Some machines really suck bigtime. Like the ones that look like traditional slot machines. They mostly stink. A few months ago I went to a casino in Cucuta, Colombia. Horrible. First off the atmosphere really stunk. It was like a 7-11 for slot machines. Basically the attitude there was just lose your money and leave. The machines there were set up to rarely give you payouts since they had no confidence that people would continue playing even after they won. Also ALL the slot machines were at least 20 years out of date. None of the slick graphics and sound effects we have here.
Anyway, the crappy payouts there reminded me of the CRAPPY Cleopatra machine we played. The good news is that I can now distinguish between the GOOD Cleopatra machines and the stingy ones.