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Just as an example:
There is a slot with 100x max win. I was thinking "super low volatility, RTP over 96%, max win must be easy to get"!
Lol, it took more than 12,000 spins to get the 100x
Food for thought.
but what's important is your expected roi (equivalent of rtp rly) . There's huge variance in tournaments , similar to slots and you can win way more or way less than your estimated expectation over the short/medium and even longterm but that's the gambling aspect of it
)Is it rigged? Ofcourse not. Is it fair? On paper proberly yes. Can we actually win without being fisted ? I doubt it. The RTP is calculated over 150.000 spins on online and proberly less then 20.000 on landbased. I had so many dead spins over the last period of time, i dont believe in a bad streak. It's time consuming, money eating and VIP managers eager to trigger you to play some even more. I've never seen such a greedy business as the online casinos.
Why is it that on peak times the games seem to work a 'bit' better? And why not at any random given time? It was random right? Oh wait... random within parameters yes. Perfectly crafted algorithms to keep players playing some more, lose more then they could actually afford. It's their house, the song is named hotel california. You can check-in but you can never leave.

there's confirmation bias, then there's fossilizationI know he's banned now, but this is the third time (at least) he's quoted laughable numbers as to how games are calculated. He's been corrected before and ignores facts... Clearly no one can help this guy![]()
@tracemonkey - would you say the B and Ms are less (differently?) engaging because of their design or RTP
I'm aware the slots here are set lower and B and Ms and frankly, I just don't enjoy them - now, whether that's simply because of their lower setting or design, I can't say with certainty. I DO know I don't find them engaging or have any longevity.
I can pull out 1k online - I NEVER do at a landbased (well, ok, ONCE) and whereas I could do an all nighter online I certainly couldnt or havent at the brick and mortar with the same balance - nor would I find it interesting enough to were I able (but possible for the fact I'd get sauced)
The 100 percent days are over guys and not coming back, The 96% days are over soon if not already. Be selective and educated as to what you play and play the games you enjoy and have luck on.
I know he's banned now, but this is the third time (at least) he's quoted laughable numbers as to how games are calculated. He's been corrected before and ignores facts... Clearly no one can help this guy![]()
When was there ever 100% days?
I was using Las Vegas as an example back when there was competition. Even online back in 2006-07 there was 99-100 percent slots or advertised anyway. Not happening now as expenses are so high now and it's all greed and how fast they can take your money now.
Well it shows him as a banned user nowAh hell, bloatgoat is banned? Shame, funny guy.

Maybe I'm missing something here?
How can a casino survive on 100% or even 99%, more so at a b n m?.
Where does the money come from to pay the bills?
Well it shows him as a banned user now
Can't see any recent ban-worthy posts but yeah... I was hoping to one day be able to change his mind....
Maybe I'm missing something here?
How can a casino survive on 100% or even 99%, more so at a b n m?.
Where does the money come from to pay the bills?


I don't see why he'd be banned going by his recent posts, unless I've missed something. Perhaps it was done because of a PM
My son is no more![]()

might still be a few roaming round
I don't see why he'd be banned going by his recent posts, unless I've missed something. Perhaps it was done because of a PM
My son is no more![]()
Bloaty & irish both banned same time anyone know why or whats been missed??
Yeah the post quoted above was from Dec 19... the guy didn't believe a word any one said, but his recent posts weren't ban worthy so guess it must have been a PM or something else that's maybe been deleted...
Bloaty & irish both banned same time anyone know why or whats been missed??
I asked him about his chat room adventures from times past and well the conversation became a bit too detailed, it upset some of the ladies and ended in a ban.I was partly to blame for irish ranger's banI asked him about his chat room adventures from times past and well the conversation became a bit too detailed, it upset some of the ladies and ended in a ban.
His actual ban was for dissing the mod who warned him about said convoy/comments.

