A while ago on Immortal Romance, when my free spins started, the winbox on top of the screen already showed the total win of the 10 spins before the first spin even started.
Now how do you explain that?
It was explained a long time ago in a post by DogBoy (and NO I'm not going searching for it!
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Basically it goes like this:
You press "Spin"...
The software uses the RNG to produce a random result...
The outcome of that result is sent to your PC and the reels spin to reflect that result...
Repeat over and over, until...
Your spin triggers 15 free-spins!
This time, the software asks the RNG for 15 random results (if any of these are re-triggers, more result are added)...
Now the software sends to your PC the result of the triggering spin AND the results of ALL of your free-spins in one "packet" of information. *
The triggering spin & the free-spins are then played out on your screen.
Remember though, that even though the free-spins were sent to you in one packet, that does not mean each one was not randomly generated.
* This used to be the reason why some players on RTG could detect when free-spins were about to hit - because the slightly larger packet of information used to make a fractionally longer delay between hitting "spin" and the reels moving. I remember this clearly myself on Cleopatra!
They may have changed the way this information is sent now, so that this "tell" is no longer there, but basically I still believe that the free-spins (or bonus round) is generated within a milli-second of you pressing spin. So that is why the software DOES know the result of the spins before you've watched them play out on your screen.
Or just look how it places the Wildvines on Sahra's spins.
Random? No way..
No-one has ever said that the wilds have an exactly equal chance of being placed in any position, have they?
It is clearly weighted toward giving wilds on reels 3 and 5. But weighting doesn't make it not random.
It's like the Jackpot Wheel on the Mega-Moolah type games; there are what, something like 24 sectors on the wheel?
But the chances of hitting the big jackpot are no where near 1 in 24!
It's heavily weighted in favour of the Mini & Minor jackpots - but again, that doesn't mean it's not random.
KK