Key Takeaways
- PokerStars has adjusted the payout structure of its popular Spin & Go game to make it less top-heavy in Southern European markets including France, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
- The chances of hitting 2x and 3x multipliers have been slightly reduced, with the introduction of new 50x and 100x multipliers and the reintroduction of the 4x multiplier.
- The jackpot prize remains set at 12,000x the buy-in, but the frequency of it being hit has been significantly reduced.
- The second-highest multiplier of 240x and the 120x multiplier have been removed, making the biggest multiplier after 12,000x, 100x.
- The distribution of the prize pool when top multipliers are hit has also been adjusted, with more allocation to the second and third-place finishers.
- While these changes are currently only in the Southern European segregated markets, PokerStars hinted at the possibility of rolling out these changes globally.
PokerStars has slightly adjusted the payout structure of its uber-popular Spin & Go game, aiming to create a more balanced experience by making the payouts less top-heavy.
The new payout structure has been implemented in the operator’s Southern European segregated networks, spanning France, Portugal, and Spain, as well as in the ring-fenced Italian network.
Spin & Go games, characterized by their lottery-style sit and go format (LSNG), randomly assign prizes at the start of each tournament. Often the top prize is just two times the buy-in, which occurs nearly half the time. Payouts go up to four times, six times, ten times, and even a thousand times the buy-in — at increasingly lower frequencies.
