Harley Davidson Slot Machine Big Win

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A good and easy advantage play is to prowl slot machines for Harley Davidsons and similar games, looking for machines abandoned in a positive state. After finding one, swoop in like a vulture and play it until you reap the value, leaving the machine in a negative state for the next player. Harley Davidson Motorcycle Slot Machine (SPA3004) Proceeds from this sale will be donated to the Dallas Police 'Assist the Officer' Foundation.

  • Appendices
  • Slots Analysis
  • Miscellaneous

Introduction

Harley Davidson slots are what are known in the industry as 'variable-state' games. That means the expected return on any given spin is variable, depending on value previous players have banked into the game or taken out. To be specific, there is a free spin bonus, where there are incrementing meters for the number of free spins. If the meters are high enough, the game offers an expected return over 100%.

A good and easy advantage play is to prowl slot machines for Harley Davidsons and similar games, looking for machines abandoned in a positive state. After finding one, swoop in like a vulture and play it until you reap the value, leaving the machine in a negative state for the next player.

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Rules

The rules for Harley Davidson are rather complicated and vague. It is beyond the scope of this page to explain them all. There are three ways the player can win, as follows. The approximate return percentage of each feature is shown in parenthesis.

  • Line pays (73.5%)
  • Wheel bonus (6.7%)
  • Free spin bonuses (5.7% on average)

I won't get into the line pays and wheel spin bonus because the return from the sum of the two is constant. What the skilled player should focus on are the free spin bonuses.

There are scatter symbols on reels 1 and 3. On reel 5 are bonus symbols. The game has a 'symbol replacement' feature, where special symbols, namely the wild, scatter, and bonus symbols, randomly replace other line pay symbols. The more the player bets, the more scatters and bonus symbols will appear.

There are four types of bonus symbols:

  • Wheel bonus
  • Mega RPM free games
  • Maxi RPM free games
  • Mini RPM free games

If the player gets 0 or 1 scatter and any of the free games bonus symbols, then one additional free game shall be added to the meter of the specific free game bonus symbol. For example, if the Maxi free spin bonus has 20 free spins in the meter and the next spin results in a Maxi free spin symbol on reel 5 (with less than two scatters on reels 1 and 3), then the Maxi free spin meter shall be incremented by one, to 21.

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The three free spin banks are different for every number of credits the player may bet, so check all if them if checking machines for positive value.

Win

If the player gets a scatter on reels 1 and 3 as well as any bonus symbol on reel 5, then the player shall play the bonus associated with the bonus symbol on reel 5.

The Mini free spin bonus meter shall reset after a bonus at 7 free spins. All free spins in the Mini free spin bonus have a 1x multiplier. Likewise, the Maxi free spin bonus resets at 8 free spins and has a 2x multiplier. Finally, the Mega free spin bonus resets at 10 free spins and has a 3x multiplier.

Free spins use separate reel stripping, with no scatters or bonus symbols. I believe the expected return of a free spin, before applying any multiplier, to be 81% to 85% of the initiating bet.

There are more Mini free spin bonus symbols than Maxis and more Maxis than Megas. Thus, the Mini will be hit the most frequently and the Mega the least.

The machine pictured in this article from the Four Queens in Las Vegas had a maximum wheel win of $10,000. Some other Harley Davidson machines have a progressive jackpot slice on the wheel. If that is the case, the expected value at any given time will also be a function of that progressive. How specifically the jackpot amount affects the value, I'm afraid I don't know.

Strategy

The big question is what is the expected return of the game according to the number of free spins in the three free spin meters. Let Mini, Maxi, and Mega be the number of free spins in each meter. Here is my answer to that question:

Return = 0.8018 + 0.003858×Mini + 0.002518×Maxi + 0.000948× Mega.

Let's take a look at the image above, as an example. It shows Mini = 23, Maxi = 30, and Mega = 97. Thus the return is 0.8018 + 0.003858×23 + 0.002518×30 + 0.000948×97 = 1.05803. In other words, the game has a 5.8% player advantage on the next spin. The value is certainly more, because the player can keep playing it in the positive state until it is no longer positive.

Another formula that works to estimate the expected value at any given state is:

Expected value = 80.18% + Mini/259 + Maxi/397 + Mega/1055.

For example, in the picture above, the return would be 80.18% + 23/259 + 30/397 + 97/1055 = 105.8%.

Rules Screens

Following are the rule screens. Click on any image for a larger version.

Internal Links

Following are analysis of similar variable-state slot machines.

  • Golden Egypt.
  • Ocean Magic.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank anonymous for sharing with me information about this game. Some of the analysis is above is based on his work. While it looks reasonable to me, I can't vouch for it 100%. Therefore, I would take the information on this page with a grain of salt.

External Links

VULTERING HARLEY DAVIDSON SLOTS — Discussion in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.


Written by: Michael Shackleford

The Harley Davidson slot machine by IGT offers Progressive Free Spins!

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Harley Davidson is an interesting slot that may seem confusing although it's really not that complex once you understand it. The base game is a lines-based which has stacks of standard wild and nudging wilds. Nudging wilds are orange, and if at least one lands on a reel, it will fully nudge wild helping you score that Big Win or Jackpot!

The bonus is triggered by landing bonus symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5 where reel 5 is one of three Progressive Free Spins symbols or the Wheel Bonus symbol. The Wheel Bonus awards you one spin of the wheel along with an extra chance to spin again on a more profitable wheel is you choose correctly after your spin. During the Wheel Bonus, there is also a Jackpot wedge giving you a shot at the Top Progressive Award, where a higher bet will give you a better chance. At maximum you can be awarded 3 spins if you are lucky on this one.

Progressive Free Spins has 3 levels: Mini, Maxi, and Mega where the number of free spins you are awarded is indicated on the display and is unique per bet level. Every time you land one of these bonus symbols in reel 5 but don't trigger the bonus, the free games counter for that bonus type increases! Additionally, your bonus wins are multiplied by 1x, 2x, or 3x for the Mini, Maxi, and Mega respectively so the Mega or even Maxi are where it's at, if the Free Games count is high. It absolutely makes sense to 'vulture' the game and only play it when at least two of the Progressive levels are on fire, indicating an above-average number of games, as you will see, Enjoy!

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Played this at a lower amount at Coconut Crk,FL and it did NOTHING.

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