Yes, you had done 13,000 spins and thought something was wrong with the game. IIRC you contacted the Casino to vent your dismay. You got lucky in that you hit a win that balanced it out somewhat but there was never a guarantee that would happen.
So, it’s okay for you to question suspect gameplay but it’s not okay for me to do likewise? Talk about double standards!
But that's kind of my point snorky, that thread is from
eleven years ago, and it's basically me learning, in real time, about how variance really works, and how the maths profile of a game can throw up some results that feel extremely bad for us as the player. Arctic Adventure went on to be one of my favourite games at 3Dice, and was on my regular play rotation there right up until I stopped playing online completely - but it was always important to be mindful of how its somewhat wacky maths could deliver some extremely weird sessions, in both the very bad, and very good directions. (I still maintain to this day it should have a three chilli rating, not a two chilli rating, but 3Dice never changed it.)
I've learned a lot of lessons about online slots over the years, quite often the hard way - (I still remember one boozed up evening at
32Red that saw £1000 disappear (we're probably talking 2008 or so), finishing off on some shite single liner on £3 spins and me not quite understanding where my 95% was supposed to be) - and whilst I don't claim to know everything, I do think I have a pretty solid understanding of what makes them tick. I made entire videos for my previous YT channel explaining variance, randomness (and why online slots really aren't compensated), the importance of RTP and how small changes in it can really matter, how to choose a game to play and so on - all the result of things I'd learned over the years, in a lot of cases through knowledgeable folks here at CM, sharing their own wisdom.
The issue you seem to have snorky, and I'm going to say this as politely as I can, is that you just don't seem to learn, the very fact you've started this thread, wielding your trusty sword of justice in the form of a sub-10K spin sample on a HV Megaways Prag (which Lemon has explained has a really lumpy win distribution), as somehow finally providing conclusive proof that online slots aren't random, is kind of...... worrying.
So yes, I did contact 3Dice about the terrible start I got off to on Arctic, they checked their backend and agreed my results were bad but within the scope of what the game could deliver, and that it wasn't malfunctioning (they also gave me a few comps as it was running so badly for me). Enzo from 3Dice was also active on the thread (previously linked, it's all still there to read), explaining more about the maths of the game, and by the end of the thread, it was starting to even out for me and gravitate towards T-RTP. I also learned something, and gained new knowledge in the process, and was happy to carry on playing Arctic over the years - I really grew to like the game, complete with its tricksy maths profile, but was always mindful of what it was capable of when I caught it in a bad mood.
With all due respect, the difference is that I was questioning what I thought was potentially suspect gameplay, had a load of stuff explained to me and learned a lesson to go forward with, whereas you're still shouting at the clouds about it all being corrupt and bent and legalised robbery eleven years later, have multiple folks here at CM try to give you a balanced explanation for what you're experiencing, which you basically just ignore, whilst still bloody well playing at online casinos!
Moreover, you're voluntarily giving them your money, which isn't traditionally how robbery works.....