I’ve been thinking about this for a while. Whenever I try parlays in sports betting, I sometimes hit that x10 multiplier, but honestly it’s extremely tough even when I study the games carefully and apply everything I know.
On the other hand, in slots, hitting x10 doesn’t feel that rare. It comes more often than you’d expect, yet when it happens we don’t really feel the same satisfaction. It’s almost like the brain treats the two multipliers differently.
So my question is:
(1) Is there a logical reason behind why slots make x10 feel easier to achieve?
(2) Or maybe it’s just a psychological trick because slots are designed to keep giving “small wins” to make us feel engaged?
Curious what others think, especially from people who play both slots and sports betting.
Not just slots but to any luck based games be it a dice role or spin.
One of the site I use for sports betting, 1win has a nice little spin game on each pages. We can choose the multiplier to 1.5, 2 or 3 and whenever I lose my bet on sports, I can't stop myself from trying that wheel a few times.
The psychology for me and maybe for most sports bettors is that you spend some time analyzing the result and choosing the best option to bet on. Most of the time, the multiplier is below 2 and you need to wait hours or even days and weeks to get the result. But when you lose it, you realize you could have just played it in the wheel and lost it in a matter of seconds than waiting so long. So you are willing to try your luck to undo your loss on the wheel.