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Super Times Pay
Last Update: Feb 23, 2009
Introduction
Super Times Pay is an IGT video poker variant in which the game sometimes randomly multiplies the win for the price of a sixth coin. According to the rules screen, the multiplier appears once every 15 games and the average multiplier is 4.05. So the average win after the multiplier is 20.33% more, making the sixth coin a marginally good bet.
To get the return of any pay table simply look up the return in a standard video poker game and then multiply by 1.00278. Following are some common pay tables, showing the normal and Super Times Pay returns.
Return
| Super Times Pay Return | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Standard Return | Super Times Pay Return |
| 9/6 Jacks or Better | 0.995439 | 0.998204 |
| 8/6 Jacks or Better | 0.983927 | 0.98666 |
| 9/5 Jacks or Better | 0.984498 | 0.987233 |
| 8/5 Jacks or Better | 0.972912 | 0.975615 |
| 7/5 Jacks or Better | 0.954828 | 0.957480 |
| 6/5 Jacks or Better | 0.949961 | 0.952600 |
| 8/5 Bonus Poker | 0.991660 | 0.994414 |
| 7/5 Bonus Poker | 0.980147 | 0.982870 |
| 6/5 Bonus Poker | 0.968687 | 0.971378 |
| 9/6 Double Double Bonus | 0.989808 | 0.992557 |
| 8/6 Double Double Bonus | 0.978949 | 0.981668 |
| 9/5 Double Double Bonus | 0.978729 | 0.981448 |
| 8/5 Double Double Bonus | 0.967861 | 0.97055 |
| 7/5 Double Double Bonus | 0.95712 | 0.959778 |
| 6/5 Double Double Bonus | 0.946569 | 0.949198 |
| 25/15/9/5/3/2 Deuces Wild | 1.00762 | 1.010419 |
| 25/16/10/4/4/3 Deuces Wild | 0.997283 | 1.000053 |
| 25/15/10/4/4/3 Deuces Wild | 0.994179 | 0.996940 |
| 20/12/9/5/3/2 Deuces Wild | 0.989378 | 0.992126 |
| 25/15/9/4/4/3 Deuces Wild | 0.989131 | 0.991878 |
| 20/12/10/4/4/3 Deuces Wild | 0.975791 | 0.978502 |
| 25/16/13/4/3/2 Deuces Wild | 0.967651 | 0.970338 |
| 20/10/8/4/4/3 Deuces Wild | 0.959638 | 0.962304 |
| 25/15/10/4/3/2 Deuces Wild | 0.948182 | 0.950816 |
| 9/7/5 Double Bonus | 0.991065 | 0.993818 |
| 9/6/5 Double Bonus | 0.978062 | 0.980779 |
| 9/6/4 Double Bonus | 0.963754 | 0.966431 |
| 8/5/4 Double Bonus | 0.941897 | 0.944513 |
| 7/5/4 Double Bonus | 0.931060 | 0.933646 |
Multiplier Study
In late 2007 the Venetian had a nice 9/6 Jacks or Better Super Times Pay game in the high limit room. I played it at various times between Sep. 27 and Nov. 9. As I played I tallied how often I received each multiplier. Here were my results.
| Super Times Pay — Venetian Experiment | ||
| Mutliplier | Observations | Ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 81 | 0.184091 |
| 3 | 155 | 0.352273 |
| 4 | 62 | 0.140909 |
| 5 | 91 | 0.206818 |
| 8 | 34 | 0.077273 |
| 10 | 17 | 0.038636 |
| Total | 440 | 1 |
My average multiplier was 4.027, a little under the average 4.05.
Actual Multipliers
After I did this study an anonymous source gave me the actual probabilities of each multiplier, as follows.
| Super Times Pay — Actual Multiplier Probabilities | ||
| Mutliplier | Probability | Expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 17% | 0.34 |
| 3 | 33% | 0.99 |
| 4 | 16% | 0.64 |
| 5 | 24% | 1.2 |
| 8 | 6% | 0.48 |
| 10 | 4% | 0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 4.05 |
A chi-squared test of my results against expectations has a chi-squared statistic of 6.405, with five degrees of freedom, and a p value of 26.88%.
Volatility
Based on the actual multiplier probabilities, the Super Times Pay feature increases the standard deviation by 51%, compared to not paying for it. Compare that to an increase of 100% by just doubling the bet size on a standard video poker game.
Strategy
The strategy is exactly the same as that for standard video poker of the same pay table.
Links
Super Times Pay official web site 
. Has a nice play for free game.
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