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Originally Posted by tongni
Pretty sure it was 1.5M he won. Also pretty sure that these machines have variable hold percentages like every other gaming machine which can be set by denomination, as I recall from discussions with someone who knew one of the developers. Basically, the perfect play of the bot just crushes bad players so you make it play a lot worse on the lowest denominations, or it's not fun for anyone. So, if he's playing on the lowest denomination, everyone's a huge dog to him. I could be wrong though, but that's how it was presented to me. I'm sure any slot director with one of these would know.
If this is true, then pretty massive and impressive angle by Tom.
I do know, though, that in many jurisdictions, the gaming regs specifically say that the house edge / player odds / hold % for any real-money games MUST be identical to a play-money version of the same game. Otherwise, casinos could (and would) offer, for example, play-money version of Slot game XYZ that may even be +EV to the player, as an unethical way to entice player to deposit and play for real money (where house edge is materially higher).
Now whether that regulatory requirement extends to the lower-stakes vs. higher-stakes version of a game I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. e.g. I wouldn't at all be surprised that if a casino offered 1-cent Double-Diamond Slot Game, they'd be required to keep the same house edge for the $5 version of the same slot game.