Free Games lands is obvious. Waiting for the feature is fine, but remember the spins between features still eat the balance.
Cashout screenshot or it didn't happen.
The shrug you got doesn't surprise me - venues treat the RTP setting like a trade secret, so you can't compare two Wicked Winnings cabinets side by side with any certainty. What I've noticed is the one at my local club plays noticeably tighter than the same machine I had a slap on at a pub across town, same month, same game. If Free Games is genuinely where this thing pays, waiting for the feature is the only sane approach on a classic this volatile.
Yeah Free Games waiting game is all I know too 😅 maybe dumb question but does the club level actually change how often the feature hits? Seems like it would
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
MaxBetLifeMode, yes, the venue setting can affect how often the Free Games feature lands, since the club picks the return anywhere above the state minimum. Same cabinet, two pubs, completely different session. Went dead for a whole arvo at my local last month, then had the feature land twice in one hour at a club across town. No way to confirm what either one is set at though, so you're guessing.
Licence first, deposit after.
MaxBetLifeMode, feature frequency isn't something you'd notice without a very long sample anyway. Over a hundred spins you're mostly reading noise. My notebook from Wicked Winnings sessions at a few different venues: what changes between clubs is more the feel of the dead stretches, and the Free Games hit has always been the whole session for me either way. Keep waiting it out and let the feature do the talking 📊
Do the EV, then spin.
@InRTPweTrustLoyal nah I reckon the notebook overcomplicates it, Wicked Winnings just goes feral some months and dead the next, no point tracking it 😂 had a Friday at the local where the Free Games hit twice in an hour then nothing for three weeks after. Still my favourite machine when it wakes up though 🐺🔥
@ChrisSpins nah the feral month thing is exactly what every punter says right before a fortnight of donating A$80 arvos 😂 Wicked Winnings doesn't owe you a hot streak, she just takes. House always wins, mate.
The house always wins.
@ChrisSpins nah the feral month thing is exactly what every punter says right before a fortnight of donating A$80 arvos 😂 Wicked Winnings doesn't owe you a hot streak, she just takes. House always wins, mate.
@ChrisGold mate you're half right, the house edge never sleeps, but that's not the same as saying the hot months are imaginary 😂 I've had a Friday on Wicked Winnings at the club where the retrigger hit twice in one session and walked out up a few hundred, and I've had arvos where she ate my A$50 without a sniff of the feature. Both were real.
I do rate Wollongong_True's cap though, learned the hard way that "she'll turn" thinking costs more than any cold stretch pays back. These days I go in expecting nothing, and when the Free Games land it's pure bonus 🤑🔥
Backing my slot to the last spin.
@ChrisGold mate you're half right, the house edge never sleeps, but that's not the same as saying the hot months are imaginary 😂 I've had a Friday on Wicked Winnings at the club where the retrigger hit twice in one sessi…
@PaulSlots13 that's the fair way to put it. A hot Friday is real for you, the house edge is real over ten thousand spins, and a single arvo is a sample so small it proves nothing either way. Wicked Winnings is high volatility, so long dry spells and sudden double retriggers are both just the maths wearing different hats 📊
ChrisSpins summed it up, Wicked Winnings just runs hot and cold for no reason 😅 dropped A$80 in one arvo at the club, feature never landed. She'll turn, she always does 🔥🎰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
ChrisSpins summed it up, Wicked Winnings just runs hot and cold for no reason 😅 dropped A$80 in one arvo at the club, feature never landed. She'll turn, she always does 🔥🎰
@Lee_Brekkie "she'll turn" is the line that empties wallets, mate 😭 I cap the session at A$50 a visit, bet per spin A$1, no feature by the cap, I'm walking. Bankroll discipline wins.
@Wollongong_True that A$50 cap at A$1 a spin sounds like the smart way to do it, maybe I should stop winging mine 😅 Been playing Wicked Winnings at the local only a couple months and my "budget" is honestly just whatever's in my pocket. Question though, do you reset the cap if you're up, or is A$50 the hard stop no matter what?
Haha I'm the same, just feeding Wicked Winnings whatever's in my pocket after a shift 😅 Question for you legends: does the retrigger only happen on the free spins or any time?
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
@Servo_True retrigger only fires during the free spins mate, that's why the bonus round feels so huge when it lands 🔥 Hit big last night on Wicked Winnings, A$180 up, pocket budget gang 😅 ah well
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Pocket budget works fine till it doesn't, ask my wallet some arvos 😅 I keep Wicked Winnings at a flat A$1 a spin and it's brutal how quick that goes when the retrigger never lands. Retriggers are free spins only like Diva said, so a dead bonus round is a dead bonus round. Mine's been filthy this month too, reckon the machine owes us. 🎰
Bonus taken, wagering cleared.
Pocket budget works fine till it doesn't, ask my wallet some arvos 😅 I keep Wicked Winnings at a flat A$1 a spin and it's brutal how quick that goes when the retrigger never lands. Retriggers are free spins only like Div…
@CasinoLadyLuck A$1 a spin on Wicked Winnings just buys you a slower funeral mate, the machine doesn't care how tidy your budget looks 🤡 Half the blokes on here posting their "big nights" never say whether the pub actually paid out, so I'll ask you straight, did you even withdraw that A$180 or is it all back in already? 😏 The house always wins, some of us just tip faster.
The house always wins.
@CasinoLadyLuck A$1 a spin on Wicked Winnings just buys you a slower funeral mate, the machine doesn't care how tidy your budget looks 🤡 Half the blokes on here posting their "big nights" never say whether the pub actual…
@Cronulla fair callout tbh, I'm one of those blokes who'd post a win and never mention the payout side 😅 I only play Wicked Winnings at my local on a pocket budget so I get paid in cash on the spot, no withdraw drama. Pub pokies here in Vic you just cash out the ticket at the counter, which is half the fun honestly.
Still learning the game myself, only started a few months back, and the retrigger thing finally clicking for me thanks to VegasDivaBonus helps 🙏 One thing I've noticed though, the free spins on Wicked Winnings either pay for your whole arvo or they're dust, not much in between. Does anyone actually track whether their local machine runs hot some weeks? Or is that just my imagination talking 😂
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