The game is ' Deuces Wild' and the format is as follows:

With the progressives at their 'reset' levels, $250 for 4 deuces and $1000 for the Royal, this game has a long term return of 96.55%. When I saw the machine, the progressive on the 4 deuces was $375 and the Royal was $1409. Were those high enough to make this game worth playing? Let's do some math here. A player using proper playing strategy will average 4 deuces once in every 4900 hands for a probability of .000204. With a payout of 200 coins per coin played, that provides 4.08% of the return. With the progressive at $375 or 300 coins per coin played, the return is .000204 X 300 = 6.12%. So we've gone from a 96.55% return to 98.57%. The royal will occur once every 45,000 hands on average, so its probability is .0000222. With a payout of 800 coins per coin played, we get 1.78% of the return from a Royal. At $1400 the Royal is paying 1120 coins, so the return is .0000222 X 1120 = 2.49%. That raises the total long term payout to 99.28%. Throw in a good slot club and this machine is worth playing.

A good rule of thumb is that each $125 increase in the value of a 4 deuces progressive increases the long term return by 2%. Each $100 increase in the Royal increases the return by a scant .2%, so it takes over $500 to add 1% to the long term payout, so don't let a high Royal 'suck' you in; it's the deuces that matter.