Sometimes, we get lucky on slots. That’s part of what makes them fun! But it often leaves players with questions about what that means if you continue playing.
When I rapid fire the combination I get is not what was set in the random number generator (RNG) when I hit the button. You have control in that you can stop when you want. However if I am crazy lucky and rapid fire 3 jackpots in a row, that will even out eventually (secret time frame) to make the required payback percentage. So individual spins have some control (win & lose) but evens out in the ‘end’. Do you agree with this and if not can you please explain. Thanks!!!
Mary
First, let’s correct the record, because we don’t agree with the premise, unfortunately.
Rapid firing does nothing to change the outcome that was determined when you made the wager to start the spin. It simply shows you the outcome that already was decided faster. What does change is the timing of your next spin, which could be better, worse or the same (you’ll never know, because you won’t know what that other outcome would have been).
The other thing that changes when you stop the reels is the speed at which you are placing wagers. You’ll wager more if you’re stopping reels fast, and that means, over the long run, you’ll lose more, because every slot has a house edge that is in favor of the casino.
So you have no control over individual spins, other than the timing of when you place your wager, which determines the outcome. Stopping the reels doesn’t change that outcome, as it was decided when you started the spin.
To your question about what happens after a few jackpots in close succession, slots will even out eventually, but not because they look at three jackpots and now are going to offer more losing spins to make up for it. In fact, your odds of a fourth jackpot are the same as your odds were for the first. Ultimately, it’s good ol’ math at play.
With a random number generator, the expectation is over a longer period of time, with more and more spins conducted where every outcome a slot is programmed to offer will occur roughly the same number of times, that it will over time do just that and that’s how it reaches its intended payback.
Of course, because it is truly random within that range of outcomes, sometimes some outcomes can come out a bit more often than others. So it will likely never quite achieve a perfect arrival at that payback – just the more spins are taken, the more likely it will approach it – and close enough that for the purposes of the casino it’s good enough and is doing what it’s designed to do, which is make the casino money.
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