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Krell
Dołączył: Jan 2008
172 post(y/ów)

Black Friday: questions & answers

Wszystko o iStripper
November 28, 2019, 111 odpowiedzi
Even though I now have all the cards there is (minus some withdrawn old cards), including all the SEC cards, I decided to try my luck with 3 scratch cards for 30 credits, for the heck of it. I won 50 credits for every one of those 3 scratch cards. What are the odds, I'd like to know!? And I really mean I scratched 50 credit wins three times in a row with 3 S-symbols (see pic above) - so I have now 120 credits more than I had a few minutes ago.

Not counting the 1320 credits for €99 promo I took advantage of, I have played enough these Black Friday/Week -promos to have obtained 15 new cards, 2 x Special Event Cards and 1 x Joker card and I didn't lose any credits - instead I'm somewhere around 150-200 credits on the plus side with those winnings since I started playing.

Despite some bad experiences with some users, I think the odds have been much more favourable in general this time than in some earlier promos(?)

Most of the users in this thread reporting a profit are premium members. Is that significant in determining one's chances of winning? Is it a two-tier system? Make of it what you will.

Anyway, this experience has completely destroyed my faith in Totem, and replaced it with disgust. I was going to do a €99 topup this week, but having just been MUGGED, I will not give them another penny. I thought about contacting CS to exchange those cards I'm not remotely interested in for ones on my wishlist, but I've been waiting for over a month for a reply to my email enquiry into purchasing another of their products.

If I'd wanted cards I didn't want, I would have bought the progressive packs - at least they include a discount, instead of the obscene markup which was applied by the scratchcard system.
Vortim
Dołączył: Apr 2019
264 post(y/ów)

Black Friday: questions & answers

Wszystko o iStripper
November 28, 2019, 111 odpowiedzi
There is no way of knowing the odds in the past or now.
There are two ways. One would be to collect enough data to do a statistical analysis. The simpler way would be for Totem to publish the algorithm they use. I think Totem should do the latter.
I also would appreciate it if Totem published the odds of winning for all of the games. We can, however, go some way towards estimating the odds by analysing the results. I bought 100 scratch cards (stopping when I qualified for the SEC and Joker cards) and according to my account history had the following results

48 10 credit wins
4 50 credit wins
1 100 credit wins
There were also 43 1 credit bonuses some of which would have been won at the same time as a main win and others all by themselves. I did not win any free cards as I already owned them all - I believe that any that I would have won were replaced by a 10 credit win (as was the case with the previous scratch card game).

While based only on a sample of 100 scratch cards that suggests to me that the probability of winning something (to the extent of at least nominally getting your money back) on any single scratch card is roughly 50% (plus or minus about 10%) and that the secondary Bonuses have a similar probability of being won,

Emu, just curious, you said according to your account history... where can you see this... I am just curious to go back and look at mine to see what I won and of what for this event. Or is this something you just kept track of yourself? Or is it somewhere on our profiles you can see.... just wondering...
dar2112v
Dołączył: Dec 2007
921 post(y/ów)

Black Friday: questions & answers

Wszystko o iStripper
November 28, 2019, 111 odpowiedzi
Despite some bad experiences with some users, I think the odds have been much more favourable in general this time than in some earlier promos(?)

There is no way of knowing the odds in the past or now.

My guess is the odds are different based on your collection; the more cards you have the less likely you are to get a card but instead a star, joker, etc but that is just a theory. Also what would be considered winning would be determined by what you hope to gain; the only win for me would be a joker card. A random card would be at best a loss or worse a double loss; 1st losing the credits and then having a card put into my collection I don't want.

I haven't purchased and cards in about a month and had over 500 credits sitting around from last year so in a moment of boredom I went ahead and tried the slots and then scratch cards. I figured I'd spend 10% of my credits and then just make sure any cards I buy in the near future are discounted at least 10%. I decided to go with the slots because I knew I could ignore the discount offers and no unwanted cards would end up in my collection. It took me about 10 minutes to spend 58 credits + the 4 credits I won along the way. After playing I realized I never had a chance as I think only the scratch off game offers the joker card. Until now I had only played the the slots once or maybe twice and but I figured I had already thrown away 58 credits so what difference was 10 more so I purchased a scratch off. It took me a bit to figure out how to work it and while figuring it out I remembered that this game would inject cards into my collection. Fortunately I got the 2nd best result and got the 10 credits back.

I stopped there feeling fortunate as I expected to lose all the credits I played with nothing to show for it. And while I did lose 58 credits and have nothing to show for it the only part of of it that I regret is loosing a little of my self respect and contributing to the revenue these games generate.

As far as all the winners ....

We have video poker, casinos, and horse racing in my city and I know more that a few that participate often in one or more of these. They always seem to remember when they win but never seem to remember how often and how much they have lost. I have nothing against gambling but I prefer my odds in the stock market and I have a small position in a casino because the way I see it the house always wins and anyone who tells you otherwise is at the very least lying to themselves.