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Unlike new jersey, the nevada gaming control board does not break down its slot statistics by individual properties. Rather, they are classified by area. The terms of the state's compact with the tribes require gaming machines to return a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 100%. However, if a machine is affected by skill, such as video poker or video blackjack, the machines must return a minimum of 83%.

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Find out what slot machines actually returned to the public. Just click below to see slot machine payback statistics for casinos in all U.S. States.

ALABAMA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Alabama has three indian casinos that offer class II video gaming machines. They are not required to release payback statistics about their machines.

ARIZONA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

In mid-1993 arizona’s governor symington signed a compact with the state’s tribes that allowed them to offer slot machines on their reservations.

The compact originally didn’t allow for any table games but in early 2003 blackjack was added as a permissible table game.

Arizona tribes aren’t required to release information on their slot machine percentage paybacks, however, according to the arizona department of gaming, the terms of the compact require each tribes’ machines to return the following minimum and maximum paybacks: video poker and video blackjack - 83% to 100%, slot machines - 80% to 100%, keno - 75% to 100%. Each tribe is free to set its machines to pay back anywhere within those limits.

ARKANSAS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Arkansas has two pari-mutuel facilities featuring “electronic games of skill,” which are defined as “games played through any electronic device or machine that affords an opportunity for the exercise of skill or judgment where the outcome is not completely controlled by chance alone.”

The games offered are video poker, video blackjack, and “skill” slots where you have two opportunities to spin the reels. The “skill” factor comes into play because after seeing the results of your first spin you then have to decide whether to keep none, one, two, or all three of the symbols on each reel before you spin them again. Gaming regulations require that all of the electronic games of skill must return a minimum of 83%.

For the one year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019, the average gaming machine’s return at oaklawn was 92.81% and at southland, it was 92.72%

CALIFORNIA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

California’s indian casinos are legally allowed to offer electronic gaming machines, blackjack, and other house-banked card games. The games of craps and roulette are not permitted. However, some casinos do offer modified versions of craps and roulette that are played with cards rather than dice or roulette wheels.

Most california card rooms also offer some form of player-banked blackjack, but because they are prohibited by law from playing blackjack, the game is usually played to 22 rather than 21. Additionally, players must pay a commission to the house on every hand they play. The amount will vary depending on the rules of the house but, generally, it’s about two to five percent of the total amount bet. There are about 90 card rooms in california and you can see a listing of them on the internet at http://www.Cgcc.Ca.Gov

California’s tribes aren’t required to release information on their slot machine percentage paybacks and the state of california does not require any minimum returns.

COLORADO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Here’s information, as supplied by colorado’s division of gaming, showing the slot machine payback percentages for each city’s casinos for the one-year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

Black hawk	central city	cripple creek
1¢ slots	89.80%	90.43%	91.89%
5¢ slots	92.85%	93.93%	93.50%
25¢ slots	92.30%	94.06%	95.45%
$1 slots	93.69%	94.82%	94.83%
$5 slots	93.69%	93.76%	95.03%
all	92.41%	92.30%	93.53%

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including video poker and video keno. The best returns for each category are highlighted in bold print.

CONNECTICUT SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

The following information is from connecticut’s division of special revenue regarding foxwoods’ slot payback percentages:

denomination	payback %
1¢	90.09
2¢	91.38
5¢	90.73
25¢	91.34
50¢	90.77
$1.00	92.99
$5.00	93.67
$10.00	94.29
$25.00	96.51
$100.00	94.14
average	91.95

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each denomination of slot machine from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019.

Here's information from connecticut's division of special revenue regarding mohegan sun's slot payback percentages:

denomination	payback %
1/4¢	86.30
1/2¢	85.91
1¢	88.86
2¢	86.65
5¢	92.08
25¢	91.01
50¢	91.73
$1.00	92.94
$5.00	94.41
$10.00	97.41
$25.00	95.50
$100.00	94.55
average	91.90

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each denomination of slot machine from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019.

DELAWARE SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Delaware’s three pari-mutuel facilities all feature slot machines. Technically, the machines are video lottery terminals (VLT’s) because they are operated in conjunction with the delaware lottery. Unlike VLT’s in other states, however, delaware’s machines payout in cash. The VLT’s also play other games including video poker, video keno, and video blackjack.

By law, all video lottery games must return between 87% and 95% of all wagers on an annual basis. Games can return above 95% but only with the lottery director’s approval.

According to figures from the delaware lottery for the twelve-month period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019, the average VLT return at dover downs was 92.59%, at delaware park it was 92.12%, and at harrington raceway it was 92.03%.

In mid-2018 a U.S. Supreme court decision legalized sports betting at all U.S. Casinos. Delaware was one of the first states to act on the ruling and all three of the state’s casinos offer sportsbooks.

In january 2010 the delaware legislature approved the addition of table games for the state’s casinos.

FLORIDA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Florida has three forms of casino gambling: casino boats, indian casinos and gaming machines at pari-mutuels in two south florida counties.

The casino boats offer gamblers the opportunity to board ships that cruise offshore where casino gambling is legal. From the east coast, the boats sail three miles out into the atlantic ocean and from the west coast the boats travel nine miles out into the gulf of mexico. Since the casino boats travel in international waters they are free from regulations and the machines can be set to pay back whatever the operator wants without regard to a minimum payback percentage.

Florida has eight indian gaming locations. The seminole tribe has seven and the eighth is on the miccosukee tribe’s reservation.

The seminoles signed a compact with the state that allows them to offer both class II and traditional class III gaming machines. As part of their compact, five seminole casinos are also allowed to offer the following:

• Blackjack


• Baccarat


• Mini-baccarat


• Three-card poker


• Let it ride


• Pai gow poker

The miccosukee tribe has not signed a compact and they only offer class II gaming machines at their casino.

Class II video gaming devices look like slot machines but are actually bingo games and the spinning reels are for “entertainment purposes only.” no public information is available concerning the payback percentages on any gaming machines in florida’s indian casinos.

The other games allowed in all indian casinos include

• High-stakes bingo


• Video pull tabs


• Poker

All of the casinos are open 24 hours (except big cypress) and all offer bingo except for both seminole hard rock casinos and the seminole casino coconut creek. The minimum gambling age is 18 at all indian casinos for bingo or poker and 21 for electronic gaming machines.

Broward county (home county of fort lauderdale) and miami-dade county both have four pari-mutuel facilities that each offer electronic gaming machines, but no table games.

