How bots play
Bots are automated participants that play in a tournament next to real players. They make a tournament with only a few real players look and feel active. Bots bet, score, and rank on the leaderboard just like players.
Bots never place real bets. No money is wagered, they create no game transactions, and they do not change the tournament’s Total Bet Amount or Total Win Amount. Bots are never paid a prize.
To turn bots on, see Creating a tournament.
What players see
In the Widget and the Lobby, a bot looks like any other player: it has a name such as FastRiver232, a
score, and a rank. There is no visual marker that tells players and bots apart.
- The player count shown to players includes bots.
- Bot names use the same style that Gamity gives players whose casino does not send a player name: an English adjective, an English noun, and a number between 100 and 999. On brands where the casino sends its own player names, bot names can look different from them.
In the Back Office, bots have a Bot badge on the leaderboard. See Managing a tournament.
Joining and playing
Each bot is one of three kinds, chosen at random for each tournament.
| Kind of bot | How it plays | Rest between sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Casual (most bots) | A few bets, then a long break. | 1 to 4 days |
| Regular | Medium sessions and medium breaks. | 12 to 36 hours |
| Heavy player (a few bots) | Long sessions, shorter breaks. | 6 to 18 hours |
- Joining: the first 3 bots join within about 5 minutes of the start. The rest join at random times during the first 30% of the tournament. With Instant populate switched on, all bots join within the first few minutes. This suits long-running demo tournaments.
- Pace: bots play in short sessions at a human-like pace, with a few seconds between spins and occasional longer pauses.
- Limited numbers: only a few bots play on their own at the same time. That is 2, or the number of players active in the last 30 minutes if that is higher. Reactions to players (below) are not limited this way.
- Round the clock: bots have no day or night pattern. They never play after the tournament ends.
- Games: bots only play the tournament’s games.
- Empty tournament: if there are no real players at all, each bot stops adding score after a limited amount of play, so an empty tournament does not fill up with huge bot scores.
Reacting to players
Bots also react to real players. They only react to players who have played in the last 10 minutes, and a bot that has just played waits 10 minutes before it can react. Reactions are likely, but not guaranteed.
| Reaction | What happens |
|---|---|
| Chase | A player passes a bot. The bot directly below that player may come back and play until it is just above the player, if it can realistically get there. Only one bot chases each player. |
| Defend | A player gets close to a bot from below (within 80% of the bot’s score). The bot may play another session. |
| Final push | In the last 10% of the tournament, each bot may play one more session, but only while at least one real player has been active in the last 30 minutes. |
Bet sizes
Bots bet realistic amounts for the tournament.
- Until players have used 5 different bet amounts: bots bet small multiples of the
Min Bet Amount(1x, 2x, 2.5x, or 5x). They never bet more than the highest bet a player has placed. - Once players have used at least 5 different bet amounts: bots pick from those amounts. Casual bots pick from the lower ones and heavier bots from the higher ones. They never use the highest amount.
Each different amount counts once, however often it was used. A single very large bet widens the range.
Prizes and ranks
Bots can pass anyone, including the leader, and can finish in prize ranks.
A prize at a rank held by a bot is not paid to anyone. Each real player receives the prize of their own final rank. For example, a bot finishes 1st and a player finishes 2nd. The player gets the 2nd-place prize, and the 1st-place prize is not paid.
With few players and many bots, bots can take most of the prize ranks. If bots hold every prize rank, there is nothing to approve or pay.
Tips
- Bots are paced for tournaments of several days. On a tournament of a day or less, most bots play only once or twice, mainly early on and when players are active.
- The player count players see includes bots.