Big wins and revelations
This week, Trainwreckstv has made the VegasSlotsOnline News headlines for different reasons. Firstly, he tied his own record for the biggest online slot win of all time, with his second $50m win in one month. He bagged the win on Stake game, Valkyrie Red Strike.
he has put a total of $2bn into a single slot called Wanted Dead or a Wild
In the same week, the Texan streamer highlighted something that demonstrated the sheer quantities of cash these streamers are pumping into online slots. He revealed that he has put a total of $2bn into a single slot called Wanted Dead or a Wild by Hacksaw Gaming, dong so in almost 1.5 million spins:
In just a few days, Trainwreckstv showed us the two sides to gambling streaming. The stories that tend to grab the headlines are those of the huge wins, be it Train, Roshtein, or Xposed. But those wins come at a cost. As they compete for the biggest win of all time, these streamers are spinning through eye-watering amounts of money.
So, what can modern slots players learn from these revelations?
The numbers
The $2bn wagering amount from Train is almost impossible to understand unless you break down those figures even further.
He has spun 1.38 million times and wagered $2bn in that time. At 600 spins per hour, that amount of spins would require more than 2,300 hours of gameplay. That represents years of gameplay on the Hacksaw Gaming slot, which is one of the most popular slots among streamers online.
hit a $18.7m win in 2022 thanks to a stake of $1,500
In fact, it isn’t even Train that has the biggest win on Wanted. That title goes to Rosthein, who hit a $18.7m win in 2022 thanks to a stake of $1,500. Train’s biggest win on the Hacksaw slot came one year after that, when he took home $9.9m, also betting $1,500 to do so. Xposed is next up with a $2m win in 2025 courtesy of a $400 bet.
Volatility demands volume
So, what can slots players learn from Trainwreck’s $2bn confession? Well, the most important learning is that high volatility requires high volume to turn a profit.
Wanted is an extremely volatile game with a huge top-end potential. That means it has rare payouts and long losing stretches. These kinds of games are not designed around regular wins for slots players, they’re designed to keep players hunting for that massive payout at the cost of smaller stakes.
Players endure long stretches of ordinary results because they are chasing an exceptional one
VSO News discussed in a recent article the reason for our love of these longshots. Just like we all love to see an underdog secure success in sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, huge max wins are attractive to players partly because they are so rare. Players endure long stretches of ordinary results because they are chasing an exceptional one.
We only see the highlights
The second learning to take from Train’s confession is that we don’t always see the whole picture. Highlights on Kick and social media revolve around huge wins. Here at VSO News for instance, we regularly publish our Big Win Wednesday to show you the massive paydays earned by streamers each week. What that doesn’t show, however, are the many spins it took to get there.
Train’s numbers reveal the work that he puts in behind the scenes
We can compare it to sports in a way and watching your favorite team or athlete play. You get to see the highlights of their wins, including the goals and all of the glory. What you don’t see are the hours of painstaking training and gym work to get the athletes to that point. Train’s numbers reveal the work that he puts in behind the scenes.
The reality of it all
So, while the headline-grabbing number might have initially have been the $50m slot win by Train, the real story is the $2bn wagered with 1.38 million spins. This shows the reality of modern high-volatility slots and the world of gambling streaming, which is often glamorized by highlights online.
Players will continue to chase the big one, not because it is likely, but because it is so rare. In this modern age of online slot gambling, that is the most powerful force that keeps players gambling.
