How to find and unlock a bar, take a reading, add a machine, and read the intel the network builds. Nothing here needs a manual, but every agent hits one of these questions eventually.
A network of agents tracking the jackpot displays on slot machines at Wisconsin bars. You snap a photo of a machine's jackpot display, the app reads the amounts, and every reading adds to that machine's history. Over time the app learns the range where each jackpot usually pays and tells you which machines are worth a look right now.
Yes. Readings are checked against your phone's location, and the app only accepts them from inside the bar. If your phone's GPS is off by a bit, the app will ask you to confirm you are there. That is how the network keeps its readings honest.
Nothing during the beta. Everyone has full clearance while we are in beta, and beta pioneers keep Premium for life. At launch there will be a free tier and a Premium tier. Free agents unlock a bar for a week by reading its machines. Premium unlocks every bar, all the time, and adds timing windows, confidence ratings, crowd estimates, and Ghost Mode.
No. JackpotSpy shows statistical estimates built from crowd-contributed readings, for entertainment only. Slot machines are random. No outcome is ever guaranteed. You must be 21 or older to play in Wisconsin. If gambling is a problem for you or someone you know, call 1-800-GAMBLE-5.
Open the app at the bar. The Home screen looks for tracked bars near you and shows the closest one. You can also search by bar name, or by the name of a machine to find bars that have it.
Yes. From Home, add a location and confirm the place from the list. Once it is in, add its machines and it starts building history for everyone.
Tap Refresh in the current-location banner. If it still cannot see the bar, search for it by name. Some bars have a map pin that sits a little off from the building. If that keeps happening at one bar, send us a note from the app and we will fix the pin.
A bar is unlocked when you can see its full detail: every machine, every jackpot's history, current amounts, and how close each jackpot is to its usual hit range. Contribute one reading at a bar and the whole bar unlocks for you for a week. Premium agents see every bar unlocked all the time.
One reading of one machine's jackpot display, at one moment. The app records the amounts on the display, the machine, the bar, and the time. That is the raw material for everything else.
Hold your phone upright, get the whole jackpot display in frame with every level visible, and hold still for a second. The app reads the numbers and shows you what it saw before anything is saved. Bright, straight-on shots read best.
Yes, at any bar that already has at least one tracked machine. Pick the machine, pick the level, and enter the amount. The same location rules apply. Manual entry is there for anyone who would rather not raise a phone camera in a crowded bar.
On the confirmation screen, tap Fix a value and correct it before you submit. If you notice after submitting, open the entry in the machine's history within 24 hours and mark it as entered wrong. The bad reading is set aside and the history stays clean.
Tell it. When a photo does not clearly match, the app shows you the bar's lineup with pictures and game lists, and you pick the machine you are standing at. If the lineup does not include your machine, you can add it.
Jackpot amounts only go down when the jackpot hits. If your new reading is lower than the last one, the app checks whether that was a hit or a misread. Answer honestly. A real hit is valuable intel. A misread is easy to correct on the spot.
Yes. Every reading is a point on that jackpot's timeline. More readings, closer together, give everyone a clearer picture of how fast it climbs. There is no such thing as too many.
Other agents see your code name and a rough time, like "this evening" or "2 days ago." Never your email, your name, or the exact minute you were somewhere. Premium agents can turn on Ghost Mode, which hides their readings from other agents entirely while the predictions still count them.
Choose to add a machine, take a photo of its jackpot display, and the app identifies the machine and reads its levels. Confirm what it found and the machine is live at that bar with its first reading already recorded.
Wisconsin bars can have five machines at most, and bars swap machines out more often than you would think. Telling the app what happened keeps the history right. A replaced machine is retired with its history kept. A second copy of the same machine is tracked separately from its twin. A new machine simply starts fresh.
The same cabinet is sold under several names, and the name on the glass can differ from the catalog name. Check the list of games the app shows against what the machine offers. If the games match, it is the right machine. If you are not sure, the lineup picker lets you choose, and a quick note from the app tells us to add the on-glass name to the catalog.
Browse the catalog with pictures and game lists. If it is truly missing, tap "My machine isn't here, send it to HQ." Your photo comes to us, we add the machine, and it becomes trackable on a future visit.
At many bars, several machines feed the same top jackpot. One prize, one dollar amount, shown on every connected machine. When you add a machine like that, the app asks whether the display shows the shared top jackpot, and links it for everyone. Linked jackpots wear a small "Shared" tag.
Add it like normal. The app asks which machine it replaced, retires that one with its history kept, and starts tracking the new one immediately.
They describe how much the network knows about one jackpot level at one bar. Established means agents have watched that level hit at this bar, so the app knows the range it usually pays in and can forecast it. Calibrating means readings exist and the climb is being tracked, but nobody has caught it hitting yet. You can see progress, but timing stays rough. More contributions needed means there are not enough readings yet to say anything useful. A few more readings change that. A machine's badge counts its levels, like "Established · 2 of 5 levels," because each level is learned on its own.
The dollar range where this jackpot has actually paid out at this bar in the past. The progress bar shows where the current amount sits relative to that range. Inside the range is the strike zone.
An orange flame means the jackpot has climbed into the range where it has hit before at this bar. That is a proven pattern. A purple flame is a crowd watch: agents who play here have set targets for it and the amount is approaching them, but the level has not been proven yet. AT MAX means the display has reached its cap, the strongest "due now" signal there is.
A number out of 10 next to a forecast, with a note like "3 hits recorded." It tells you how much to trust the displayed hit range for that level. More hits watched and a steadier pattern mean a higher number. It is not the odds of a hit today. It is how solid the range is.
An estimate of when the jackpot is likely to reach its usual hit range, based on how it has been climbing. Free agents see rough timing like "due soon." Premium agents see date windows. Both are estimates from crowd readings, never a promise.
Hot means the jackpot is inside the range where it has paid before. Slot machines are random inside that range, and sometimes outside it. The app tells you where a jackpot stands in its own history. It cannot tell you what the machine will do in the next hour.
Amounts are as of the last reading anyone took. If the display in front of you says otherwise, snap it. Your reading updates the machine for everyone.
Two views on the Hottest screen. Crowd Watch lists jackpots that look ready right now at bars near you, closest first. Recent Hits is a feed of jackpots that recently paid out, each with the story of its climb and reset, so you can see what actually hits and how often.
Your own guess for where a jackpot will hit. Set one on any level. Once enough agents have set targets on a level, the app shows what the crowd expects, but only after you have committed your own guess, so nobody just copies the room.
Because they are different machines. The same model is set up differently at every bar, so each one is tracked on its own, with its own history and its own hit range.
The alias other agents see. You pick one when you sign up, from a few the app offers or your own. A good alias is for life.
Profile, then Account, then Delete account. Your login, email, and personal data are deleted. Your contributions stay in the bar's history, attributed to a retired agent, because the community's record is never destroyed.
Open the menu on their contribution and report it, or block the agent. Blocked agents disappear from what you see. Reports come straight to us.
Shake your phone, or go to Profile and tap Send Intel to HQ. Every note is read, and most of them turn into changes you will see in the Field Updates.
Follow the two-minute walkthrough at jackpotspy.ai/join-beta.html. It shows every screen, including what TestFlight looks like the first time.
Apple's markers for early-release apps. Nothing is wrong with your phone or the app.
Open TestFlight and tap Update. Beta builds have a shelf life, and a fresh build is always out well before then.
On iPhone, TestFlight installs them automatically. On Android, download the latest version from jackpotspy.ai. The Field Updates page says what changed in each one.
Shake your phone in the app, or reply to any email from HQ. Every note gets read.
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