s2000 setting the odds

[U.S.AutoService]

      My question is about setting the odds on S2000 machines.  After I ram clear and set chip I have a choice of game percentages.  I have set some to the highest of  98.01 %.  But it seems like at that percentage it takes a long time in between wins.  I set one machine to a lower percentage and it seems to be paying more often. These are for my aging mom to play and I would like her to hit more often.
Is it best to always set to the max ?
 Is there a better way to set these s2000 up ?  Any trick to make it jackpot with out her knowing ?  

    Thanks...

    U.S.Auto Service
    Dan

[stayouttadabunker]

What percentage did you set it at to "play better" for mum?
And where did you go in in the options settings to do this?

[U.S.AutoService]

    Did a complete clear and reset with both chips.  choices were from like 82% up to 98.01%
  All the settings in config and config II
      U.S.Auto Service
       Dan

[stayouttadabunker]

So, set at 82% "played" better somewhat?
By the way, these machines have a RNG built into the chips...
you cannot get the jackpot THAT easy...LOL

[U.S.AutoService]

  Well, really 97.00 won more often then 98.01.  Funny at 98.01 I played 100 credits and only won one time and that was only 15 credits.


      U.S.Auto Service
      Dan

[stayouttadabunker]

It could probably be explained better by reviewing a PAR sheet for those...

[stayouttadabunker]

How about popping in a tournament chip and enabling it when mum plays?
You can always disable the mode and go back to your regular scheduled program...

[StatFreak]

Well, really 97.00 won more often then 98.01.  Funny at 98.01 I played 100 credits and only won one time and that was only 15 credits.

Using empirical observation to extrapolate that 97.00% wins more often than 98.01% after just 100 credits is simply not a valid conclusion.  If you compare the virtual stops of the 97% pay table to the 98% pay table you will see that the only difference is one less single BAR symbol (or something similarly insignificant, but enough to lower the overall payback percentage by one percent over the course of millions of pulls).  The difference between an 82% and 98% virtual stop listing will be more marked, but essentially the same, more blanks and less single/double/triple BARs, cherries, red 7s, etc.  What happens for the lower percentages is that the machine saves up (read: sucks in more of your money) for the larger prizes by paying out less of the smaller prizes (and, if the percentage is low enough, some of the medium prizes) to arrive at the lower theoretical payback percentage over the course of millions of pulls.  If you study the virtual stops of any program in detail and compare the differences between lower and higher percentages, this becomes crystal clear and pretty straightforward.

Always use the highest possible percentage.  Period.

 What he ^^ said.
Thanks for posting in my absence. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Making such assumptions about a game after having seen such a small sample of outcomes (and that would include playing 2000 games over the course of a weekend at a casino) is probably the most common mistake that slot gamblers make. These are the players who will go home and extol or denounce a particular game theme or casino to their friends based on this same limited experience.

How about popping in a tournament chip and enabling it when mum plays?
You can always disable the mode and go back to your regular scheduled program...

Now that's a great idea, if winning all of the time will keep her happy.

[stayouttadabunker]

I agree with everything above...
The tournament chip can be something around 125-150%
instead of the 200-450% chips.
Just give one of our esteemed vendors a call and
tell them what you're looking for,
what kinda of machine you have and
what chips are presently installed on the MPU board!

[stayouttadabunker]

oh, I guess there's none available...sorry.