Kadala “Double Legendary” Buff is broken

I’m just a casual player, so I don’t have tons of data, but I did go through most slots and tried to get 200+ gambles on each (didn’t make it with weapons or amulets). Below are my results. Odds = odds of getting this many legendaries or fewer assuming a 20% legendary rate (computed using BINOM.DIST(legendaries,gambled,0.2,TRUE) in Excel). Unless indicated otherwise, gambles all occurred on my main, a Necro.

Slot		Gambled		Legendaries		Success_rate		Odds

Helm		201			44				21.8%				77.8%
Boots		237			26				11.0%				0.015%
Belt		200			31				15.5%				6.3%
Pants		200			44				22.0%				78.9%
Shield		207			47				22.7%				85.5%
Gloves		202			43				21.3%				71.1%
Chest		209			22				10.5%				0.018%
Shoulders	204			38				18.6%				34.9%
Bracers		215			34				15.8%				7.1%
1-hand Weap	43			11				25.6%				86.5%
Quiver		201			40				19.9%				52.8%
Orb			221			29				13.1%				0.50%
Mojo		210			58				27.6%				99.7%
Phylactery	209			40				19.1%				41.8%
Ring		223			23				10.3%				0.008%
Amulet		41			9				22.0%				70.4%

Ring(Wiz)	122			7				5.7%				0.001%
Helm(Wiz)	64			13				20.3%				59.8%

From this, and from reading what other people have posted, I am pretty convinced that Boots, Chest armor, and Rings are either not doubled, or were doubled but started at a lower legendary drop rate. (Since nobody has ever postulated that these slots drop legendaries at half the rate of other slots, I’m more inclined to believe that the buff just isn’t working on these slots.)

Orbs seem low, and Mojos seem high, but those numbers aren’t so far out of the realm of possibility that I’m convinced anything is amiss there.

Bottom line, I would avoid gambling rings, chest armor, or boots.

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