Mega Jack slot machine - a dump of 90s history

Coin wrote:

MEGAJACKS are 80% primitive in mathematics
money sucker!

Old Mega jacks are only good for picking up someone else's missing +500 +1000 UAH.
You can't really get anything else from them. Playing for a long time is a guaranteed loss.

So-o-o-o-o-o... there was nothing to do, it was in the evening )))



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Everything you need to KNOW and BE ABLE TO in the fight against
MEGA JACK

1) Megajacks are really old hardware, for retired grandpas who are afraid to approach computers...

2) 80-85% return = is on most machines and is clearly maintained due to small payouts of "two cherries / two plums"

3) Most MegaJacks are brought into the halls from old hangars, where they have been stored by the hundreds since the 90s... covered in dust and dirt... have motherboards reflashed 100 times... and often the owner of the hall doesn't even bother to figure out what kind of machine he got )))
There is a possibility that there are 10 times fewer top images in it than there should be!

4) MegaJack has short payout waves (compared to modern slots), which attracts players. However, you can get stuck in a 3-4 day period of absolute binge play. Therefore, if MegaJack isn't playing, don't shove dozens of deposits into it!

5) Megajacks are primitives ))) They don't calculate bets or player balances! When you press START, a READY-MADE screen SET is retrieved from memory, and all manual reel stops are a circus to get you involved in the game.

6) Getting a "TOP-WIN" from memory is a rare event, but absolutely RANDOM! And it's not the machine's fault that it got the top win on line 15, while you only had 13 lines at the time )))

7) SELECTING A MACHINE
You need a machine that hasn't been reflashed to a hacked machine = either you've personally seen people take top wins on it (no matter what the bet), or it has "classic" combinations



8) MATHEMATICS
Choose SLOT-O-POL Top Spins. This is the game with the highest payouts per line. While in Pyramids you can only expect a diamond and a high-paying screen with three wilds and completed top lines, in Top Spins any line pays out well.

With a 5-dollar deposit (I only play like this; that's our max bet), the deposit should be 2500-3500 UAH. This will ensure adequate leverage.

It's ideal if the machine in front of you has several deposits loaded without any interesting feeds!
This doesn't mean that the machine has been "fed" ))) This means that people have covered the distance and haven't seen anything good = you just CONTINUE THE DISTANCE!

9) DISTANCES = our everything! GAME STRATEGY

In fact, the goal is to spin as many spins as possible on a limited deposit, and still get a good hit.
This isn't a trivial task ))) Because playing few lines for a long time won't help = there are slots where top wins fly above 10 lines... Playing many lines won't help, because it will eat up your credits too quickly...

A SELF-REGULATORY STRATEGY IS NEEDED
which takes into account the current recoil of the machine
(AS EVERYWHERE IN SLOTS)


For primitive MegaJacks, such a strategy can easily be put together using the SOFT PRESS.

MEGA JACK
(continued)

How do I choose strategies?
Through observation and similar tests + banal logic + constant work on errors.

1) We have 20 mega-jacks in our hall. Five of them are expensive, the rest are cheap...
The cheap ones play much BETTER than the expensive ones... but I'm not interested in winning 500 to 1000... so ONLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES
From now on, I simply ignore everything that happens on the cheap ones, because games at 0.10 - 1 - 10 - 100 are completely different mathematics...
=== I only look at expensive machines.

2) The principle of their work has remained the same))) 9 people throw into the void, the 10th shows something... Only before there were lines to them and this whole process happened very quickly, and now these coffins stand alone for most of the day and blink in vain)))
Low dispersion, rare topwins...

3) I try to play something, occasionally. From the winnings of roulette and Champion.
I immediately see THREE GLOBAL SCENARIOS!
a) stupidly to zero
b) +500 and then to zero
c) the +500/+1000 wave repeats with an exit beyond 10K

4) I delve deeper...
All the expensive slot machines have VIRTUALLY NO big payouts on low lines!!! It's a paradox! While in the old days, you couldn't go higher than 9 lines (many people played for years on 5 lines!) and play for hours, catching the coolest things, now anything worthwhile goes closer to the ceiling (12-21 lines)....

+ From observing other players, it's clear that decent things come to those who hit 21 lines (don't miss anything)... but their mistake is that a STUPID, FLAT BET on 21 lines is 1000% doomed to financial failure! A person loads 100-150 thousand a week and sees 10-20 thousand a couple of times, and 50 thousand is good if once. WHAT'S THE POINT??? Moreover, he himself plays the role of both the 9 who feed and the 1 who receives... BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY)))

=== Obviously, expensive machines are REPROGRAMMED, the emphasis is clearly shifted towards a large number of lines

I also look during my game at how often I missed good combos, where they come from and what credit I would have if I caught them... would I have enough credits to pull that many lines... how much money is needed for this... etc.

5) Getting used to mathematics (riding the waves)

Over time, I understand that with a deposit of 2500, a denial of 5, with a certain style of play, MegaJack in NORMAL MODE rolls the deposit to zero, but ALONG THE WAY SHOWS TWO PAYOUTS AFTER 1000.
If they are not there = megajack on a stupid blow job...

If there are NO BONUSES ALONG THE WAY = megajack on a stupid blow job...

