Fruit machine percentages

[sir ratholer]

Is it me, or are many machines actually not playing to their percentage??

For example, I saw a Monop HP in a bowling alley next to a hilo paying @ 46% when the engineer checked the meters. I'm sure no rechip is needed here...

Furthermore, if you go on a Star Wars etc and it's offering a decent cashpot on the first board, but end up putting in £160 for £70, how can the machine be dead afterwards??

Or a Big Cheese, in days gone by. It's £4 or £5 shotting (hence ahead), and it costs £100 for £25, and no roll. How on god's green earth can this be £2 boarding afterwards??

Answers on a postcard please.

[harry2]

A big run of £3 in, £3 out for the average punters.

[jaffacat]

Is it me, or are many machines actually not playing to their percentage??

For example, I saw a Monop HP in a bowling alley next to a hilo paying @ 46% when the engineer checked the meters. I'm sure no rechip is needed here...

Answers on a postcard please.

It was maybe just recently upgraded to £70 jackpot. This would reset the meters. Therefore maybe £200 had been put thru it and it had paid out £92 since it was upgraded.

[Matt Vinyl]

Does this not go back to the 'over 1000's of plays' debate? Sadly.

I'm sure that would be the response that the manufacturers would 'hide behind'...

[mr lugsy]

manufacturers have been getting away with what can only be described as thieving for years .the list of machines that could'nt possibly meet percentage is a long one.the market leader is probably the worst offender overall

[pokerkingqueen]

What about things like BattleAxe that could be umptied on older chips with skillfull play?
Same as Ultimo, the Fantaztecs etc

There is a crap version of big cheese that NEVER offers GH

[Super Nearest Bars]

Excuse the ignorance, but was there something on those Big Cheeses? Haven't got any nearby but I've got it on emulator so I could try it out if it's not sensitive.

[Mattb]

There's plenty of stuff that i'm certain never plays to percentage, and it's downright thievery. They get away with it because it makes all the fat cats more money. You scratch my back and i'll scratch yours...

[logopolis]

There never was a version of Big Cheese that didn't offer Golden Hold. They all offered it. Just unlucky on the feature sometimes. Maybe these didn't pay to percentage because they were being drained on the cash wins. No need to stick £100 in this for jackpot. Take all cash wins on the way unless its a good setup for Golden Hold.

Star Wars and Rainbow Riches is a mystery though. Put £40 in a Rainbow Riches the other day and it never offered above £2. Was about £30 off full with a notechanger. Just wanted a quick board, ended up leaving it. Something was wrong with it!

[thecannonball89]

Yea all the machines that never play corectly are the shit ones so who cares, not me... and big cheese???? its 2009!!

[jeffvickers]

With all the scams, loots etc., these companies still need to make a profit at the end of the day

[MoterWayServiceMan]

got 2 admit when 70s came out i got stuck in2 a hot prop or 2 just 4 a bit of eagerness. and i can safely say i will never put a pound in that machine again.

[ming]

''There never was a version of Big Cheese that didn't offer Golden Hold. They all offered it. Just unlucky on the feature sometimes. Maybe these didn't pay to percentage because they were being drained on the cash wins. No need to stick £100 in this for jackpot. Take all cash wins on the way unless its a good setup for Golden Hold. ''


i think he may have been talking about hot rocks

[pokerkingqueen]

YES there was a version of big cheese that wouldnt offer golden hold, setup or not.

Next youll be telling me there isnt a version of ready2rock that kills first gamble when its stone?

Anyway it is 2009

Enjoying the skills on the electrocoins

[pickareel]

hot rocks is a prime example