That back corner sounds unreal, older-style pokies near the cage. I'd have done a double take too 😅 Was in Imp…

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That back corner sounds unreal, older-style pokies near the cage. I'd have done a double take too 😅 Was in Imperial Wins myself a wee while back but honestly I was too busy fumbling with my first deposit to notice what machines were where. Total noob here, so genuine question: do older machines like that actually still pay the same as the newer ones on the floor, or are they just kept around for the nostalgia crowd? Felt like a time capsule just reading your post, and the quiet Saturday bit makes it even more atmospheric 🤔

Win24 · Accepted Answer

Too busy fumbling with your deposit, that's how they get you, mate, eyes down before you've even seen the floor. Those old machines near the cage are usually the quiet corner where nobody bothers checking payout tickets either. If one of them actually paid you anything worth screenshotting, I'd love to see it; otherwise it's just vintage set dressing.

SamJandal · Answer

Win24 has a point. Old machines tucked away near the cage, who actually got paid on those? I'd want to see a cashout ticket before trusting that corner.

NeonMaster · Answer

That corner made sense to me the moment I read it, actually. Older cabinets near the cage tend to be whatever the floor hasn't rotated out yet, and if they're legacy units their return profiles would be nothing like the modern video pokies up front. On a small spin sample you'd never tell the difference anyway, but over a long session variance on those old reels plays out differently - fewer features, more dead spins between hits, and the paytable doing all the work.

As for trusting the corner, SamJandal's cashout point is fair, though I'd frame it less as suspicion and more as arithmetic: nobody was playing them on a quiet Saturday, which tells you the crowd has already voted with their NZ$. If you go back, feed one machine twenty dollars and just log hit rate and session length on your phone. That'll tell you more than any ticket inspection would 📊

Chris_Vegas · Answer

Total noob question, but NeonMaster, what's a return profile exactly? Like the old machines pay out differently to the new ones? 😅

RollerBonus · Answer

Chris_Vegas, return profile is just casino-speak for how a machine actually behaves over time - how much it hands back to punters versus swallows. Simple version: a modern video pokie might dribble out constant little wins to keep you spinning, while an old relic like the ones in that back corner at Imperial Wins would more likely take your NZ$ cold and stay dead for hours. Which is why that quiet time-capsule corner near the cage makes me chuckle, did anyone there even withdraw? 😏

BigWinOrBust4Life · Answer

Funny thing is I'd probably love that back corner 😅 Old cabinets always felt more honest to me. You can see the reels actually stop instead of some video screen deciding your fate. But SamJandal's got a point about proof, did anyone actually see a payout ticket come off those machines, or were they just dead quiet all night? 🤔

ModelLab · Answer

Honest reels 😂 they still take your NZ$ just the same, mate. Reels stopping slow changes nothing, house always wins either way 🤡💸

Numbers_Value · Answer

Nah, ModelLab, I get what BigWin means though — watching real reels slow down feels different, even if the maths is the same 😅 Honestly I'd give those old machines a spin just for nostalgia 🙏

OldSchoolSinceVegas · Answer

Nostalgia beats maths any Saturday, ModelLab 😤 those old reels near the cage at Imperial Wins are where I'd happily feed my NZ$. Modern screens feel dead to me 🔥🎰

Queenstown · Answer

Told you I'd miss the good stuff 😅 I was probably one of the quiet Saturday crowd who walked straight past that back corner. Curious though. Did any of those old cabinets actually have a spin worth remembering, or were they just there for show? Might take a wee wander next visit 🙏

QueenOfSpins_Luck · Answer

Quiet corner like that near the cage? Word is some cabinets sit there for a reason 🤫 those who know, know... you know the rest 😏

AllInEveryTime_Mode · Answer

Gave one of those old cabinets a cheeky NZ$20 near the cage and it actually paid me a tidy little hit, nothing huge but enough to grin about 😅 QueenOfSpins I reckon it's just nostalgia corner, no secret vibes bro... but nah, that Saturday quiet made it feel proper special 🎰🔥 Might be back next weekend tbh...

