SLOT PLAYERS REVOLT!

[Rusty]

Here is an email I sent to William Hill but have yet to receive a reply.

I have noticed that the video slots payout is the lowest of your games but do you have the payout % of each individual slot?
Also is each game result independent from the last and truely random?
Finally I have noticed that WH have applied for a remote Casino license will this affect payout % of your slots come September and will you be keeping the same software provider?
Many thanks


As far as I know there are thus far no Casinos using the MG software platform that have applied for a UK remote Casino license.

William Hill and Littlewoods two respected companies that have applied for remote Casino licenses both use Wager logic.

Neither of these companies currently give individual payout percentages for their slots but William Hill report their anual payout on slots at 91%

This is a well respected company that openly provides audit and payout information and yet slot payout is still only 91% now contrast this approach with MG who will not give out percentage payout information on their slots and have no Casinos that have applied for UK licenses yet we are expected to believe their slots payout is higher (around 95%).

Certainly in my long experience with MG they are nearer 85%

Zoozies slot analysis can not be faulted but it is assumed that the games are completely random and fair and that the paytables remain the same and that the reels are not changed in any way.
Non of this can be independently verified by a regulatory body.
The situation is even worse with RTG.

The fact is that slots that have a bonus feature that is activated by a scatter win and has high potential rewards surely are NOT truely random in the way they operate.
This is because the payout percentage would alter quite significantly with the number of lines played and playing just one line would yield optimum payout percentages.
This is not true of a slot that just offers free spins where they payout % remains unaltered by the amount of lines played.

This leads me to the conclusion that bonus games are manipulated in the amount that they payout and/or in the frequency they are activated or some slots may actualy be more profitable played at 1 line (Zoozie do the maths).
Certainly the first of these conclusions is unsavoury the second is unpalatable (unpalatable truth?) and the third leaves a strange after taste.

I am ready to accept my thinking or facts might be flawed in some way here and welcome thoughts and comments particular from those inside the industry.

So what does all this mean for slots players?

It means that unless RTG,MG and other major software providers find a company that is willing to use their platform in a fully regulated and licensed market (UK remote Casino license,september) there will always be legitimate questions about the fairness of their games.
For companies such as wager logic (assuming WH and Ladbrokes keep them) the opposite will be true but being legitimised in this way will not be enough if slot payout % remain so low.

Slots players you can have it all;

A properly regulated Casino using legitimate software with higher payout percentages.
All you have to do is find your voice and vote with your money.

Appologies for such a long post.

[gfkostas]

They're random too as far as the reels are concerned, but the features can still be exploited by the likes of Vinyl and the 'emptying' crew!

I have seen with my eyes people exploiting those old fashion 3 reel slots. When they win they simply press the 3 nudges buttons continuously and the machine gets stuck and pays again.

[KasinoKing]

Gone are the days of the 2p nudger!

Having met you at ICE this year I am gobsmacked that you even know what a 2p nudger is!

I would have thought you were still in nappies while I was wasting all my pocket money on those dared things which got me into gambling in the first place!!!

Some very good points Rusty, but personally because slots are high variance I don't think you can compare them to low edge games like Blackjack etc.
Obviously the higher the return the better, but at the end of the day it's your overall slots strategy which will determine your success rate over the long term.

Be lucky... then STOP!

KK

[Rusty]

I now know why I did not get a reply to my email to William Hill.

I have noticed that the video slots payout is the lowest of your games but do you have the payout % of each individual slot?
Also is each game result independent from the last and truely random?
Finally I have noticed that WH have applied for a remote Casino license will this affect payout % of your slots come September and will you be keeping the same software provider?
Many thanks


Say nothing and tell no lies see my ripped off again thread

[vinylweatherman]

I have seen with my eyes people exploiting those old fashion 3 reel slots. When they win they simply press the 3 nudges buttons continuously and the machine gets stuck and pays again.

That is just one of the "hidden" features, being the hidden hold on a win.

Around 1990, with the launch of 20p play, 777 Heaven was launched. if you got the Jackpot, and then the "flash", or "hidden hold", you set the machine on to the streak mode where you would win some £30 or more in only a few minutes. Many games had this streak mode, and they were sometimes predictable, or could be chased down provided the machine had taken enough since the last time. Cloud 999 was the most predictable of all, but later versions had a different "chip" and never streaked properly.
These good times lasted till 1996, but then the skill drained away, and endless cloned crap got released with only a few gems. I miss those days up & down the motorway streaking all the Andy Capps, Pay Rises, Rollercoasters etc. Fortunately, I found online casinos. (For my wallet, this might have been UNfortunately).
I now feel the urge for another motorway trip, but I don't want to miss all the promos offered online. it will have to be the camper van & wireless laptop to get the best of both. I just need a CHEAP way of getting online from anywhere I may be at the time.

