This is what I got from the net
Gambling back in Batam to lure neighboring tourists
More Singaporeans and Malaysians have been spending their weekends in Batam, Riau Islands, over the last few months after the reemergence of gambling-related recreation and gaming centers on the island.
Local authorities have denied that they have revived gambling in Batam, although records show that officials have recently issued 14 licenses for recreation and gaming facilities to revive tourism and to provide entertainment facilities for foreign investors on Batam.
“An increasing number of foreign tourists have been gradually reviving the island’s service industry such as hotels, restaurants and transportation, and indirectly generating more job opportunities on the island,” Yusfa Hendri, the head of the Batam municipal tourism office, said here on Monday.
Yusfa said that the office had received 30 applications for recreation and gaming center licenses and had issued 30 licenses.
The recreation and gaming centers, which provide gambling machines, have attracted Malaysians and Singaporeans, who are limited to gambling at home to the mountaintop casino in Tanah Genting, Malaysia, and to two recently opened casinos, the Marina Bay Sands and the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.
The centers in Batam have also attracted foreign investors to other nearby islands in Riau Islands, such as Bintan and Tanjungpinang.
The police shut down gaming centers in Batam in November 2011, following protests from local Muslim clerics.
Gambling in Riau Islands was put to an ostensible end in July 2005, when the National Police was headed by Gen. (ret.) Sutanto.
Yusfa denied that the recreation and gaming centers, which are located in malls and shopping centers, had become gambling sites.
The arcades, some of which feature state-of-the-art slot machines, are typically located in shopping malls and open before the majority of other shops and close late in the evening.
At one such gaming center, no children could be observed, only adults who appeared to be foreigners who inserted currency directly into the machines.
Critics say that the local police’s apparent tolerance of gambling in the gaming areas was connected to the alleged payment of bribes to government officials and law enforcement officers.
The gaming centers that operate slot machines in Batam are apparently intended to take advantage of tourists from Singapore, which is closer to Batam than Malaysia.
Yusfa said that the tourism office would continue its programs to build recreation and gaming centers to entice foreigners to visit the island and to generate more job opportunities for local residents.
He said that he hoped that the presence of more tourists would increase the revenue and tax receipts of the municipal administration.
The arcades contribute up to Rp 1 billion (US$107,000) to the municipality’s coffers every month, according to officials.
Meanwhile, the head of the Riau Islands chapter of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Tengku Asyari Abbas, said the apparent official encouragement of gambling in Batam showed that hypocrisy had become a trait of the people and the government.
Asyari also said that the indecisive nature of the government in upholding the law had allowed gambling to thrive.
“The MUI has urged Batam Mayor Ahmad Dahlan to revoke the permits of the gaming arenas due to the negative rather than positive implications. The rules in Indonesia, especially religious rules, prohibit all forms of gambling activities,” Asyari said.
Tourist arrivals to Batam plummeted to under 1 million from a high of 1.5 million after former National Police chief Gen. Sutanto banned gambling in the region in 2005.
However, tourist numbers have slowly rebounded after gambling was reintroduced to Batam on a small scale in 2008, when the Batam municipality issued permits to 27 arcades to operate 800 machines.
I missed the shophouses fruits with bars slots, poker machines n horse racing machines
Bro you mean batam slots at formosa hotel?
Yes, those types, full screen blue bars rp5 million, red bars rp3 million, yellow bars 1million ..... miss them
Today Wed you know? :p and me going RWS tonight.
Made a lost $3.5k trip last Sunday, nothing worth to mention, same old habit, recovered BR liao still continued playing and eventually lost all. Told myself not going to repeat the same old mistake, but repeated it again and again.
I have no interest to visit Batam, rather say bo bian visit because I can't take ferry, sighzzz.
I remember those types got no free games.......either all fruits or all bars.... if I am not wrong the bells as well
Today Wed you know? :p and me going RWS tonight. QUOTE]
I was there yest. Spent 1 hr at GR. I saw JP3 was $300+. So I said stay for a while until this JP dropped. Tried one 5D and 5K. At one point I was playing 2 at the same time when one machine hit feature. Alamak, all the usual lousy features. The 5K gave me pretty consistent feature play, but all sucks, no matter what fish I choose. Sian. In the end, I lost $1k and also didnt win the JP3.
Moved inside to PS. More lousy features followed. I played all the available 5D/5K and even tried 50D, but no payment. Even FFF2c are just giving me 3 black eyes (pair) only despite I hit 300cr and getting many FFF features. End of the day, $3k gone plus all the GP too.
