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Last Update: Sep. 7, 2007

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 rule 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.

Volatility

Based on my results in the Venetian study, I feel the standard deviation of Super Times Pay is about 42% more than the same game without the multiplier feature.

Strategy

The strategy is exactly the same as that for standard video poker of the same pay table.

Strategy

Super Times Pay official web site. Has a nice play for free game.

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