Being able to win bonuses like this 1.5Mil win often requires the player to put in a max bet. A max bet will give you multipliers on multiple lines and bonuses if you hit certain combos while playing the max bet.
Even penny machines have ludicrous max bets where you can play up to 400 pennies a pull, i.e. $4 in order to take advantage of all the bonuses.
My mom and I like to play once or twice a year, but we often spend a lot of time hunting down the few old machines where the max bet is only 3 or 5 quarters. These machines will often wipe out our predetermined limits, but at least it will take a few hours rather than a few minutes.
I really don't see where all of the other folks playing the penny and dollar machines get the finances to stick it out for more than a few minutes at the newer machines.
I do the same thing...Looking for old machines...I am not a fan of new machines...I play mostly penny machines...30 pennies a bet...That is high enough for me...40 pennies a bet...That is a little too high for me...
“My mom and I like to play once or twice a year, but we often spend a lot of time hunting down the few old machines where the max bet is only 3 or 5 quarters. These machines will often wipe out our predetermined limits, but at least it will take a few hours rather than a few minutes.“
My best ever slot payout was $1200 on a progressive penny machine in Laughlin NV about 10 years ago. It was quite a thrill as the floor worker counted out that win after it was verified.