After the session, I was thinking to myself, am I getting numb to small payout or is it really true that the feature payout sucks???
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Btw, Bro Kia, your favourite 5c 5K gave an old uncle 3 retriggers on 150cr. He was so happy and shouting....2 chairs away, a guy was playing the 2c 5K and that was also in good timing. Many features with good payment (at least some A+9 FH with Fish) at 300cr. After they left, I also tried the 2c 5K, alas, all the features used up liao, I could even get any feature. What a lousy day!
Today Wed you know? :p and me going RWS tonight. QUOTE]
I was there yest. Spent 1 hr at GR. I saw JP3 was $300+. So I said stay for a while until this JP dropped. Tried one 5D and 5K. At one point I was playing 2 at the same time when one machine hit feature. Alamak, all the usual lousy features. The 5K gave me pretty consistent feature play, but all sucks, no matter what fish I choose. Sian. In the end, I lost $1k and also didnt win the JP3.
Moved inside to PS. More lousy features followed. I played all the available 5D/5K and even tried 50D, but no payment. Even FFF2c are just giving me 3 black eyes (pair) only despite I hit 300cr and getting many FFF features. End of the day, $3k gone plus all the GP too.
After the session, I was thinking to myself, am I getting numb to small payout or is it really true that the feature payout sucks???
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Btw, Bro Kia, your favourite 5c 5K gave an old uncle 3 retriggers on 150cr. He was so happy and shouting....2 chairs away, a guy was playing the 2c 5K and that was also in good timing. Many features with good payment (at least some A+9 FH with Fish) at 300cr. After they left, I also tried the 2c 5K, alas, all the features used up liao, I could even get any feature. What a lousy day!
Bro that happens to me as well, sometimes cant stop blaming on bad luck
Today Wed you know? :p and me going RWS tonight.
Made a lost $3.5k trip last Sunday, nothing worth to mention, same old habit, recovered BR liao still continued playing and eventually lost all. Told myself not going to repeat the same old mistake, but repeated it again and again.
I have no interest to visit Batam, rather say bo bian visit because I can't take ferry, sighzzz.
Yap, but with $50 can tahan 1-2 days playing slots there, free rokok, drinks and food.
Chio ceweks nice!Bro I cant do it lo, I been formosa few times but always kena makan.....I prefer the pacific hotel casino,not so pack with ppl and I like the chio ceweks
Bro that happens to me as well, sometimes cant stop blaming on bad luck
no lah, RWS slots is quite tight and 90% of the bonus feature suck as i have noticed....
Was at rws yesterday...
Anyone notice that there seems to be much lesser punters as before?
Used to see big crowds gather around the tables, but now many tables either closed or empty with no players.
no lah, RWS slots is quite tight and 90% of the bonus feature suck as i have noticed....
I think (Just my own gauge):
- 50% of the features are below average (10-30 times Cr) => bet 60 and get upto 2000
- 40% are average (30-60 times Cr) => bet 60 and get upto 3600
- 10% extraordinary (>60 times Cr) => bet 60 and get at least 3600 cr onwards
For a player to sustain play, we need to get a average payout machine. A below average machine will suck BR dry in no time unless this machine is giving very frequent featues.
Feel free to comment. Cheers.
I think (Just my own gauge):
- 50% of the features are below average (10-30 times Cr) => bet 60 and get upto 2000
- 40% are average (30-60 times Cr) => bet 60 and get upto 3600
- 10% extraordinary (>60 times Cr) => bet 60 and get at least 3600 cr onwards
For a player to sustain play, we need to get a average payout machine. A below average machine will suck BR dry in no time unless this machine is giving very frequent featues.
Feel free to comment. Cheers.
This is what I think of a slot machine usually payout (from my game experiences) :
Feature payout 500-2,000cr is below average, (30-50% of the time, which mean you get such result for 3~5 times out of 10 feature games).
Feature payout between 2,000-6,000cr is average, (40-50%) Mostly eat a bit and pay back a bit.
Feature payout between 6,000cr~10,000 is above average, (10-20%), may consider to continue for a little more time to see the next few feature games result, possibility of hitting a super good is higher than getting a super bad one.
Super good payout 10,000cr and above (1-5%) Run asap coz you probably only get this result 1 out of 40 feature games.
Super bad payout out less than 500cr (5-10%). Giveup asap before you get burnt.