Casino math requires a bit of focus and dedication sometimes. We’ve watched Brian Christopher get excited about his win, only to realize he was on a different denomination than he thought he was. So, we’re never surprised when we see questions like this:
Penny denomination, fifty cents to dollars a bet . Once my sister and I were playing the bonus curtain machines , so we decided to change denomination from one cent to two cents, but when we got into the bonus it only paid us half of what it said we won. Does Flip The Switch know why?
Julie C.
Without anything to reference, we can only take an educated guess, and our thinking is you saw credits instead of dollars, or vice versa, and something got lost in the credit/denomination/cash translation.
Some slots let you switch between credits and dollars when it comes to the totals at the bottom of the screen. Others will show both, with one set of numbers larger than the other to attempt to avoid confusion.
But when playing the bonus, sometimes it will show you a final total in dollars, and sometimes in credits, regardless of what you set the machine up to show at the bottom of the screen.
If it trips Brian up, who is playing slots regularly and should be able to catch that, we’re not surprised that it may trip up other players too.
While various denominations have existed since the beginning of slots, multi-denomination machines have become much more common over the past decade. And more players are switching denominations frequently now than they used to.
All that just opens the door to all sorts of confusion, whether accidental bets on the wrong denomination or potential math mistakes between money and credits, as it were. It leads to frustration, but taking a beat to double check what you’re seeing usually helps get back on track.
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