[rob3786]

When I play at online casinos slots are the only games I play, I love them! I play online blackjack sometimes and a couple of the new games such as deal or no deal but thats about it, slots all the way for me!

[Rusty]

Having met you at ICE this year I am gobsmacked that you even know what a 2p nudger is!

I would have thought you were still in nappies while I was wasting all my pocket money on those dared things which got me into gambling in the first place!!!

Some very good points Rusty, but personally because slots are high variance I don't think you can compare them to low edge games like Blackjack etc.
Obviously the higher the return the better, but at the end of the day it's your overall slots strategy which will determine your success rate over the long term.

Be lucky... then STOP!

KK

Thanks KK and I agree you can not compare the 2 games as far as variance goes but I think it is valid to compare them for overall payout %
Certainly stratergy can help and I enjoyed your site but IMHO no amount of stratergy can overcome a house edge, just lessen its impact.

As for being lucky I will have to content myself with the thought that if the games are fair and I am being slaughtered all the time then someone else must be winning
Now let me reread that slot stratergy of yours again

[gfkostas]

That is just one of the "hidden" features, being the hidden hold on a win.

Around 1990, with the launch of 20p play, 777 Heaven was launched. if you got the Jackpot, and then the "flash", or "hidden hold", you set the machine on to the streak mode where you would win some £30 or more in only a few minutes. Many games had this streak mode, and they were sometimes predictable, or could be chased down provided the machine had taken enough since the last time. Cloud 999 was the most predictable of all, but later versions had a different "chip" and never streaked properly.
These good times lasted till 1996, but then the skill drained away, and endless cloned crap got released with only a few gems. I miss those days up & down the motorway streaking all the Andy Capps, Pay Rises, Rollercoasters etc. Fortunately, I found online casinos. (For my wallet, this might have been UNfortunately).
I now feel the urge for another motorway trip, but I don't want to miss all the promos offered online. it will have to be the camper van & wireless laptop to get the best of both. I just need a CHEAP way of getting online from anywhere I may be at the time.

The slots am referring to may still be alive today as the last time i saw them around was only 2 years ago.

[Rusty]

My question;

I have noticed that the video slots payout is the lowest of your games but do you have the payout % of each individual slot?
Also is each game result independent from the last and truely random?
Finally I have noticed that WH have applied for a remote Casino license will this affect payout % of your slots come September and will you be keeping the same software provider?
Many thanks





William Hills answer;

Hi David,

Thank you for your e-mail .

Our Games have been developed by one of the world's leading game-design companies and offers the widest limits and highest payouts on the internet. Games pay out up to 98%.

Whatever the customer bets on has absolutely no influence whatsoever on the result the random number generator arrives at. The systems are completely independent and are extensively tested and fully certified.

As all draws are played by many consecutive players it would be impossible for our system to control the game to our advantage.

I hope that this explains your query.

With regards,

Noma

Customer Services
William Hill plc


I hope that this explains your query.

Erm nope.

Would you trust someone who can not give you straight answers to straight questions?

[Zoozie]

Would you trust someone who can not give you straight answers to straight questions?

I appreciate your mission, trying to gather online slot payout% and make slot players revolt. But historically casinos have been very tight with this information. So far I only really believe the certified payout% reports. However I know that some 3-reel slots have higher payout% (if they have high minimum bet limit), so video slots will have average below this published result for all slots.. I know 32Red has given customers information about 1 specific video slot expected payout% and I believe them. The probably know the data from MG, but I am not sure they are supposed to share them...The payout was within the expected 95-96% for MG 5-reel slots.
MG does know these data, but unfortunately they are not published. I can understand this since they slots will have slightly different payout%. But I would be happy for a general statement that all 5-reel slots have payout 95%+. For RTG the situation is hopeless since the managers can change the payout%. (so you really never know what slot you are playing).
But the good news is that the newer software providers like Rival and Wagerworks does publish each slots expected payout% and I do trust them.

Overall I am not satisfied that the expected payout% for slots is near 95% and in many cases even less. So you have my full support. Also because slots are relative low variance compared to other games and with often very limited maximum win. Many slots can not give *1000 bet size etc. This is opposed to Keno where you actually CAN with a lot, which in my eye compensates some for the huge house edge. But when playing slots you are 'doomed' extremely fast with no hope of ever getting even again. (unless you play progressives)

Also I have the impression that slots are often not as aware of the math/house edge as BJ are etc. Try to get BJ play a 95% BJ game etc.(Though some tourists in Vegas plays 6/5 BJ - and it is not even in the bikini dealer pool!) So since slot players are willing to pay that much, the casinos continue to offer the tight slots. Also the casinos need to get their funds somewhere and as a VP player mostly I am happy it is the slot players that 'pays the bill'.

I like slots, but I would never deposit and play slots unless I get a 50% bonus at least. Even with my low rolling (0.25$-0.5$/spin) it is way way to expensive though it is fun to play without a bonus.

Zoozie