It’s Wednesday, and time to get down and dirty with some serious grinding. In the last two days we’ve wagered maybe $100, which is way below the requirements. With 3 days left, it’s time to go for the big bucks or bust.
The latter is of course, more likely.
First up we’ll hit up some progressive jackpot slots because really – who can resist those? One cool thing that the Gaming Club offers is a “Jackpot Thermometer” for every jackpot as shown below:
They also explain exactly what the Thermometer is. It states:
The thermometer gives an indication as to when the Jackpot was last won. The formula for the thermometer reading is:
Temperature = 80 + [ Time Since Last Jackpot --- Average Time between jackpots] x100
The thermometer is provided for entertainment values only so players can get an indication as to when the game last paid the jackpot.
Of course it really means nothing – each spin is independent, and it’s just for show only, which they admit. However it is quite fun, and who hasn’t looked at a jackpot that is $200,000 when it is usually won by $100,000 and made a deposit.
We’ll go with the Fruit Fiesta 5-Reel, which has a thermometer reading of over 250. Geez with a temperature like that how can we not win?!
The Fruit Fiesta is a $0.05 fixed bet, with 15 reels. So we’re betting $0.75 a turn. I should note that I generally have a rule when it comes to casinos – I’ll bet until I win twice, then I leave and go to another slot machine or something. That way I get to play a variety of games and make my money last – the rule applies for both online and offline casinos. However with a lot of bonus grinding to do, we’ll stick with this one for a bit.
The second spin sees me get a decent win:
I then don’t do much for about 20-30 spins before picking up this “big” win:
After a few more spins and nothing much happening, I take my $185.37 and leave. Time to hit up some progressive jackpot video poker! The game is Jackpot Deuces, Deuce are of course wild, and it’s a 52 single card deck. 3 of a kind is the lowest winning hand. And we get off to a great start with four of a kind:
Alas after that solid start, everything goes downhill, and I finally give up with $155.37 in credits. I now hit up a game entitled Progressive Cyberstud Poker and I’ll be honest I really don’t have any idea the rules. It seems simple though – you get dealt 5 cards, and the dealer one card. Then you can fold or call. Despite not knowing the rules, I again get off to a nice little start:
The nice start continues on the very next hand:
I float around the $120-$140 mark for a LONG time which is nice, eating up a large chunk of the bonus requirements. I decide to leave as soon as I go below $120, and I manage to do that on this wonderful little bad beat where I was just outkicked:
Bummer.
We’ll finish the night off with some scratchcards. Oddly enough The Gaming Club only has the one scratch card available – some casinos I’ve seen with over 50 different kinds. This is a very simple one too and not interactive at all. You buy a card, you get this:
Then you click the button “show card”, and it slowly changes to this:
Meh, very underwhelming.
With 15 scratch cards, I get about 10 “1x” wins, and then a “2x” win. I decide to quit when I get to under $110 for the night, and just as I bet the $2 to put me my balance at $109, I get a 5x win:
Good enough for me. We’ll call it a night on that high note, and pick it up again tomorrow.
