Nifty: I understand your point, but you are not describing a totally random game.
If it is a 'lose' spin, then the program can decide what the 'lose' spin will look like.
It is possible for the results to be random, but the display of those results to be manipulated. In this way, the game will still pay what it should.
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your answer I get the picture of a lot of eye candy when it comes to this machine. I have found one single eye candy in this machine and that is when the third reel corrects itself before the final result is displayed. Just like an old real slot machine does.
I can tell you that your theory probably wouldn't pass those RNG test they have done on these slots. I sure hope not anyway.
My answer when it comes to a totally random game
It all comes to reel layout and their RNG. If they have 50 symbols (even the blank one is a symbol) on all reels you have a total of 50x50x50 combinations. 125000 combinations. If it exist only one white 7 on each reel the chance of hitting that combination is 1/125000.
If it exists 25 blanks on all reels the chance of hitting that combination is 0.5x0.5x0.5 = 0.125 (1/8 or 12,5 % chance)
RNG produces for example 13-33-08 and this is
7 -single bar -blank and this is no win. The payline shows exactly this and above that you see the combination 14-34-09..below the payline you see the combination 12-32-07..
Next spin is 02-22-48 and is then of course 3 blanks in a row and you win 0.50. above and under the payline you see the combinations 01-21-47 and 03-23-49.
This is the exact same as on 5 reel videoslots as Tomb Raider and Thunderstruck as well but there you have numbers like 11-34-38-43-11.
But what is it with these slots that is not totally random then?
The reel layout already has decided what RTP the game is supposed to have.
All slots have a "stabilizer" which is based on passed rtp and betsizes. This can be the last 500 spins or the last 100 spins, we can't know. And Microgaming for sure don't tell us.
My own guess is that the stabilizer values the last 50 spins more than the last 500 spins.
Every time a combination is drawn by RNG they pass it on to the stabilizer to see if this one is ok. If the RTP has been 150% the last 100 spins 3 sevens in a row will not pass the stabilizer. A new number is drawn and this one is three blanks in a row and this will pass. Congratulations, you won 0.50 instead of 20 bucks.
If the stabilizer notice a low RTP on the passed games it will on the other hand not approve to many losses.
I have seen it, trust me. That 40 line slot Prime Property actually throwed out money once I saw it. Every other spin was showing 4 scatters and there was Prime Property signs all over the board.
Also remember when Aussiedave won a lot on Break da Bank again 5 months ago, the machine obviously wanted to pay..
To the Tunzamunni slot again, I checked and I have not seen 3 white 7 in a row above or below more than once.
It's only the jackpot figures I have seen almost 10 times.
According to reel strips it has to be easier to get white seven-red seven-blue seven than three white sevens in a row.