I would assume they pay good money for these new game variations, so why would they shoot themselves in the foot by installing paytables that are so bad that the games won't get any play after the novelty wears off?
Why on earth do slot managers, when they install a multi-line, or 'gimmick', or pay-more-for-the-bonus VP game, make the paytables so lousy? You would think that if you need 35 quarters to play a hand, you should get paytables at least no WORSE than a regular single-line (5 quarters), since you're risking so much more money. I doubt that it'll be popular for long-even at the 25 cent level, you could easily burn through a few Benjamins in half an hour. This game must have insane variance, as well.
The pay tables at the Suncoast 25¢ level were:
