There’s a class of slot machine games that feature elements that rely on something called “True Persistence” – they survive to the next spin, the next player, until they’re triggered.
Progressive values are a great simple example, but you’ve probably seen games like Rich Little Piggies or Regal Riches where the values are maintained and continue to grow, even if a player cashes out and another one steps in. That couldn’t possibly be governed by a random number generator (RNG) too, could it?
There is no way regal riches or cash falls has a random number generator. The game is sitting still, I can leave it for 4 hours an old come back and the same orbs will be in the screen, which means it’s already decided when it’s gonna pay.
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The fact that items persist on a screen doesn’t mean the next step is decided, and it doesn’t mean there isn’t an RNG involved to get it to that point, or to determine where things go from there.
The odds of things happening on a given spin are still based on the totality of the possible outcomes, and then the RNG and which outcome comes out the moment you place your next wager. Persistent counters or coins don’t change this.
Regal Riches simply has progressive counters, just like a “must hit by” progressive. The odds of the counter increasing on a single spin, or the free spins awarding one of the counters, is still the same on any given spin, regardless of where the counters are in their progression. There’s simply an added rule that if the counter reaches a certain number, it automatically gets awarded.
Similarly, a progressive isn’t any more likely to go off right after it’s won than after it’s grown awhile, with the exception of if it is a “must hit by” progressive, in which if it hits the upper end of its range it has to be awarded at that point. On many (not all) slots with this feature, a hit point is established when it resets. But whether that approach or not, the RNG still plays that role in determining things.
With Cash Falls, the coins stick for a few spins, unless another coin lands. The odds of a coin landing in any space still comes from the totality of outcomes, regardless of whether coins are present at a given point or not. So whether a reel fills up still falls to what happens on the next spin(s) and in turn it’s only then, if a reel is filled, that you’re awarded the coin prizes.
Just because coins are on the screen doesn’t mean you’ll win them, as any Cash Falls player knows, so the RNG is actually a critical part of that game too.
The fact that the odds of these things are baked in are how the game makers ensure that these features still take the game to its intended return to player, or RTP, over the long term. Even if there’s equity that’s built up on those counters, over the lifetime of the machine it will still make money for the casino. The RNG is an important aspect of that.
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