Florida gaming regulations require a minimum payback of 85% on all gaming machines. From july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019, the gaming machines at magic city returned 93.43%, casino miami returned 92.34%, hialeah park returned 93.55%, gulfstream park returned 92.16%, dania casino returned 92.68%, big easy returned 91.50%, calder returned 91.32%, and the isle returned 90.22%.

GEORGIA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

There are two casino boats in georgia which both sail three miles out into international waters where casino gambling is permitted.

Since the casino boats travel in international waters they are free from regulations and the machines can be set to pay back whatever the operator wants without regard to a minimum payback percentage.

IDAHO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Idaho has six indian casinos that offer electronic pull-tab machines and other video games. The machines don't pay out in cash. Instead they print out a receipt which must be cashed by a floor attendant or taken to the cashier’s cage. Some casinos also offer bingo (BG) and off-track betting (OTB).

The terms of the compact between the tribes and the state do not require any minimum payback percentage that the gaming machines must return to the public.

ILLINOIS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Here’s information from the illinois gaming board showing each casi­no’s average slot payback percentage for the one-year period from july 1, 2017 through june 30, 2018:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
casino queen	92.05
harrah's joliet	91.98
hollywood joliet	91.18
argosy alton	90.83
par-A-dice	91.02
grand victoria	91.02
hollywood - aurora	90.42
jumer's	89.94
rivers casino	90.35
harrah's metropolis	89.39

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines. As you can see, the casino queen returned the most to its slot machine players, while harrah's in metropolis returned the least.

INDIANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Following is information from the indiana gaming commission re­garding average slot payout percentages for the one-year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
hoosier park	90.05
french lick	91.55
rising star	91.38
indiana grand	90.88
blue chip	91.40
belterra	90.76
majestic star	90.25
hollywood	89.96
horseshoe casino SI	90.09
majestic star II	89.88
horseshoe hammond	90.07
ameristar	89.92
tropicana	89.61

These figures reflect the average percentage returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines including slot machines, video poker, video keno, etc.

IOWA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Here’s information, as supplied by the iowa racing and gaming commission, showing the electronic gaming machine payback percentages for all non-indian locations for the one-year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019.

LOCATION	PAYBACK %
prairie meadows	91.67
wild rose- emmetsburg	90.61
wild rose- clinton	90.56
wild rose- jefferson	90.52
Q casino	90.63
diamond jo worth	90.52
catfish bend	90.42
riverside	90.40
diamond jo dubuque	90.49
grand falls	90.36
casino queen marquette	90.19
ameristar	90.05
rhythm city	90.26
hard rock	90.29
isle bettendorf	90.04
harrah's	89.77
isle waterloo	89.73
horseshoe council bluffs	89.66
lakeside casino	88.91

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each riverboat casino or pari-mutuel facility for all of its electronic machines including: slots, video poker, video keno, etc.

KANSAS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

In april 2007 the kansas legislature authorized local referendums to allow state-run casinos in four counties.

The kansas racing & gaming commission does not release information about the payback percentages on electronic gaming machines in kansas. However, gaming regulations require that all machines return no less than 87%.

There are also five indian casinos in kansas and they are not required to release information on their slot machine payback percentages. However, according to officials at the kansas state gaming agency, which is responsible for overseeing the tribal-state compacts, "the minimum payback percentage for electronic gaming devices is 80%."

LOUISIANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Gaming regulations require that gaming machines in casinos be programmed to pay back no less than 80% and no more than 99.9%. For video gaming machines at locations other than casinos, the law requires a minimum return of 80% and a maximum return of 94%.

Louisiana gaming statistics are not broken down by individual properties. Rather, they are classified by region: baton rouge (BR), lake charles (LC), new orleans (NO) and shreveport/bossier city (SB).

The baton rouge casinos consist of the belle of baton rouge, hollywood casino, L'auberge and evangeline downs. The lake charles casinos include isle of capri, L’auberge du lac and delta downs. New orleans area casinos are amelia belle, boomtown, harrah’s (landbased), treasure chest and fairgrounds raceway. The shreveport/bossier city casinos include boomtown, diamond jack’s, sam’s town, eldorado, horseshoe, and harrah’s louisiana downs.

Here’s information, as supplied by the louisiana state police-riverboat gaming section, showing the average electronic machine payback per­centages for each area’s casinos for the 12-month period from june 1, 2018, through may 30, 2019:

BR	LC	NO	SB
1¢	88.70%	88.57%	88.96%	89.01%
5¢	91.69%	94.31%	93.31%	93.12%
25¢	92.30%	93.08%	92.43%	90.73%
$1	93.56%	92.33%	92.72%	93.03%
$5	94.49%	92.99%	92.93%	92.70%
all	90.50%	90.63%	90.23%	90.43%

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including video poker and video keno. The best returns for each category are highlighted in bold print and you can see that the baton rouge area casinos offered the best returns in most categories.

MAINE SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Maine has two racetrack casinos (racinos) that offer electronic gaming machines, as well as live table games.

State gaming regulations require a minimum return of 89% on all machines and during the one-year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019, the average return on gaming machines at hollywood casino was 90.15% and at oxford casino, it was 90.01%.

MARYLAND SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Maryland has five casinos that are allowed to offer electronic gaming machines, as well as live table games. However, ocean downs has no table games.

No public information is available about the actual payback percentages on gaming machines in maryland. However, gaming regulations require a minimum payback of 87% on any one machine and all machines within a casino must have an average payback of 90% to 95%.

MASSACHUSETTS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Massachusetts governor deval patrick signed a bill in late 2011 that legalized casinos. The law allows three casinos, in three different geographic regions, plus one slot parlor.

The slot parlor, plainridge park casino, a harness racing track located about 40 miles southwest of boston, opened june 24, 2015.

The first resort-casino license in region B (western massachusetts) was awarded to MGM resorts and their $1.3 billion casino, MGM springfield, opened august 24, 2018.

The second license for region A (eastern massachusetts) was awarded to wynn resorts and their $2 billion, encore everett, is expected to open in mid-2019. The final license for region C (southeastern massachusetts) had not yet been awarded as of late 2018.

Additionally, the mashpee wampanoag tribe is planning to build a destination resort casino near taunton. That facility, first light casino, was expected to open by late 2019. However, the project has been hampered by lawsuits that might stop it from being completed.

