Ok thanks for clearing it up. I think i still want t-mode so I will need both chips. What is a good price for a used IGT I series Cleopatra? I've been wanting to sell my S+ and if I can find a good deal get an I series. I've seen them online for about $1500 but have no idea how much that price is inflated.
Well that sort of throws a monkey wrench into the whole thread. If you're not going to keep your S+, the entire tournament question is moot.
As everyone has said, for obvious reasons, you'll never find a regular game chip for ANY slot machine of any brand or age that pays out more than 100%, since the casinos would lose money.
If you keep your S+ and still want to use tournament mode, remember that only a few games were designed with this option. You can't just convert any S+ theme to a tournament game.
Here are all of the 3cm Five Times Pay tournament chips. You'll still need an SP1311 to run any of them. Notice that the highest-paying regular game is one of the low-paying tournament chips (at just under 1000%). You'll have to decide which combination would make you happiest.
Prog#'s Max% Hit Freq SS Equivalent SS Eqiv % Paytable Game Multiplier
ST0031 999.236 29.185 SS6272 95.102% 242B 5x Pay 3CM
ST0032 999.236 29.185 SS6274 90.045% 242B 5x Pay 3CM
ST0036 2003.313 45.177 SS6273 92.513% 242B 5x Pay 3CM
ST0060 2550.240 37.126 SS6274 90.045% 242B 5x Pay 3CM
The SP chip, or game chip, contains the program that actually runs the machine. The SS (or ST) chip, or reel chip, contains the data for the specific theme (the reel strip data, how many coins, the payouts, nudge info, etc.)
In the case of tourney chips, the ST data chip actually has two sets of virtual stop tables in it: one for the regular game and one for the tourney. The paytable is the same for both.
SP chips that support tournament mode (14) have programming that runs the tournament and the setup options for it. Other SP chips simply don't have the program.
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