I came across an interesting play at the Golden Nugget. It's 16 13 4 3 2 2 1 deuces, no bonus for 5 of a kind or deuces with an ace, but it is a progressive. All the way down to quads. Yes quads.
At reset the game is 96.76%. Pretty rough. But since there is a progressive down to quads, you are rarely at reset. As long as the quads goes up at least one penny, you get 21 coins instead of 20. Since quads are 24.9% of the payback, a one coin increase in the quad value adds 1.2% to the EV. If every progressive is one coin higher, the payback is 98.23%
Each coin of quad above reset is 1.2%. Each coin of SF above reset is about .12%. I don't think the pros will be camping out but is does make for an interesting change of pace.
When we were there the RF was at $1100 and the deuces were at $325. That added about 1.3%. Add that to the 98.23 and add the 0.33 cb and you are approaching breakeven. If the quads goes to 22 coins, it's positive.
I did manage to get 20 for the quads a couple of times. If you hit when it is at $5.00, that's all you get. The highest I saw on the quads was 23 coins and that was only a couple of times.
There are about 10 machines in 3 different banks ( by the bonus flush machines) so I didn't get a progressive meter feed.
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