Reason for playing multi-draw games?

[Tedlark]

Do you find full pay multiline available in Vegas?
Even if available, don't they just multiply the pain or or gain? what"s the point? Certainly more excitement.

To simplify the analysis, suppose you're dealt 4 to a royal. Which opportunity would you prefer?

(1) [single line, $1 denom] one chance at $4000, or
(2) [multi line, 10c denom], ten chances at $400

I think most players would choose option 1 because they're trying to hit jackpots. I would choose option 2 every day, and twice on Monday.

As for availability in Nevada, it is hard to find good multi. Sometimes I have to accept single, but I'm not happy about it.

I personally, would also choose the multi-line option. When comparing the two above options, what also needs to be weighed is in option 1, what the winnings would be if it were a dud hand. The player did not connect on the royal, nor, connect on any of the 3 or 4 face cards making up the 4 to the royal. In option 2, you have 10 chances of making something back.

[lochu]

I'd play multi line if I want to bet bigger but with less volatility. For example I prefer $25 bets playing 10 play .50 denomination instead of single line $5 denomination.

[onemoretry]

I'd play multi line if I want to bet bigger but with less volatility. For example I prefer $25 bets playing 10 play .50 denomination instead of single line $5 denomination.

Exactly my thinking, as well.

[onemoretry]

I'd play multi line if I want to bet bigger but with less volatility. For example I prefer $25 bets playing 10 play .50 denomination instead of single line $5 denomination.

Exactly my thinking, as well.

[tech58]

Still intrigued by multi-line.
Picked up a comment, with no explanation, on WOO that concurred on the EV and said that multi has less variance.
Not sure why that is. Since I confuse easily can anyone help me out here.

[atomic2025]

It's all about something called Variance.

If both single line and multiline games offer the same promotion/ratings etc, for the same bet, multi-line games have much lower variance, which means you can coin-in a lot with the same bankroll on multi-line games.

For example, with a $2,000 bankroll, you might get about 2 hours of play on $1 10‑play Jacks or Better, versus only around 10 minutes on $10 single‑line.

Multi-play games are ideal for promotions because their lower variance lets you maximize coin-in - and therefore earn more points, comps, and slot dollars - within the promotion window.

[tech58]

I understand variance and don't know the variance of multi-line at the pay tables available to me. FP JOB is around 19 I believe.
But at what point the worse pay-tables for multi more than off-set the variance advantage is still not clear to me.
If someone finds 9/6 JOB on multi I fully understand the deal.
Where I live that option does not exist.

[atomic2025]

I understand variance and don't know the variance of multi-line at the pay tables available to me. FP JOB is around 19 I believe.
But at what point the worse pay-tables for multi more than off-set the variance advantage is still not clear to me.
If someone finds 9/6 JOB on multi I fully understand the deal.
Where I live that option does not exist.

Sometimes the game with the worse pay-table has better base rate of earning slot dollar or comps. With promotional multipliers, the total return can be better than the better games with lower base rate. For example with 10X multiplier promotion, the 98.5% game with base rate of 0.25% is better than the 99.54% game with base rate of 0.05%.

You need to look at both variance and the overall return of the game. If one return is 100.5% single line while 100.4% for multi line, I will go play the 100.4% game due to low variance, giving up the 0.1% of return so I don’t need to struggle with getting more bankroll when I am tapped out.

It’s an art. You need to look at the whole picture and figure out all the details.

[olds442jetaway]

I get it Tech. I think I may have to change my handle to Chemo Brain. As an example of what’s above, I have had 10 straight sessions with positive results on a 96 percent game on Triple Spin Poker. See the Bizarro thread if you are interested. Thanks guys for the explanation on variance