When playing online, are you getting the same thing as when you play in a casino? That’s what today’s player hopes to learn:
Are online slots the same as casino slots?
Greg F.
When you look at the online casinos listed on our site, they are regulated in the states they’re allowed in a similar fashion to casino slots.
Among the online slots you’ll see on online casinos are games that are also available in physical casinos. Examples of these we’ve written about here on the site include Buffalo Gold Collection and All Aboard Dynamite Dash. Those will be the same games you’re familiar with.
You’ll also find online titles that can’t be found in physical casinos by the makers of games like the above, as well as online-only game providers. So there will be, from a selection perspective, some familiar titles and some new titles.
As far as the payback is concerned, online slots often have better payback percentages than their physical casino counterparts. Whereas penny slots are often in an 85-90 percent Return to Player setting in physical casinos, you often find games online set anywhere between 94 and 97 percent – a big difference! Combine that with the fact that you can offer find lower minimum bets online, and that can make your money last longer.
Some online exclusive titles will be more volatile than their physical casino counterparts; the lower bets can help make up for that, giving players more runway to find those big wins and bonuses.
But ultimately, those are real money games on real money online casinos, and they are the online equivalent of what you would find in a physical casino.
You may have noticed that there’s a Social Casinos section on our site; those are different from the online casinos previously mentioned in that they’re free to play options. They may have overlap with games found in the Online Casinos section, but they work differently. Social Casinos in that category are not offering real money gaming.
For those who would prefer to play for fun, these options open another way to play your favorite games for free (with the option to buy packages if you wish to keep playing when you run out of coins).
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