HarryChur · Answer

Nah that corner near the cage has treated me sweet before too, fed a lazy NZ$20 into one of those old boys after a shift and it kept me spinning for ages 😅 AllInEveryTime is right, no secret vibes, they just pay when they feel like it... which is honestly every slot ever 🤷‍♂️🔥

SampleLab · Answer

@Queenstown sweet as, you gotta stop and feed those old boys next time 😅 chur to AllInEveryTime and HarryChur for backing me up, that corner near the cage has been good to me too. Honestly my all-time favourite cabinet on the whole floor sits back there, spun it every evening last week and it kept grinning at me 🔥💰🎰

Nick_Win · Answer

@HarryChur "pay when they feel like it", sure, and long-run that feeling costs you plenty. Kept spinning for ages, or just slowly ate your NZ$20? Got a cashout screenshot?

Auckland_Legend · Answer

@HarryChur bloke wants a screenshot like it's court 😂 spinny old cabinets near the cage have been my all-time favourite hunting ground, hit big last night on one before a feed, NZ$20 in and walked out laughing. Some corners are just lucky, don't care what the spreadsheets say 🔥💰🤑 ah well

Jandal_Mate · Answer

@HarryChur "pay when they feel like it" is basically my bonus hunting philosophy in one line 😅 but Nick_Win has a point about the slow bleed. I track every session, bet per spin NZ$0.60 max on a NZ$100 bankroll, and if the wagering's not clearing in the first hour I'm gone. Last month I ground through a deposit bonus on one of those old cabinets near the cage, got up, cashed out before the machine could take it back, walked with NZ$340. Cashing out in time is everything, honestly. The corner luck stuff is fun to talk about but the discipline is what keeps you in the game 🔥💸

Chur15 · Answer

Nick wants receipts like I'd remember my last cashout 🤣 mate my last twenty went one more spin, promise, then donated to the casino again. Screenshot of that? 😂🍿

TrampingMad · Answer

@Auckland_Legend yesss that's the spot 🔥 I'm on those older cabinets near the cage every evening, they've been good to me way more than the flash new ones 😅 lucky corner theory is real, no screenshots needed 💰

LeeJandal · Answer

@Chur15 😂 brother I'd screenshot mine too if I could find a single receipt worth showing, my folder's just screenshots of the balance going flat. "One more spin, promise" should honestly be engraved on the cage 🤣 my last twenty went exactly the same way, curtains, bank's gone before the coffee went cold 😂🍿

BachLoyal · Answer

@Jandal_Mate nz$0.60 discipline is proper respect mate, I could never 😅 me on the older cabinets near the cage, nz$100 gone in like half the time if I'm honest… but when this slot pays it PAYS, cashed a beauty there once and the whole floor heard me yell 💰🔥 maybe wagering clearing in an hour is the move, gonna actually try that tonight instead of the one more spin life 🤑

CashOutLive · Answer

@TrampingMad every evening?? that's dedication 😅 I've only been a few times since my first deposit and I mostly play the newer cabinets, never really tried the older ones near the cage. is the lucky corner thing real or just vibes? keen to give that spot a go next visit 🤞💰

AlmostHadItSurvivor · Answer

@BachLoyal the old cabinets near the cage are worth it exactly for that reason - low hit rate but when one lands the payout carries your whole week 💸 I only give them a go when I've cleared my online bonus first, frees up the mental bankroll. nz$100 in half the time stings though, maybe drop your bet per spin a level and stretch it? 😭🎰

NearMissHater · Answer

@BachLoyal those old cabinets near the cage punish you hard before they pay, been there - NZ$100 gone in under an hour more times than I'll admit 😭 my rule now is whatever I bank from clearing an online bonus first is what the floor gets, never the top-up card. When one of those things lands big it genuinely carries the week 💸🔥

Rotorua_Local · Answer

@AlmostHadItSurvivor clearing the bonus first before touching the floor, smart move, frees the head up nicely 😏 word is one of those old cabinets near the cage has been running warm this week, my contact tipped me off but I'll leave it there, you know the rest 🤫

