Drift on a £4000 JP
Drift on a £4000 JP
I was in the casino last night having a marathon punt, and observed the payout / take menu when the collections crew came around. The machine had a drift of 2% under payout of 94% on £1,400,000 paid. The thing was due to pay ~£25,000 to reach target percentage. This seems a rather large drift over such a long period to me. It wouldn't surprise me if they 'retire' the machines with a healthy drift such as this, and replace them with a new one.
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
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ben twilly
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Well spotted JG, the rough figures from memory were something like :-
£1,519,560 taken.
£1,400,300 paid.
The machine was on a 94% payout, so 100 - ((paid/taken)*100) gives us the percentage reached, which was ~92%.
This gives us a 1% drift value equalling ~£15,000. I have heard tales of a 4K machine paying out large numbers of jackpots over a period of two weeks or so. If it pays out 6 jackpots it will come close to meeting it's percentage target.
The machine didn't display what percentage it was on in the accounting menu, so whilst I was waiting for the collection to finish, I calculated all the machines percentage. Most were within 0.1 - 0.2 % - the one I was on had the highest drift by a factor of 10 !
And JG, the four that I play currently show their mood through the gameplay - i.e they are predictable to a certain extent that they are profitable. This analysis did cost alot of money however
£1,519,560 taken.
£1,400,300 paid.
The machine was on a 94% payout, so 100 - ((paid/taken)*100) gives us the percentage reached, which was ~92%.
This gives us a 1% drift value equalling ~£15,000. I have heard tales of a 4K machine paying out large numbers of jackpots over a period of two weeks or so. If it pays out 6 jackpots it will come close to meeting it's percentage target.
The machine didn't display what percentage it was on in the accounting menu, so whilst I was waiting for the collection to finish, I calculated all the machines percentage. Most were within 0.1 - 0.2 % - the one I was on had the highest drift by a factor of 10 !
And JG, the four that I play currently show their mood through the gameplay - i.e they are predictable to a certain extent that they are profitable. This analysis did cost alot of money however
"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"
