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Whether slot machines in traditional ‘brick & mortar’ casinos adhere to fair-gaming standards has been the subject of much discussion for several years and continues until today, especially in light (or darkness) of the arrival of Internet casino slots.
How actual land-based casino slot machines operate allows for any number of “variations” which can mislead the customer. And though these machines and the overall practice is absolutely illegal, it’s safe to say some unsuspecting luck-seekers will get screwed by more one-armed bandits today, tomorrow, and sadly forever after, unless – of course – they switch to playing online casino slots where players are often more safe than sorry.
Counting on RNGs
Online casino slots games operate on an electronic “random number generator” (RNG), operating within a very large computer program which controls the game graphics, the accounts of players joining a game, the statistics of each hand played, and loads more.
A random number generator consists of hard-coded software instructions that remain consistent & do not change. No “magic button” exists that can be switched on/off in order to alter players’ odds… for better or worse. Concerning control parameters, the RNG’s every move is programmed to function the same way as the preceding one, and each one after that. The reels shall spin randomly, although the pattern of randomness essentially never changes. Thus, software-based online casino slot machines clearly offer a definite advantage.
OK, so what's the pay-off?
Land-based casino slots differ from venue to venue with regard to their payout percentage rates. These can be as little as eighty-three percent. With online casino slots, on the other hand, each game is programmed to have the identical winning rate as the other slot games.
Increasingly more Internet casinos are publishing their average pay-out percentage rates on their websites in order that propsective slots buffs can get an idea of precisely how well a particular gambling site pays its guests. These are only ballpark numbers due to the fact that different games comprise different payout percentages. When surveying the payout percentages at various online casinos, you’ll notice they are usually above 96%. In other words the “House” generates an average profit of 4%.
The fact is, the majority of online casinos provide generous payout percentage rates, often ranging between as much as 97 and 98 percent. Being Internet-based affords online casinos an unambiguous advantage over “brick & mortar” venues with respect to operating expenditures.
To demonstrate this point even better, imagine you are playing online casino slots with a $100 budget and the casino’s avergae payout rate is 97%. Theoretically you would lose an average of $3 over time.
So, to answer the initial question of whether Internet casino slots are truly fair or not, you can bet your last dollar they’re fair; even more so than those conventional and appropriately named ‘one-armed bandits’ found in land-based casinos.
Additionally, increasingly more online operators are seeing to it that their games go through regular testing by autonomous auditors and labs like Technical System Testing (TST). Again, any gaming venue truly on the up and up will not hesitate to post a testing company’s logo on their homepage (normally at the bottom) as a means of building player confidence.
Clearly no casino – online, offline, or out-of-line – will guarantee visitors that they are indeed going to win. Gambling, afterall, is all about risk-taking. However, players opting to indulge in online slot games – or any other games on the Web – can look forward to having two very significant advantages: better odds and total consistency.
There's no gambling place like home
So, whenever the need for your next slots fix comes up, even if a land-based casino is located right across the street from your house, if you are wagering to win as much cash as you can, the truth is you’re way better off staying home (with the family) and logging on to an online casino. The likelihood of your coming out a bigger winner is just plain greater.
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