We are going off at a slight tangent here - the OP asked whether 'pick' features were preselected, and these don't necessarily relate to freespins or multipliers, but cash amounts too.
We are agreeing they are, and the problem here is that some cannot equate this fact with 'randomness'.
What I am saying, and seemingly Dionysus, is that the OUTCOME is preselected on the pick rounds VIA the RNG, so having a pseudo videographic AFTER the RNG has been tapped is NOT compromising randomness or unethical. When you do the 'random pick' bit the random part has already happened. You are simply choosing on a videographic ex post facto to EXPOSE your win/award.
You could argue that even showing reels spinning is 'unethical' as the outcome is already decided. If that were the case, you may as well just play a blank screen with a cash balance in it. You press enter, and your cash balance goes down by your stake, or up if you win. (this is basically what we are doing gambling online) but we are all in it to be ENTERTAINED as well as gamble.
The entertainment part of it, whether reels, picks or video effects comes AFTER the RNG result. If people understood this these questions would occur far less.
