.So
will you, Julie, always get 99 cents back for every
dollar played? Nope! What's going to happen, Julie,
is that your individual gambling session, say of
a $100, will have widely varying results based on
the volatility of that particular machine.
You
need to look at slot paybacks this way: The more
a machine gets played, the closer its actual payback
gets to its theoretical payback.
Now,
if the machine which is advertised to return 99%
were to get, say, a million plays, then its actual
payback will get within a few percentage points
of its theoretical 99% payback. Your $100 bankroll
amounts to a paltry few dozen spins on a dollar
slot, whereas the casino's bankroll partakes in
every bet made on that same machine, 24/7, 365
days of the year.
Unfortunately,
Julie, you'll never yank that handle a million
times, so the actual payback to you on that machine
can be many percentage points away from the theoretical
payback. And yes, that doesn't mean it can't miss
the theoretical mark on the positive side, either,
giving you the thrill you're waiting for. So,
what can I say? Good Luck!
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