Massachusetts gaming regulations require a minimum payback of 80% on all gaming machines. From july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019, the gaming machines at plainridge park returned 92.03%, 91.39% at MGM springfield* and 91.49% at encore.**

* stats for MGM springfield began august 23, 2018, when it opened

** stats for encore are june 23- july 31, 2019.

MICHIGAN SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

There are 17 indian casinos in michigan and the tribes are not required to release information on their slot machine payback percentages. However, according to officials at the michigan gaming control board, which is responsible for overseeing the tribal-state compacts, "the machines must meet the minimum standards for machines in nevada or new jersey." in nevada, the minimum return is 75% and in new jersey, it's 83%. Therefore, michigan's indian casinos must return at least 75% in order to comply with the law.

There are also three privately owned casinos in detroit, but their slot payback information is not made available to the public.

MINNESOTA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

All minnesota casinos are located on indian reservations and under a compact reached with the state the only table games permitted are card games such as blackjack and poker. Additionally, the only kind of slot machines allowed are electronic video slot machines. Therefore, you will not find any mechanical slots that have traditional reels - only video screens

According to the terms of the compact between the state and the tribes, however, the minimum and maximum payouts are regulated as follows: video poker and video blackjack - 83% to 98%, slot machines - 80% to 95%, keno - 75% to 95%. Each tribe is free to set its machines to pay back anywhere within those limits and the tribes do not release any information regarding their slot machine percentage paybacks.

MISSISSIPPI SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

The mississippi gaming commission does not break down its slot statistics by individual properties. Rather, they are classified by region.

The coastal region includes biloxi, gulfport, and bay saint louis.

The north region includes tunica, greenville, and lula.

The central region includes vicksburg and natchez.

With that in mind here’s information, as supplied by the missis­sippi gaming commission, showing the machine payback per­centages for each area’s casinos for the one-year period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

coastal	north	central
1¢ slots	91.99%	91.95%	91.73%
5¢ slots	94.78%	94.96%	95.73%
25¢ slots	93.91%	92.41%	93.78%
$1 slots	93.28%	93.51%	94.10%
$5 slots	93.78%	95.16%	95.52%
all	92.18%	91.87%	92.32%

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including video poker and video keno. The best returns for each category are highlighted in bold print and you can see that all of the gaming areas offer rather similar returns on their machines.

MISSOURI SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Here's information from the missouri gaming commission regarding the payback percentages for each casino's electronic machines for the 12-month period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
ameristar- st. Charles	91.0
river city	90.6
hollywood	90.6
ameristar- K.C.	90.4
harrah’s - N.K.C	90.1
lumiere place	90.0
isle of capri - booneville	90.1
argosy	89.9
isle of capri - cape girardeau	89.7
lady luck	89.3
isle of capri - K.C.	88.9
st. Jo frontier	88.9
mark twain	88.7

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines including slot machines, video poker, video keno, etc.

MONTANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Montana law permits bars and taverns to have up to 20 video gaming devices that play video poker, video keno, or video bingo. These machines are operated in partnership with the state and are not permitted to pay out in cash; instead, they print out a receipt which must be taken to a cashier. The maximum bet on these machines is $2 and the maximum payout is limited to $800. Montana gaming regulations require these machines to return a minimum of 80%.

There are seven indian casinos offering video gaming machines that also print out a receipt. The maximum bet on these machines is $5 and the maximum payout is capped at $1,500. According to montana's gambling control division, there are no minimum payback percentages required for gaming machines on indian reservations.

NEBRASKA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

No public information is available concerning the payback percentages on gaming machines in nebraska.

NEVADA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

NEVADA - lake tahoe

Here’s information, as supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of the south shore casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2017 and ending june 30, 2018:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	88.94
25¢ slots	91.24
$1 slots	92.55
all slots	93.33

And here's that same information for the north shore casinos:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	92.81
25¢ slots	91.40
$1 slots	91.52
all slots	94.29

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned to the players on each denomination of machine. All electronic machines including slots, video poker and video keno are included in these numbers.

NEVADA - las vegas

Unlike new jersey, the nevada gaming control board does not break down its slot statistics by individual properties. Rather, they are classified by area.

The annual gaming revenue report breaks the las vegas market down into two major tourist areas: the strip and downtown. There is also a very large locals market in las vegas and those casinos are shown in the gaming revenue report as the boulder strip and north las vegas areas.

When choosing where to do your slot gambling, you may want to keep in mind the following slot payback percentages for nevada's fiscal year beginning july 1, 2018, and ending june 30, 2019:

1¢ slot machines
the strip - 88.33%
downtown - 88.96%
boulder strip - 90.53%
N. Las vegas - 90.79%

5¢ slot machines
the strip - 91.96%
downtown - 93.32%
boulder strip - 96.30%
N. Las vegas - 95.24%

25¢ slot machines
the strip - 89.34%
downtown - 93.91%
boulder strip - 95.77%
N. Las vegas - 96.27%

$1 slot machines
the strip - 92.34%
downtown - 94.12%
boulder strip - 95.49%
N. Las vegas - 95.62%

$1 megabucks machines
the strip - 87.31%
downtown - 86.40%
boulder strip - 87.61%
N. Las vegas - 86.98%

All slot machines
the strip - 91.84%
downtown - 92.22%
boulder strip - 94.26%
N. Las vegas - 93.34%

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned to the players on each denomination of machine. All electronic machines including slots, video poker, and video keno are included in these numbers and the highest-paying returns are shown in bold print. As you can see, the machines in downtown las vegas pay out slightly more than those located on the las vegas strip.

Returns even better than the downtown casinos can be found at some of the other local casinos along boulder highway, such as boulder station and sam's town and also in the north las vegas area which would include the fiesta, santa fe and texas station casinos. Not only are those numbers among the best returns in the las vegas area, but they are also among the best payback percentages for anywhere in the united states.

NEVADA - laughlin

Here’s information, as supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of laughlin’s casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2018, and ending june 30, 2019:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	89.11
5¢ slots	92.59
25¢ slots	93.44
$1 slots	94.92
$1 megabucks	88.27
$5 slots	94.33
all slots	92.15

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned to the players on each denomination of machine. All electronic machines including slots, video poker, and video keno are included in these numbers.

NEVADA - reno

Here’s information, as supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of the reno area casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2017 and ending june 30, 2018:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	92.69
5¢ slots	95.10
25¢ slots	92.16
$1 slots	95.38
$1 megabucks	87.40
$5 slots	95.06
all slots	94.56

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including slots, video poker, and video keno.

