Hiya Guys,
First off, there seem to be a few misunderstandings and people using the same terms to talk about different things in this thread. A coupe of pointers for those who are interested in having a clear picture for themselves.
The first issue I would like to address is the confusion caused by statements as 'on RTG software, the RTP for slots can be set to 3 different values'. Putting it like that creates a wrong idea. I would suggest the following wording 'on RTG software, the reel strip layout can be set to three different setups, each resulting in a different RTP'.
On the slots, pokers and table games you all know (minus the AWP games some operators offer), the RTP can never be set directly. Instead the RTP is simply the expected value for a certain reel strip layout, paytable and or ruleset.
To make an explicit comparison between slots and video poker, imagine the simplified single reel slot with a reel strip layout of 52 slot symbols that happen to be playing cards. Imagine a paytable where only the queen of hearts pays (lets say 50 times stake).
Also imagine the equivalent famous single card video poker game with a paytable where the queen of hearts pays 50 times stake.
For the slot, a typical casino server would draw a random reel stop position between 1 and 52, the slot machine would hit 50 on average 1 in 52 times. (50/52 = 96.1% RTP)
For the video poker, a typical casino server would shuffle a 52 card deck and draw a single card. It would also pay 50 on average 1 in 52 times. (50 / 52 = 96.1% RTP)
A software manufacturer that wishes to offer his casino clients the possibility of different RTP's can do this really easily on the slot machine by adding an extra say 2 of diamonds anywhere in the reel strip. This would mean a strip of 53 symbols resulting in an RTP of 50/53 = 94.3% - alternatively he could also change the paytable to simply show a different amount .. e.g. 51. The RTP would then become 51/52 or 98%.
On the videopoker the only option he has is to change the paytable. (since a deck of cards - unlike a reel strip - is well defined.). Therefor if you find a VP game with a well-known paytable advertising a different RTP - then either their advertising or their software is fubar.
For a game like blackjack the RTP is determined solely by the ruleset. There's a handy calculator on the wizard of odds that will show you what the house-edge is for a particular set of blackjack rules.
So to summarize, the RTP of a slot machine is determined by the reel layout and the paytable, the RTP of a video poker by the paytable only. For all these games however RTP is a derived number, a result of the specifics of the game - and not an 'input'.
Important to realize is that for these types of games, the casino needs to maintain a float. It is perfectly possible that the first spin on a slot machine or the first hand of VP ever played pays out the top win - about 50% of the cases machines that are started start off with bad luck for the casino meaning it can take months before the house-edge catches up to early big hits.
This is not the case for what is commonly called AWP machines (also fruity's) .. AWP games are programmed quite differently. They are setup to never pay out above a preset percentage. For the old UK fruity's the technique commonly used was to have a machine that pays naturally over 100% and redraw spins that would put the current RTP over a set percentage. The net result of this is a machine that never pays out more than the total stake made on it. Experienced players would be able to play these machines and get a feel of whether or not hits were being capped. (i.e. with enough play you would be able to notice if the machine had room for a payout). This forum has some players who's hobby it used to be to drive from pub to pub cashing out on the machines that were 'hot'.
There are software providers out there that offer AWP games, afaik they mention it clearly - failing to do that would be extremely unethical in my book. 3Dice offers no AWP games.
Ok, I hope that clears a few things up - in particular why the statement in the first paragraph might not be the best way to put it.
Now, as far as 3Dice is concerned. All of our slot games use perfectly random distributed reel stop positions (third party verified) - and the payout is determined solely by the reel layout and paytable. None of our reel layouts has ever changed and there are no options to do so.
Our video pokers payout is solely determined by the paytable and the decks used are perfectly normal random shuffled decks (also third party verified). The RTP's for all our VP games can be found simply by looking up the RTP for the paytables. (one of the members here has a great overview at
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The RTP's of all our other games like blackjack, craps etc are all determined by the game rules and can also easily be found online.
To put it in a single-liner :
All of the games offered at 3Dice are driven by a third party verified RNG, and the RTP is never a setup value but rather the result of a uniform distribution with the specific reel layouts, paytables and rule-sets of the games.
Kindest Regards,
Enzo
to the 3Dice server as well as provide it to his player's with my personal information included. Dark Mage would post it "ditto" here also. 
