Originally Posted by Dankyone View Post
Originally Posted by Slyfox56 View Post
Thanks for the info Dankyone. I thought I had read that there was more variance in the multi-line games? And that if you could find a single line, good pay table at $5 that was a better way to go?
Five play $1 VP is much lower variance than $5 single play.
Ok, I'm not arguing but not understanding either. In general I have read several sources that say variance is higher with a greater number of hands when looking at the same game. Here is one of the sources: https://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/appendix/3/

So are you saying that because you are playing $1 on 5 lines versus $5 on one line that decreases the overall loss from variance when playing $25 total coin in in each case? Would you be willing to walk through that calculation using the variance info in the link I supplied above (this is where my math skills get a bit touch and go)?

Interesting stuff, thanks.