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Hi all. I posted this at the bottom of an old thread and didn't get much response, so I thought I would start a new thread.
I have ready so many experienced posters discussing "tightened slots" and reduced RTP lately. I was wondering by what mechanism posters thought this was happening, especially in the case of proprietary softwares like RTG or MG. The original post is below:
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I have a question for those of you who claim that certain RTG casinos "tighten their slots." Can you tell me how you believe this mechanism works? I don't doubt that it may be true, but I am wondering how it happens.
I know of only two ways to "tighten slots." They are to lower the payouts or to change the outcomes so that fewer winning combinations, especially those involving bonus rounds or wilds. The former is easily determined by looking at the paytables. I have not seen any differences in paytables for RTGs, has anyone else?
The second way I believe involves affecting the stream of symbols (outcomes) that are sent by the third party (RTG) to the player. This would mean that RTG sells different RTP packages (not via changing the payouts) to casinos and that the probability of say getting a bonus round under one package is different than getting a bonus round under another package. Does anyone know if this is the case? Can anyone working for RTG confirm this? If it is done in secret, then that would require that no disguntled employee from RTG or any one of the casinos would ever make this public? In my opinion this would be very difficult to keep quiet.
Personally, I have always trusted RTG software (I don't trust proprietary softwares in many cases) but that does not mean that I am correct. I am just trying to understand how the casino would "tighten the reels" and if this is likely or even possible.
Thanks in advance for any information you can share with me on this matter. I've read so much about "tightened reels" and reduced RTP that I am very interested in understanding how this is done.
I have ready so many experienced posters discussing "tightened slots" and reduced RTP lately. I was wondering by what mechanism posters thought this was happening, especially in the case of proprietary softwares like RTG or MG. The original post is below:
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I have a question for those of you who claim that certain RTG casinos "tighten their slots." Can you tell me how you believe this mechanism works? I don't doubt that it may be true, but I am wondering how it happens.
I know of only two ways to "tighten slots." They are to lower the payouts or to change the outcomes so that fewer winning combinations, especially those involving bonus rounds or wilds. The former is easily determined by looking at the paytables. I have not seen any differences in paytables for RTGs, has anyone else?
The second way I believe involves affecting the stream of symbols (outcomes) that are sent by the third party (RTG) to the player. This would mean that RTG sells different RTP packages (not via changing the payouts) to casinos and that the probability of say getting a bonus round under one package is different than getting a bonus round under another package. Does anyone know if this is the case? Can anyone working for RTG confirm this? If it is done in secret, then that would require that no disguntled employee from RTG or any one of the casinos would ever make this public? In my opinion this would be very difficult to keep quiet.
Personally, I have always trusted RTG software (I don't trust proprietary softwares in many cases) but that does not mean that I am correct. I am just trying to understand how the casino would "tighten the reels" and if this is likely or even possible.
Thanks in advance for any information you can share with me on this matter. I've read so much about "tightened reels" and reduced RTP that I am very interested in understanding how this is done.