Look around the casino floor, and you might see a lot of lower betting bonuses. Why is that?
When playing slots….often I notice people who are playing lower bets ($.88,$1.76) getting considerably more bonuses than those playing higher bets ($5.00,$10.00). Does playing a higher denom or bet amount decrease the number of bonuses?
Marco M.
No, raising your bet isn’t tied to less bonuses. In fact, there are games on the floor who put more oomph into bonuses with higher bets – games like Dancing Drums Prosperity and Dancing Drums Explosion, for instance, increase the chances of a special bonus with higher bets.
Generally speaking, slot design doesn’t differ the bonus frequency based on bet amount within the same machine. A game that has a higher payback may have a slightly higher bonus frequency, but that may not be necessarily noticeable either as a massive deviation could make a particular game feel quite different.
Instead, if you look around and see a lot more people betting lower and getting bonuses, there’s actually a pretty simple answer for that – a lot more people bet lower in general.
A higher percentage of players on the casino floor are going to be low to mid level bettors vs. high limit bettors. While there are certainly other people who bet as big as, if not bigger than, Brian Christopher, they’re in the minority. That’s why high limit rooms tend to be only a small percentage of the casino floor.
When industry reports come out describing the performance of slot machines, average bet is often an element on the reports, and that number often tends to be below $3 a spin, and frequently below $2 a spin. That falls right into that window you mentioned, and you can figure that one $10/spin player is pulling the average up against the higher number of $1 a spin players.
So, if more people are playing lower, and everyone is getting bonuses about as often, you’re going to see more lower limit bonuses, just because more people around you are likely playing lower limit.
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