NEVADA - sparks

Here’s information, as supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of the sparks area casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2018, and ending june 30, 2019:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	92.98
5¢ slots	97.19
25¢ slots	95.43
$1 slots	96.17
$5 slots	97.32
all slots	94.55

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including slots, video poker, and video keno.

NEVADA - wendover

Here’s information, as supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of the wendover area casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2019:

denomination	payback %
1¢ slots	93.41
5¢ slots	96.80
25¢ slots	93.34
$1 slots	95.86
$5 slots	96.39
all slot	94.32

These numbers reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and encompass all electronic machines including slots, video poker and video keno.

NEW JERSEY SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Following is information from the new jersey casino control commission regarding average slot payout percentages for the 12-month period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK
harrah’s	91.79
borgata	91.66
hard rock	91.41
caesars	91.03
bally's A.C.	90.76
golden nugget	90.57
resorts	90.78
tropicana	90.35
ocean resort	90.49

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines which includes slot machines, video poker, etc.

NEW MEXICO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

New mexico's indian casinos offer an assortment of table games and electronic gaming machines. Additionally, slot machines are allowed at the state's racetracks as well as at about 40 various fraternal and veterans clubs.

New mexico gaming regulations require that electronic machines at racetracks and fraternal/veterans organizations return a minimum of 80%.

New mexico's indian tribes do not make their slot machine payback percentages a matter of public record but the terms of the compact between the state and the tribes require all electronic gaming machines to also return a minimum of 80%.

NEW YORK SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

There are several indian casinos located in upstate new york which offer traditional class III casino gambling.

The terms of the compact between the tribes and the state allow table games and slot machines, including video keno and video poker. These machines do not pay out in cash. Instead, they print out a receipt which must be exchanged for cash.

There are also some indian casinos that offer class II gambling which consist of electronic gaming machines which look like slot machines, but are actually games of bingo and the spinning video reels are for "entertainment purposes only." no public information is available concerning the payback percentages on gaming machines at indian casinos.

Here’s information, as supplied by the new york gaming commission, showing the slot machine payback percentages for all of the casinos for the fiscal year from april 1, 2018, through march 31, 2019:

LOCATION	PAYBACK %
tioga downs	91.62
resort's world catskills	91.40
del lago	90.94
rivers	90.50

In october 2001, legislation was passed to allow for the introduction of slot machine-type video lottery machines at new york racetracks. Officially referred to as video gaming machines (VGM’s), they are regulated by the new york state lottery division.

All VGM's offer standard slot machine-type games, plus keno in denominations from five cents to $10. The machines all accept cash but do not pay out in cash. They print a receipt which must be taken to a cashier.

The legislation authorizing the VGM’s states, “the specifications for video lottery gaming shall be designed in such a manner as to pay prizes that average no less than ninety percent of sales.”

Here's information, as supplied by the new york lottery, showing the video gaming machine payback percentages for each of the state's racetracks for the fiscal year from april 1, 2018, through march 31, 2019:

LOCATION	PAYBACK %
resorts world	94.16
jake's 58	93.73
empire city	93.06
monticello	92.40
saratoga	92.35
finger lakes	92.12
batavia downs	91.66
fairgrounds	91.66
vernon downs	91.74

NORTH CAROLINA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

North carolina has two indian casinos and both are affiliated with the state's eastern band of cherokee indians which signed a compact with the state. According to the terms of the compact, the video gaming machines are required to return a minimum of 83% and a maximum of 98%.

NORTH DAKOTA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

North dakota has more than 800 sites throughout the state that offer blackjack, with betting limits of $1-$25, for the benefit of charities.

There are also six indian casinos which are limited by law to the following maximum bet limits: blackjack-$100 (two tables in a casino may have limits up to $250), craps-$60, roulette-$50, slots/video poker-$25 and poker-$50 per bet, per round with a maximum of three rounds.

The terms of the state's compact with the tribes require gaming machines to return a minimum of 80% and a maximum of 100%. However, if a machine is affected by skill, such as video poker or video blackjack, the machines must return a minimum of 83%.

OHIO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Ohio voters passed a statewide referendum in november 2009 to allow one casino to open in each of four major cities: cleveland, cincinnati, columbus, and toledo. There are also seven racetracks that offer video lottery terminals.

Here’s information from the ohio casino control commission regarding the payback percentages for each racino and casino’s electronic machines for the twelve-month period from july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2019:

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ALABAMA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Alabama is home to three native american casinos that offer class II video gaming machines. Alabama does not require native american casinos to release the payback statistics for their gaming machines.

ARIZONA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

In 1993 arizona’s governor symington and this states native american tribes signed a compact to allow the tribes to offer slot machines on their reservations.

The original compact did not allow for live table games to be in the state. In 2003 arizona added an addendum that made live table games permissible.

Arizona does not require the native american tribes to release the percentages on their slot machines. The arizona department of gaming states that the compact requires the machines on the tribe’s reservations to follow and state-mandated minimum and maximum payback. The minimum and maximum paybacks are as follows: slot machines -80%-100%, video blackjack and video poker- 83% to 100%, and keno – 75% to 100%. All of the state's tribes can freely set the payback on their machines anywhere within the state-mandated limits.

ARKANSAS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Arkansas has two pari-mutuel facilities featuring “electronic games of skill,” which are defined as “games played through any electronic device or machine that affords an opportunity for the exercise of skill or judgment where the outcome is not completely controlled by chance alone.”

In late 2018 arkansas voters approved a referendum to allow one casino in both jefferson and pope counties. The quapaw indian tribe is building a $350 million casino resort in jefferson county near pine bluff (map location #3). The saracen casino resort, which will have a 300-room hotel and 80,000 square feet of gaming space, is expected to open by late 2020. However, a smaller temporary casino may be opened in that location by early 2020. A license for the pope county casino location had not been approved as of late 2019.

Gaming regulations require that all arkansas machines return a minimum of 83%. For the one year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019, the average gaming machine’s return at oaklawn was 92.81% and at southland it was 92.72%

CALIFORNIA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

California’s native american casinos are allowed to offer such games as blackjack and other house-banked card games, and electronic gaming machines. California does not permit games roulette or craps, however, some casinos offer modified versions of these games. These modified versions of roulette and craps are played with cards rather than the traditional roulette wheels or dice.