Over time I understand that
a) TOPVIN point (x1000 in spins, line of palm trees, ships, 4 e-shki, 5 e-shki)
b) LOAN INCREASE BY 10K
=== the final, hard-won goals of the SESSION for one device, there is no point in torturing it further

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MEGAJACK
GAME STRATEGY - 2024
FROM THE SPILE )))

to be continued...

All of the above adds up to a complete picture =

HOW DOES "21-12" BREAK MEGAJACKS?
strategy from Shpilevoy (C) 2024, Boris Ruban



START

Chose the right slot machine

CHOOSING A MACHINE
You need a machine that hasn't been reflashed to a hack = either you've personally seen people take top wins on it (no matter what the bet), or it has "classic" combinations

Deposit 2500-3500.
SLOT-O-POL (between champagne and the pyramids)
Denom 5.
L=9
B=5
Let's start )))

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GAME STRATEGY

1) Bottom bar 9 lines (remembered).
2) Spin until you hit the BONUS ($$$, dice, spins) or WIN > 1000.

3) If the BONUS ($$$, cubes, spins) comes in === lower limit +1, we go up 10 lines (remember), etc.

4) If you enter WIN > 1000.
CUT LINES BY 50% (rounded up)
WE SPIN, but with each W (any) we add +1 line until we reach the BOTTOM BAR
WE HAVE REACHED THE BOTTOM BAR = we return to normal mode, point 2

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5) So gradually, the LOWER BAR will reach line 21
(If we get killed when the machine doesn't play at all = that's the end of the session, a 24-hour abortion)

Main game mode with 21 lines
W > 1000 = lines from 21 are cut to 12 (and each W then = +1 lines SMOOTHLY return to 21)
any bonus with a payout < 1000 = lines immediately on 21

6) WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY and CHANGE OF MACHINE
a) TOPVIN point (x1000 in spins, line of palm trees, ships, 4 e-shki, 5 e-shki)
b) LOAN INCREASE BY 10K

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That's all, actually!
The machine can beat you for a long time in a certain credit range, and then there is a sharp breakout upwards or, conversely, a stupid collapse of the credit...
There's no need to stop after the +1500 +2000 UAH wave, unless that's your "quick" goal = grab a couple thousand and run )))

MATHEMATICS is balanced for reprogrammed mega-jacks = for long-term play with large bets (+ including multi-day development of the device).

And this strategy gives a clear chance of not only going over 10K or the top win, but even the overall JACKPOT MEGAJACK jackpot (21 lines on max bet are the basis)...
It's just a matter of luck and persistence.
I expect that on average 10 game days at 3000 will end at least around "their own", or +10+30 thousand. And there will be BREAKTHROUGH days like yesterday!!!

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!!! IMPORTANT!!!
Don't forget, I'm writing everything for 5 denominations... And if you play with 1 denomination, then reduce deposits of 2500-3500 and thresholds > 1000 by 5 times!

Enjoy!
CMP works for players

Shpilevoy wrote:

HOW DOES "21-12" BREAK MEGAJACKS?
strategy from Shpilevoy (C) 2024, Boris Ruban

6) WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY and CHANGE OF MACHINE
a) TOPVIN point (x1000 in spins, line of palm trees, ships, 4 e-shki, 5 e-shki)
b) LOAN INCREASE BY 10K

"21-12" APENDIX A

Yesterday I took one machine into deep development = 4 hours of twisting and turning it and myself at the same time )))





Additional findings:

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1) BALANCE INCREASE FOR 10K === END OF SESSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY

You need to approach this moment in such a way that you don't get 5's every day )))
Going beyond 10K is a stretched odds in our favor, especially for Megajack... After that, it's 99.9% likely to be a long, undulating cycle of credits being consumed...
=== compensation
There will be tomorrow and a new session... and for today
10K COMPLETED APPROACH

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2) TOPVIN point (x1000 in spins, line of palm trees, ships, 4 e-shki, 5 e-shki)

I won't describe all the details of yesterday's experiments, I'll just add the RULE =

If during the game CATCH TOPVIN or only SEEM TOPVIN ON THE FAR LANES(!!!) (missed him), then
IMMEDIATELY END OF SESSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY

The TOPVIN icon is essentially a long-awaited gift. Whether it's +5,000 or +10,000 or +50,000 doesn't matter... and it DOESN'T MATTER that you MISSED him on the lines = that's your problem, not the slot machine's.

Continuing to spin further makes no sense = IN MOST CASES the next topwin is very far away.... so it is better to stop the game for today and sacrifice those extremely rare events when 4 E-numbers or lines of ships/palm trees ARE ALMOST IN A ROW.

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Now point 6 of the "21-12" strategy is sufficiently covered.

Enjoy!
CMP works for players

Shpilevoy wrote:

1) Megajacks are really old hardware, for retired grandpas who are afraid to approach computers...

+1000
It's completely irrelevant. Nobody plays Megajacks anymore. Why waste your time on them?

How to watch. It all started with MegaJacks. These are monsters from the 90s with primitive mathematics, relatively short rise and fall waves, and a clear RTP of 80%.
There are many gaming platforms that have implemented similar pyramids and topspins.