I am often asked this question. Someone hears what SpinLucki™ Slot Tracker does, that players log their jackpots and the community sees where wins were reported, and they ask: does tracking jackpots actually work?
Yes, it works the way a good trip plan works. It starts before you get there. There is preparation, discussion, budgeting and most importantly anticipation before you go. Will this be the night? What machines are we going to play? Do we start on the floor or in the high limit room?
The night starts at home
When Kristina and I lived in Palm Beach we would either drive to the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood or fly out of Palm Beach International to Las Vegas. Our casino journey always started when we got home from work and one of us would say, "let's go." That's when your experience begins to shape. Getting dressed up. Deciding where to eat. How much bankroll do we bring? Then the conversation in the car or on the plane: Who had the biggest jackpot, were we going to use bigger or smaller denominations? What was the name of the machine we got the hand pay on the last trip? Hey, look on your phone for that photo.
By the time we walk onto the floor, we have been enjoying the trip for two hours if we were driving to Seminole Hard Rock or maybe for two months if we were flying into Las Vegas. Being on the casino floor is the last part of it. The impulse, planning, conversation and anticipation make the casino a special, personalized experience. What we noticed was how much of that conversation ran on memory, and how often our memory was wrong. Those personal experiences inspired SpinLucki's Journey Card design.
What the record captures
SpinLucki™ Slot Tracker captures the jackpot trophy photo, reads the date, time and location from it and suggests the nearest casino. The subscriber adds the machine, denomination, bet amount, jackpot amount, and the number of spins until they win. In total, eight small bits of data (3 of which are collected automatically) and 5 logged by the subscriber. In less time than it takes for the casino to pay you, vague memories are replaced with reliable, searchable information.
Tracking your jackpot wins and those of the SpinLucki community lets you decide, based on reported activity which casino, day and times have the most reported activity? Ever been to the casino when there were many people there and other times when you couldn't get on your favorite machine? And I'm sure you have been to the casino when it was busy and you didn't hit anything and you've played early in the morning when you had the floor to yourself and hit a jackpot.
SpinLucki's Know Before You Go is what I am describing and why the data we collect works for players. You are not limited to your memory of the last trip or your last win. You have a set of data your memory never had. SpinLucki™ Slot Tracker gives you two things to bring with you on your next trip. The first is your own record. Your personal trophy case of every jackpot: no more scrolling through photos. And the ability to search by casino, machine, day and time immediately answers "Do you remember when...?"
Planning the trip
Search and research to aid you in planning your next journey into that Slot Universe or SlotVerse. Before we leave, we open Player Studio and look at Spin to Win Insights, which graphically depicts how many spins players said it took them, from sitting down to a win of $1,000 or greater. We also review the SpinLucki Win Map, another graphical depiction of reported wins (yours or the subscriber community) by day of the week and time of day. The brighter the color, the more reported wins. This helps us decide when and where. Planning is the fun part and the part that builds the anticipation of your next SlotVerse Journey.
Once we have checked Player Studio, we then take a deep dive into the casino itself. We go to The Slot Universe where we can dive deep into any one of 360 casinos. Here is a focused and detailed look inside the numbers.
Now we are ready to plan our trip. We go to SlotVerse Journey and create a Journey Card. We select a Slot Influencer that inspired our trip, the casino and date and duration of our trip. Next, we use the Bankroll feature to get an idea of our budget and play time. Lastly we can choose from machines with reported wins and/or machines that fit our player profile. Now, we save the Journey Card, activate it for win logging and email it or print it.
So, does it work?
I will say it plainly: having this is better than walking in with nothing. The trip is better when it starts at home. So, does it work? Yes. The planning is better. The conversation on the journey is better. The floor is the last part of a night that started at home, with a plan we made together. Your evening does not have to be unplanned. And we don't have to follow the plan. And when we have tried everything and we wonder "What do we do now?" we open the Journey Card for an idea of what to try next.
If you want to see what the record looks like, start at spinlucki.com. Every membership starts with 90 days free. And if you are comparing slot tracking apps, the three types are explained at spinlucki.com/slot-trackers-compared. SpinLucki Slot Tracker is the third type, the one built on what players report.