Many california cardrooms offer some form of player-baked blackjack, however, because blackjack is illegal by law, the games is usually played to 22 instead of the traditional 21. Also, players are required to pay a commission to the house on every hand played. The commission amount will vary depending on the set rules of the house, in general, its around 2% to 5% of the total amount bet. There are almost 90 card rooms in california, to see a full list of californian card rooms click this link.

California does not require the tribes to release the paybacks percentage on their slot machine, california also does not require any minimum returns on their machines.

COLORADO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Here’s information, as supplied by colorado’s division of gaming, showing the slot machine payback percentages for each city’s casinos for the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

Black hawk	central city	cripple creek
1¢ slots	89.80%	90.43%	91.89%
5¢ slots	92.85%	93.93%	93.50%
25¢ slots	92.30%	94.06%	95.45%
$1 slots	93.69%	94.82%	94.83%
$5 slots	93.69%	93.76%	95.03%
all	92.35%	92.30%	93.53%

The numbers shown above represent the money returned on each type of machine and encompasses all electronic machines (including video poker and video keno). The bold highlighting represents the best return for each category.

CONNECTICUT SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Below is information provided the connecticut's division of special revenue provides us with the following information concerning foxwoods’ slot payback percentages:

Denomination	payback %
1¢	90.09
2¢	91.38
5¢	90.73
25¢	91.34
50¢	90.77
$1.00	92.99
$5.00	93.67
$25.00	96.51
$100.00	94.14
average	91.95

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each denomination of slot machine from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019.

Below is information provided by the connecticut's division of special revenue concerning mohegan sun's slot payback percentages:

Denomination	payback %
1¢	88.86
2¢	86.65
5¢	92.08
25¢	91.01
50¢	91.73
$1.00	92.94
$5.00	94.41
$10.00	97.41
$25.00	95.50
$100.00	94.55
average	91.90

These figures reflect the total percentages returned by each denomination of slot machine from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019.

DELAWARE SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Delaware is home to three pari-mutuel facilities; they all feature games similar to slot machines. These machines are actually video lottery terminals (VLT’s), because they are operated by the delaware lottery. Unlike many other states, delaware’s VLT machines payout in cash. The VLT’s in delaware play games such as video blackjack, video poker, and video keno.

Delaware state law requires that all video lottery games must have a return between 87% and 95% of all wagers on an annual basis. Games may have a return above 95%, but only with the approval of the lottery’s director.

According to figures from the delaware lottery for the twelve-month period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019 the average VLT return at dover downs was 92.59%, at delaware park it was 92.12%, and at harrington raceway it was 92.03%.

In 2018 the U.S. Supreme court legalized sports betting across all U.S. Casinos. Delaware was actually one of the first states to act on the new ruling, today all three casinos in delaware offer a sportsbook.

In early 2010 the delaware legislature finally approved a bill for the addition of table games in the state’s casinos.

FLORIDA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Florida is home to three different forms of casino gambling: native american casinos, casino boats, and gaming machines at pari-mutuels facilities in two counties in south florida.

Florida casino boats offer gamblers the opportunity to board ships that cruise offshore where casino gambling is legal. Casino boats travel to international waters where gambling is legal. The boats from the east coast sail three miles out into the atlantic ocean and the boats from the west coast travel nine miles out into the gulf of mexico. When the casino boats reach international waters they no longer need to adhere to state regulations, and the casino boats may set the payback without any regard to a minimum payback percentage.

Florida has seven indian gaming locations. The seminole tribe has six and the seventh is on the miccosukee tribe’s reservation.

The seminoles signed a compact with the state that allows them to offer traditional class III gaming machines. As part of their compact, five seminole casinos are also allowed to offer blackjack, poker, baccarat, mini-baccarat, mississippi stud, three card poker, let it ride and pai gow poker.

The miccosukee tribe has not yet signed a compact, so they are only allowed to offer class II gaming machines at their casino.

Class II gaming machines have the appearance of slot machines, but are actually games of bingo. The machines spinning reels are actually for “entertainment purposes only.” currently there is no public information available concerning the payback percentages on gaming machines in florida’s native american casinos.

The other games allowed in all native american casinos are: poker, high-stakes bingo, and video pull tabs. All native american casinos in florida are open 24 hours and all casinos offer bingo except for both seminole casino coconut creek and seminole hard rock casinos. The minimum gambling age is 18 at all native american casinos for bingo or poker, and the minimum gambling age is 21 for electronic gaming machines.

There are four pari-mutuel facilities in each broward county (home county of fort lauderdale) and miami-dade county. These pari-mutuel facilities offer electronic gaming machines, but do not offer table games.

Florida gaming regulations require a minimum payback of 85% on all gaming machines. From july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019 the gaming machines at magic city returned 93.43%, casino miami returned 92.34%, hialeah park returned 93.55%, gulfstream park returned 92.16%, dania casino returned 92.68%, big easy returned 91.50%, calder returned 91.32%, and the isle returned 90.22%.

GEORGIA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Georgia is home to two casino boats, both boats are required to sail three miles out into international waters where casino gambling is permitted.

Once the casino boats arrive in international waters they are free from state regulations. The gaming machines can then be set to pay back whatever the operator wants, without any regard to a minimum payback percentage.

IDAHO SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Idaho is home to six native american casinos, these casinos offer electronic pull-tab machines and other video games. Idaho electronic gaming machines don't pay out in cash. Instead, these machines print out a receipt which must be taken to the cashier’s cage or cashed by a floor attendant. Select casinos offer games such as bingo (BG) and off-track betting (OTB).

According to the terms of the compact between the tribes and the state, there is no required minimum payback percentage that the gaming machines must return.

ILLINOIS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

The information below is provided by the illinois gaming board showing each casi­no’s average slot payback percentage for the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
casino queen	92.05
harrah's joliet	91.98
hollywood joliet	91.18
par-A-dice	91.02
grand victoria	91.02
argosy alton	90.83
hollywood - aurora	90.42
rivers casino	90.35
jumer's	89.94
harrah's metropolis	89.39

The figures shown above represent the total percentages returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines. According to the chart, the casino queen had the highest return to its slot machine players, while harrah's in metropolis had the lowest return.

INDIANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Following is information from the indiana gaming commission re­garding average slot payout percentages for the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
french lick	91.55
blue chip	91.40
rising star	91.38
indiana grand	90.88
belterra	90.76
majestic star	90.25
horseshoe casino SI	90.09
horseshoe hammond	90.07
hoosier park	90.05
hollywood	89.96
majestic star II	89.84
ameristar	89.92
tropicana	89.61

The figures shown above represent the average percentage returned by each casino for all of their electronic machines including their slot machines, video keno, video poker, etc.