LuckyStreak_Spin · Answer

been in that corner near the cage a few times myself, can confirm they're stingy as till they're not. Rotorua you're not wrong about one of them running warm, heard the same from a mate who works Thursdays... won't say which cabinet but if you know where the light flickers on the top box, that's your hint 😏

my rule's the same as NearMiss though, whatever the bonus clears goes in the pocket first, floor only sees house money. last visit dropped NZ$80 on the old ones and walked at even. patience, bro, you know the rest 🤫

RotoruaNZ · Answer

Warm cabinet near the cage?? Gonna have to swing past after milking tomorrow 🤑 had a session there once that carried my whole fortnight, ah well 🔥🎰

FreespinLuck · Answer

Chased one of those "warm" cabinets once and it ate my NZ$80 bonus winnings in twenty minutes 😭 clearing a bonus first is the only reason I still gamble at all, bankroll discipline wins.

ChrisBonus744 · Answer

@LuckyStreak_Spin mate you're talking my language, that corner near the cage is where I had my biggest night, dropped NZ$20 in and walked out up a few hundred, still smiling about it 😅 if it's the same cabinet running warm again I might have to swing past after work, Thursdays are my quiet night anyway 🔥🎰

TomSweetAs · Answer

@ChrisBonus744 mate that cabinet near the cage is pure magic, no debate 🔥 hit big last night on a similar streak, walked out up NZ$150 after starting with a twenty, still buzzing 🤑 Thursdays might be the move 🎰

WildWin_Queen · Answer

That corner cabinet never misses for me either, my all-time favourite spot on the floor 😍 Thursdays it is then, see you blokes there 🎰🔥

AlmostHadIt_FC69 · Answer

@TomSweetAs NZ$150 off a twenty is a tidy night, no argument here 🎰 but I've been burned chasing "magic" cabinets before, last warm machine I touched ate the profit I'd cleared from a bonus in one session 😭 happy to tag along Thursday but I'm setting a hard NZ$50 loss limit and cashing out the moment I'm up. Hot streaks feel great till the machine remembers it owes you nothing 💸

Lee_Tramping · Answer

That NZ$50 stop-loss is the only sensible thing in this thread 😅 every warm cabinet story ends the same way when the punter stops watching the bankroll. I'd run the same discipline myself, bet per spin worked out before I sit down, cash out the moment I'm up decent. If that corner machine's paying though, might see you blokes there 🎰

JoshLuck1984 · Answer

@Lee_Tramping spot on mate, that fifty only works if you actually get up and walk when it's gone. Did the reload-just-this-once dance myself Tuesday, watched my whole night's float vanish chasing a hit

Otago_Bro · Answer

@WildWin_Queen count me in for Thursday, that cabinet owes me nothing after it spat out NZ$340 one night 😱💰 still think about that session like a holiday tbh. These blokes can preach bankroll all they want, my all-time favourite machine earns its hype 🔥🎰

Lee_Otago · Answer

That NZ$50 cap is exactly what I need to hear as a total noob 😅 I set one on my first visit and walked when it was gone, felt rough but the wallet thanked me. Can a newbie tag along Thursday?

Casino_24 · Answer

@JoshLuck1984 the chasing bit is the killer aye, I've done exactly that dance and it never ends well 😅 the NZ$50 walks only work for me if I leave my card in the car, no excuses on the floor. Still gonna be there Thursday though, my favourite cabinet's been good to me lately 🔥

HarryChur311 · Answer

@Lee_Otago come along mate, worst case you watch me donate to the casino again 🤣 that walking-when-its-gone thing is the whole trick aye, I know it, I just choose not to do it 🍿 tbh my bank left in style last time so you're already ahead of me

InRTPweTrust_Nation · Answer

Thursday crew keeps growing 😄 count me in too, my favourite cabinet owes me nothing after it paid out proper last week 🔥🎰 just promise someone drags Harry off that machine when he's tilted 🤣

Bach_Mad · Answer

@Casino_24 leaving the card in the car is half the discipline sorted aye, chasing is where my bankroll has died more times than I can count. I treat every walk like a cashout, once the NZ$50's gone the session's closed and no reopen. Thursday suits me, keen to see if your cabinet keeps paying 🔀🎰

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