yeah, but If I hadn't prompted him to reply further it's maybe unlikely it would have happened. I was interested in the possible humorous mishaps in travelling all the way to america for basically blind dates etc.. but it got a bit more graphic, I should have pm'd him instead..I blame the christmas delirium for affecting my brain and clouding my normal common sense![]()
I'm curious what kind of dialog goes on between slot developers and casinos - are casinos requesting slots with lower RTP? Do casinos negotiate lower rates (payments from casinos to slot providers) for slots with a higher RTP?
Hypothetically, a slot provider could create whatever kind of slot they want, and it's up to the casinos whether or not to accept it. I wonder if this single degree of separation has any potential impact on the kind of slots we will see. A slot provider could release, say, a 97% rtp slot, and if it proved popular, they have negotiating power even if casinos wanted to push down slot RTP's to the 94-95% range.
But I don't know how exactly the whole negotiating process goes down between casinos and slot providers.
The combination of lower RTP and HV god-awful design will kill the industry. The things play badly enough as it is. Rather than take a long term look at ways of increasing custom whilst retaining the entertainment factor (not easy i know), to the shock of no-one, casinos and manufacturers have gone for the short term quick hit.
Personally I would have tapered the RTP based on stake. I know WMS have done this but their base level of £2 for 96% seems a little steep. Either that or remove stakes below 50p. There has to be some element of inflation which has to be accounted for but reducing the RTP whilst also encouraging players to buy features in stupidly HV slots is a pretty shitty way of going about things.
That said, we’ve only got ourselves, largely at least, to blame. If we didn’t gobble up the HV slots tempted by the “we get them every week” record wins on YT then the manufacturers and casinos wouldn’t be attracted to them like a moth to a flame.
They won't kill the industry - for exactly the reason you give at the end. A problem could arise, however, if you end up in a situation like the UK retail bookmakers - here you have games with profiles so unfriendly that a new player would almost never entertain the games - but because the bulk of the money goes through games like that, the bookies just want more like that. Fine - the current customers like them, but new customers would (i would argue) be put off for life by spinning 30 times at 2 quid a spin without a single win - it's terrible. I'm a player, and i won't play UK bookmaker games other than for research purposes. So your pool of players just gets smaller and smaller.
Luckily, the online casinos don't have this problem and the way they are set up means they probably never will - UNLESS they start to dictate game and maths designs (which i have seen start to happen). Data is brilliant, and they have a lot of data - but equally you shouldn't look at data and say "60% of people like HV games, so all our games should be HV". That's a one way ticket to the bottom. Games, profiles, themes, etc.. should cater to as many people as you can. Some of those games might not be top 20 games, but if they cater to a group of players that don't play anything else, then the income is still incremental. You can't just look at the top 10 games and say "we need more of those" without also looking at other metrics or KPI's.
Why would a casino remove stakes lower than 50p? What possible reason do they have to do that? Land-based need high coin-in, and therefore stakes play a part - but online, stakes are much less relevant - you want people playing. There is no occupancy issue - no bums on seats blocking other players - so if someone wants to spin at 10p a spin for 5 hours a day, so what. And also, i believe changing RTP based on stake is something the UKGC don't like...
It's a super-simple(ish) process...
I'm a game developer. I want my games on as many casinos as possible. I also want my game to play as well as it can, so i probably make my game just north of 96%.
Some casinos are happy to take games at 96%.
Some casinos want a lower RTP.
You do (almost) whatever it takes to get your games live, because the more casinos you're games are live at, the more money you make.
If you're very lucky, and you have a killer game (Bonanza for example) you will have more sway in refusing to lower the RTP below you're preferred RTP.
If you don't have a killer game, and a casino you want your games live on asks for 94%, then you either do it, or you don't release the game.
If you don't release the game on that casino, you are losing revenue. Not many people will lose money on purpose...
My point with the raising of minimum stake as one alternative to bring in the money as opposed to reducing RTP or making “lotto” slots is that, as you have said, it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract and keep new customers. The one sure way of chasing new customers away is to produce slots which largely give no entertainment and once in a blue moon chucks a 1000x plus win.
However casinos need to cover increasing costs, at least to the level of inflation, so by raising the minimum bet you are to some degree increasing the throughput of money so desperately desired. Neither options are really desirable as there are a lot of players out there playing 20-40p spins who may be chased away by this option (I myself rarely venture north of 60p-£1) but would casinos rather these players just reduce their play a little but still play some of the time at 50p or chase everyone away by producing ever decreasing returns for your money.
I will not play any slot below 95% so if that is where we end up then I would give it up. I know I am but one man but suspect many will likely follow and once again, following on from AWPs and FOBTs, you’ll just be left with addicts who cannot stop.
That's true, but my thought process was along the lines of whether, for example, a 97% slot might get several times as much play as a 94% slot, it could be worth it to lose some business if you get a great deal more actual spins and plays on the slot.
Take a slot like immortal romance for example - would it have ever received near the popularity it did as a 94-95% game instead of an almost 97% game? I wouldn't be surprised if it received an order of magnitude less play - but we can't really know for sure. Even though casinos and slot providers have a great deal of info on their hands, they might not know what particular factor led to the success, for one slot to go "viral" where another never leaves the middle of the pack.
But it's certainly possible I'm overestimating how responsive most players are to RTP, in which case I guess casinos would be right (from a business perspective) in lowering RTP if a lot of players just sit down at an interesting looking game and don't particularly care anyway.
That last point is a good one. How many players genuinely are even aware of the RTP of a slot they are playing. I actually suspect it is quite a small number. That does bring trancemonkeys point about game design to the fore. Personally, even if the TRTP is over a gazillion spins, I will still use it to gauge value for money. I know I am going to lose, it’s just how much on average I am prepared to pay for that privilege. I won’t ignore a slot at the lower end of my acceptable scale but will be more reluctant to spend too much on it.
I don't see why he'd be banned going by his recent posts, unless I've missed something. Perhaps it was done because of a PM
My son is no more![]()
He seems to be on a 7 day suspension now so we can expect him back shortly. Good.
Don't worry about it. Ten angels die each time I commit fingers to keyboard, so you're not aloneSorry, got banned for writing some words on the forum somewhere which 'some' users feel offended by. Did'nt know people take it THAT serious, lol. Ah well. When someone got taken away for 100k of his winnings it pretty much clarifies on how i feel about these 'online casino's'.