IOWA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

The information below is provided by the iowa racing and gaming commission, it shows the electronic gaming machine payback percentages for all non-native american locations for the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

LOCATION	PAYBACK %
prairie meadows	91.67
Q casino	90.63
wild rose- emmetsburg	90.61
wild rose- clinton	90.56
wild rose- jefferson	90.52
diamond jo worth	90.52
diamond jo dubuque	90.49
catfish bend	90.42
riverside	90.40
grand falls	90.36
hard rock	90.29
rhythm city	90.26
casino queen marquette	90.19
ameristar	90.05
isle bettendorf	90.04
harrah's	89.77
isle waterloo	89.73
horseshoe council bluffs	89.66
lakeside casino	88.91

The figures shown above represent the total percentages returned by each riverboat casino or pari-mutuel facility in iowa for all of its electronic machines including: slots, video poker, video keno, etc.

KANSAS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

In early 2007 a state legislature in kansas authorized local referendums to allow four counties to build state-run casinos.

Kansas does nit require the racing & gaming commission to release information about the payback percentages on electronic gaming machines in the state. However, the state does require that all machines have a return of no less than 87%.

Kansas is also home to five native american casinos; these casinos are also not required to release information on their slot machine payback percentages. Though, according to the kansas state gaming agency, the minimum payback percentage for tribal electronic gaming devices is 80%.

LOUISIANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Louisiana state gaming regulations require that gaming machines in casinos must be programmed to have a minimum payback of 80%, and maximum payback of 99.9%. The laws concerning video gaming machines at locations other than casinos requires a minimum return of 80%, and a maximum return of 94%.

Statistics concerning louisiana gaming are not broken down by individual casinos. Rather, they are classified by region they reside in: baton rouge (BR) , lake charles (LC), new orleans (NO) and shreveport/bossier city (SB).

Casinos located in baton rouge consist of: the belle of baton rouge, evangeline downs, hollywood casino, L'auberge. Casinos in lake charles include: delta downs, isle of capri, and L’auberge du lac. Casinos located in new orleans are: amelia belle, boomtown, fairgrounds raceway, harrah’s (landbased), treasure chest. Casinos in shreveport/bossier city include: boomtown, diamond jack’s, eldorado, horseshoe, harrah’s, sam’s town, louisiana downs.

Below is information, supplied by the louisiana state police-riverboat gaming section, concerning the average electronic machine payback per­centages for each area’s casinos for the 12-month period from june 1, 2018 through may 30, 2019:

BR	LC	NO	SB
1¢	88.70%	88.57%	88.96%	89.01%
5¢	91.69%	94.31%	93.31%	93.12%
25¢	92.30%	93.08%	92.43%	90.73%
$1	93.56%	92.33%	92.72%	93.03%
$5	94.49%	92.99%	92.93%	92.70%
all	90.50%	90.63%	90.23%	90.43%

These numbers above display the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine and cover all electronic machines including both video poker and video keno. The highest returns for each category are highlighted in bold print, as you can see the casinos in the baton rouge area offered the highest returns in most categories.

MAINE SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Maine is home to two racetrack casinos (racinos), these two locations offer electronic gaming machines, as well as live table games.

Maine state gaming regulations mandated a minimum return of 89% on all machines. During the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019, the average return on gaming machines at hollywood casino was 90.15% and at oxford casino it was 90.01%.

MARYLAND SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Maryland is home to five casinos, all of these locations are allowed to offer electronic gaming machines, as well as live table games. However, the ocean downs location does not offer table games.

Maryland state gaming laws does not require casinos to provide information on the actual payback percentages on gaming machines. However, state gaming regulations do require a minimum payback of 87% on any individual machine. All gaming machines located within a maryland casino must have an average payback of 90% - 95%.

MASSACHUSETTS SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

In late 2011 massachusetts state governor deval patrick signed a bill that legalized casinos in the state. The law allowed for three casinos, located in three different geographic regions, and also allowed for one slot parlor.

Plainridge park casino, the only massachusetts slot parlor, is a harness racing track that is located about 40 miles southwest of boston, it opened its doors on june 24, 2015.

The first resort-casino license to be awarded in region B (western massachusetts) went to MGM resorts. This $1.3 billion casino, the MGM springfield, first opened its doors on august 24, 2018.

The second license, located in region A (eastern massachusetts), was awarded to wynn resorts. This $2 billion casino, encore everett, opened on june 23, 2019. The final of the three licenses, for location region C (southeastern massachusetts), has not yet been awarded as of late 2019.

Currently the mashpee wampanoag tribe is planning to build a destination resort casino near taunton, massachusetts. That location, first light casino, was originally expected to open by 2019. This project, however, has been suspended due to lawsuits which might stop it from ever being completed.

Massachusetts gaming regulations require a minimum payback of 80% on all gaming machines. From july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019, the gaming machines at plainridge park returned 92.03%, 91.39% at MGM springfield* and 91.49% at encore**.

* stats for MGM springfield began august 23, 2018 when it opened

** stats for encore are june 23- july 31 2019.

MICHIGAN SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

There are 17 native american casinos located in michigan, and state gaming laws do not require tribes to release information concerning their slot machine payback percentages. Though, the michigan gaming control board requires that the machines in the state must meet the same minimum standards that are kept for machines in nevada or new jersey. Nevada state law requires a minimum return of 75% and new jersey requires a minimum of 83%. So in in order to comply with the law, michigan native american casinos must return at minimum of 75%.

Detroit boasts three privately owned casinos, though michigan does not require their slot payback to be available to the public.

MINNESOTA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

All casinos in minnesota are located on native american reservations, and by state law are only permitted to have table games such as blackjack and poker. The only kind of slot machines allowed are of the electronic video slot machines, you will not find any mechanical slots that have traditional reels in minnesota.

The terms of the compact between the state and the tribes dictate that the minimum and maximum payouts are as follows: slot machines - 80% to 95%, video poker and video blackjack - 83% to 98%, keno - 75% to 95%. The state allows for tribe to set their machines to pay back anywhere within the predefined limits, the tribes are not required to release any information on their slot machine percentage paybacks.

