Mythanatos:
bronze= a loss at any level. 2-3 points
silver 10-12 points. most wins.
gold 34-35 points
platinum - somewhere around 110 i think.
the level of room dictates gold and platinum drop frequency.
Wrong! I play Rio (20k stake), and although generally I will get 5-11 points for an item in a SIlver box, there have been many times when I've only got 2 lousy points! Gold is generally no better than Silver, although on the odd occasion there might be something for 33 points, but rarely the item I'm after. And as for Platinum, usually around 33 points, with the very occasional 100+ points... all but once for items I don't want. Bronze is usually 1 or 2 points, and on rare occasions 3 points.
I have also found that the item I'm after comes less often than other items, despite it being 'Common'. There have been many 30-minute sessions where I have not got a single point in 6 or 7 games for the Common item I am after; so much for it being 'Common'! And in other sessions it will be the 6th box when I get the first point for the item I'm after, which is why I get so frustrated when people take 5 minutes or more to play a hole, and of that time my shots in total have taken less than a minute. I really don't care if I win or lose (as we keep saying, it's for worthless coins) because I know that some I'll win and some I'll lose, but the main thing is to get as many games in as possible. If every player played as fast as I do (and yes I do play well and get lots of birdies), and let's face it it's not difficult, 10 games could easily be accomplished in a 30-minute session.
I have wondered if the item I'm after would come more often if I wasn't wearing it?