Profile : TJTom

This is an interesting theory, and how much, if any, influence casinos may have over the way games play is something I’ve always wondered about. They probably have none, but it certainly does feel like they do sometimes. I’ve had terrible luck at BC Game for the whole time I’ve played there. However, the crucial point here, as someone has already mentioned, is that we know RTP is calculated over 100s of millions of spins, or bonus buy results, so it’s impossible to draw any reliable conclusions from a data set in the 1000s. Maybe something dodgy is going on, it’s a genuine possibility, but my personal view is that there’s probably not. Bandit has been one of the only legit creators in this game over the years, and I still think he is.

Personally, I think the recent videos are less exciting than the ‘old school’ Bandit.  What made the older videos great for me was the intensity of being invested in the rollercoaster Reel King sessions, the surprise of the monster hit on Jammin Jars or the comedy of him grinding out for a bonus on a game which took 700 spins to arrive and went for 29p. The nature of the way he is gambling now is less interesting to me as a viewer and It feels to me like Steve is not really enjoying making the videos as much as he used to. However, I still enjoy them because I like Steve as a character, he’s a funny guy. I think we just have to just accept that this is where YouTube gambling content and online slots in general has evolved to. It’s not really feasible to make content with no auto or turbo spins anymore and most games are now geared up for bonus buys. Luckily the Bandit has a 5+ year back catalogue of pure gold on YouTube available for free and I will still watch the new videos and appreciate that he is making the effort to put them out.

To be fair I don’t think he has any control over the frequency of adverts, just the option to have them turned on or off. Obviously he turns them on for the revenue, which is fair enough as he has to generate some sort of return. I find as long as you wait the 5 seconds and skip the first advert you don’t tend to get many after that. Failing that, YouTube premium.

Hi Phil, do you know if casinos can tell if you are using a VPN rather than physically located in that country? Reason I ask is that I was using BC game with no problems for a week or so on an Irish VPN, but the last few days it won’t let me log in (using same Ireland VPN setting) saying it doesn’t accept customers from my region. I’ve also noticed in the past that you can’t access Bet365 with a VPN turned on no matter what country it’s set to.

This is weird.

No, I fucking hope not.