MISSISSIPPI SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

The mississippi gaming commission breaks down its states slot statistics region, instead of breaking down the information by individual properties.

The coastal region of mississippi includes bay saint louis, biloxi, and gulfport.

The north region of mississippi includes greenville, lula, and tunica.

The central region of mississippi includes natchez and vicksburg.

Using the key above, the mississippi gaming commission, provides the information below. This information shows the machine payback per­centages for each area’s casinos for the one-year period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

Coastal	north	central
1¢ slots	91.99%	91.95%	91.73%
5¢ slots	94.78%	94.96%	95.73%
25¢ slots	93.91%	92.41%	93.78%
$1 slots	93.28%	93.51%	94.10%
$5 slots	93.78%	95.16%	95.52%
all	92.18%	91.87%	92.32%

The numbers above reflect the percentage of money returned on each denomination of machine, this percentage encompass all electronic machines including video poker and video keno. The highest returns for each category are highlighted in bold print, you can see that all of the gaming areas offer very similar returns on their machines.

MISSOURI SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Below is information provided by the missouri gaming commission, the information covers the payback percentages for each casino's electronic machines for the 12-month period from july 1, 2018 through june 30, 2019:

CASINO	PAYBACK %
ameristar- st. Charles	91.0
river city	90.6
hollywood	90.6
ameristar- K.C.	90.4
harrah’s - N.K.C	90.1
isle of capri - booneville	90.1
lumiere place	90.0
argosy	89.9
isle of capri - cape girardeau	89.7
lady luck	89.3
isle of capri - K.C.	88.9
st. Jo frontier	88.9
mark twain	88.7

The figures above encompass the total percentages returned by each casino for all of their electronic gaming machines including slot machines, video poker, video keno, etc.

MONTANA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Montana state gaming law permit bars and taverns to have as many as 20 video gaming devices per location. These video gaming machines play video poker, video keno, or video bingo. These machines are owned and operated in a partnership with the state, these machines are not permitted to pay out in cash. You actually are required to print out a receipt which must be taken to a cashier or bartender to be exchanged. Montana state gaming laws allows for a maximum bet on these machines of $2, and the maximum payout is limited to $800. Montana state gaming regulations requires that these machines have a minimum return of 80%.

There are seven native american casinos that offer video gaming machines (these machines print out a receipt). State law requires a maximum bet on these machines to be $5, and a maximum payout that is capped at $1,500. Montana's state gambling control division does not have a required minimum payback percentage for gaming machines on native american reservations.

NEBRASKA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

Nebraska state gaming law does not require payback percentages on gaming machines in the state.

NEVADA SLOT MACHINE PAYBACK STATISTICS

NEVADA - lake tahoe

Below is information supplied by nevada’s state gaming control board, it shows the slot machine payback percentages for all of the south shore casinos for the fiscal year beginning july 1, 2018 and ending june 30, 2019:

Best slot machines by payout percentage

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Best payout slot machines by software provider

Whilst our comprehensive table of payout percentages for slot machines is undoubtedly illuminating, we have gone one step further in trying to help you find the best online slots.

This graph shows the eight main software providers for online slots and the average payout percentage across all of their games. Essentially it shows you which providers apply the smallest ‘house edge’ and thus produce the best slot machines for players.

RTP % by slot manufacturer

There are a couple of things that really stand out when you look closely at the graph:

• Amaya slots are by far and away the worst slot machines for payouts with a 92% RTP average (more on that later).


• Netent make the most player friendly slot games averaging a 96.51% payout percentage.


• The majority of companies are within 1% of each other setting an online industry standard of about 95% for slot payouts.


• Online slots have a comparatively impressive payout percentage across the board as compared to land-based slot machines (85% average), with upwards of 90% representing a kind of industry standard.

We’ve also built specific pages which breaks down the games offered by each brand:

Why are amaya payouts so bad?

Amaya lags quite significantly behind the others with a payout percentage of 92%… why are they so far behind the rest?

Amaya are a canadian company based in montreal and after their purchase of the parent company of pokerstars and full tilt poker in 2014, became the world’s largest public listed online gambling games company.

It may be therefore, that as market leaders there is less pressure on amaya to match or better their competitors’ payout percentages. Amaya have also recently purchased several other slots providers including aristrocrat and chartwell. Both companies were known for their low return to player percentages and therefore could be dragging the amaya averages down.

However at the core of this issue is the fact that amaya are a major player in the creation of software for real world slot machines and as such clearly want to bring the lower land based percentages to the online scene (how very noble of them indeed).

Slot machine payouts vs other casino games

Plenty of useful conclusions can be drawn from simply looking at the payout percentages of different slots games and software providers.

However… it is also important to look at the RTP percentages of slots as compared to other online casino games.

RTP percentages: slots vs other casino games

*graph assumes a player is playing the most favourable variation of the game and is employing perfect strategy.

Keno is the obvious place to start when looking at this data, as its RTP percentage is significantly lower than any other at 73% (avoid at all costs folks). Blackjack has a much higher average RTP percentage of 99.50% and when played correctly is the most player friendly casino game there is.

It’s pretty difficult to land a significant payday playing blackjack. You’ve got to get on a seriously hot streak which lasts a significant amount of time to make a lot of money. Slots machines, although with an average RPT of 95.67%, do offer the chance to score that big payout and it could be argued that sacrificing a bit of house edge to get that opportunity is worth it.

As a side note blackjack’s very low house edge is why it’s pretty much always excluded from wagering requirements for online casino bonuses. With the bonus money added to expected returns when clearing the bonus it can actually produce an edge for the player if perfect strategy is employed.

How do RTP percentages work?

RTP or payout percentages are a representation of the average rate at which a game – be it slots or otherwise – pays out to players, as compared to the total amount that players stake. In general, online slots games have a payout percentage of around 95% and in the simplest possible terms this means that on average the game will pay out £95 for every £100 staked on it.

That does not mean that every player is guaranteed £95 worth of payout if and when they stake £100 however, as the percentages are based upon a very high number of spins. General probability and more simply the law of averages, means that an individual player could still win far more than they stake or lose considerably more than 5% in one session or over an extended period of time.

What it does mean is that on average the online casino or game provider will take 5% of the money staked on the game for themselves, and that is called the ‘house edge’.

How are slot machine payouts calculated?

For players… RTP = (total amount returned to players) / (total amount bet by players). That calculation will always return the result in the form of a decimal (e.G. 0.95) and it can then simply be translated into a percentage, which in that example would be 95%.

