Dragon Train is one of the new series of games that has hit casino floors in recent months. With it comes the ability to select a certain number of lines as one of the betting options. A player wonders how that factors into payouts:
I have played the new Dragon Train multi denomination with the option to choose 3, 5, 10, 25, 50 or 100 lines. What option has the higher “line hit” payout? Is it the lower number of lines in play or higher number of lines in play? And based on the denomination you choose, what is the better option? I found that the 1 cent denomination sometimes gives better line hits and are more frequent versus the higher $1 or $2 denomination which don’t have many line hits or hits that are less than the bet amount.
Deborah L.
Before diving into the answer, we should note Dragon Train is one of those games where sometimes more pay line options are offered, but many casinos only offer a pair of options for each denomination. But we’ve seen variations of this so each casino may differ a bit.
As to Deborah’s question, here’s no one best option – the amount the lines pay aren’t what’s changing, but the size of your bet based on the parameters you’re selecting. And based on that, what could be a win in one scenario could be less than your bet back if you had done more lines.
To start, the number of lines has no impact on the payout of the lines. The lines actually pay the same regardless of how many lines you’re betting. Those amounts are baked into the pay table, which you can reference in the game.
Let’s say (in this made up example for illustration) that three of a kind Aces pays 10 credits. Well, if you were betting 3 lines and won 10 credits, that’d be a win! But if you were betting 100 lines, it wouldn’t, because it would only be 10 credits back on 100 credits wagered. Of course, you most likely would have more than one line in the 100 line scenario that now pays, because there’s more opportunities to line up three of a kind.
And that’s really what it comes down to. Generally speaking, a higher line count is less volatile – you’re spreading your bet out among more ways to win, but each line that wins will pay you a smaller percentage back in return, because it’s split in so many ways.
As such it can sometimes feel like 1 or 2 cent is giving you more opportunities because there’s more ways to line things up – there’s also more of a chance of a false win, because you might not get your whole bet back, even if you hit something.
On higher denominations with less ways to win, you’re not going to get line hits as often. But when you do, they’ll have more impact because it won’t take as many credits to get to a winning mark.
So it effectively becomes more volatile, but keep in mind many casinos will also reward those higher bets on high denominations with a better payback over time.
So while the line pays themselves won’t change in terms of the number of credits awarded, you might see your overall performance be a bit better on higher denomination because of how casinos set up payback on slots.
So ultimately, higher denomination variations are a bit more of a swing for a big win, but would generally have be expected to pay a bit better in the long run.
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