For the casinos… the number of symbols built into the game, the amount of combinations of those symbols which provide a payout, the value of those payouts and the probability of those combinations occurring combine to produce the games overall RTP %.

Why do slots have different payouts?

Online slot games software providers have no real restrictions placed upon them in terms of the initial RTP percentage they build into their games. The UK gambling commission nor any other regulatory body of note impose a statutory minimum upon online slots games and as such the providers can set the level themselves.

Levels are determined by the paytable and symbols in the game, these differ from game to game and therefore payouts differ as well. They are set to make machines attractive to players whilst still providing a house edge for the casino. The best slots from a players point of view are usually always those with the highest possible payout percentages.

Do online slots or land based have better payouts?

The best slot machine games, where payouts are concerned, are always online based. The percentage falls dramatically live as compared with online.

Where the general online average RTP percentage tends to hover around 95%, land based casinos can – and often do – offer percentages as low as 75%. That figure in fact, is one which is often linked to machines in las vegas where the state imposed minimum is indeed only 75%.

Other global regulatory bodies however, do impose a more stringent minimum on physical slot machines, with the state of new jersey requiring 83% and the state of mississippi 80% for example.

In the UK meanwhile, the UK gambling commission does not actually impose any statutory minimum. It does dictate however, that all machines must display their RTP percentages clearly to players and that does tend to prevent casinos and bookmakers from allowing the percentages to fall too low as to make games unfair.

Can casinos change payout percentages?

The answer to this question tends to be no, but the explanation of that answer differs in terms of live and online slots games.

Online casinos

To deal with online games first, as we have mentioned online there is no statutory minimum RTP percentage which allows providers to set their own levels. What they cannot do however, is to routinely alter or skew those percentages or to lie about them to their customers.

This is prevented by the necessity of online slots providers to have their games regularly tested by independent testing boards. These boards must themselves by licensed by the relevant legislative bodies and will check that a provider’s games generate random combinations, are not biased towards or away from certain combinations and deliver the RTP percentage that they claim. If you stick to online gaming sites which are legit and registered with testing boards such as ecogra in the UK, itech labs in australia or gaming laboratories international in the USA therefore, you can be sure that the games have fair and consistent RTP percentages.

Live casinos

With physical slot machines, the payout percentage tends to be set when the imbedded software is originally written and as such can only be altered by the physical switching of the software or firmware.

That is a time consuming and difficult process, and is one that is also often subject to different rules according to the jurisdiction in which the machine is operated. In the US state of new jersey for example, each machine is fitted with a tamper proof seal to ensure that any switch of software can only be carried out in the presence of a gaming control board official. All of that, together with the fact that it is an almost universally applied rule that the RTP percentage for a machine must be clearly displayed to players, makes it very difficult therefore for casinos and other slots providers to change percentages whenever they want.

But essentially in a live environment it can be done, it’s just quite difficult to do it.

Slot game statistics

Configurations
there is a wide variety of the slot machines with regard to parametric design and rules. The configuration of a slot machine is specified by the configuration of its display and the configuration of its reels.
The display of a slot machine shows the outcomes of the reels in groups of spots (spot refers to a unit part of a reel holding one symbol, visible through its window; a spot on the display corresponds to a stop of the reel; a window can show one or more spots) having a certain shape and arrangement. The configuration of the display can be defined and modeled mathematically through a cartesian grid of integers, where the gridʼs points stand for the reel spots/stops and a (pay)line is a finite set of minimum 3 points that can be connected through a path linking successively neighboring points of that set. The length of a line is the cardinality of that set. Most of the slot machines have the display arranged as a rectangular grid. Lines can be of any shape and complexity and have all kinds of geometrical and topological properties. There are horizontal, vertical, oblique, or broken lines; symmetric, transversal lines; triangular, trapezoidal, zigzag, stair, or double-stair lines.
The distribution and arrangement of the symbols on each reel is also part of the configuration of a slot machine. On virtual slot machines and slot games in new slot sites, the physical configuration is replaced by parametric constraints upon the RNG (random number generator).
For the probability calculus in slots, only a part of the parameters and properties of the entire configuration of a slot machine do count [. ]. Read more on configurations

Winning combinations, slots events
any winning rule on a payline is expressed through a combination of symbols (for instance, the specific combination

) or a type of combinations of symbols (for instance, any bar-symbol twice or any triple of symbols) and any outcome is a specific combination of stops on that line. Therefore, the combination of stops should be naturally taken as an elementary event of the probability field. We have

possible combinations of stops in case A and

possible combinations of symbols on a payline of length n across n reels. In case B, we have the same

number of possible combinations of symbols and

possible combinations of stops for that payline of length n.

With regard to the complexity of the events in respect to the ease of the probability computations, we have:

Simple events. These are the events related to one line, which are types of combinations of stops expressed through specific numbers of identical symbols (instances). For example,

on a payline of length 3 is a simple event, defined as "two seven and one orange symbols".

Complex events of type 1. These are unions of simple events related to one line. For instance, the event any triple on a payline of length 3 of a fruit machine is a complex event of type 1, as being the union of the simple events

,

,

, and so on (consider all the symbols of that machine). Any double or two cherries or two oranges or at least one cherry are also complex events of type 1.

Complex events of type 2. These are events that are types of combinations of stops expressed through specific numbers of identical symbols, related to several lines. For instance,

on paylines 1, 3, or 5 is a complex event of type 2 expressed through "two seven and one plum symbols". The event

on at least one payline is also a complex event of type 2.

Complex events of type 3. These are unions of events that are types of combinations of stops expressed through specific numbers of identical symbols (like the complex events of type 2), related to several lines. For instance, any triple on paylines 1 or 2 is a complex event of type 3. At least one cherry on at least one payline is also a complex event of type 3.

General formulas of the probability of the winning events related to one payline

For an event E related to a line of length n, the general formula of the probability of E is:

In case A and

in case B, (1)

Where F(E) is the number of combinations of stops favorable for the event E to occur.

For an event E expressed through the number of instances of each symbol on a payline in case A, formula (1) is equivalent to:

(2)

Where

is the number of instances of

, and so on,

is the number of instances of

(

).

Formula (2) can be directly applied for winning events defined through the distribution of all symbols on the payline, in case A. These are simple events. For more complex events, we must apply the general formula (1), which reverts to counting the number of favorable combinations of stops F(E), or, for particular situations, apply formula (2) several times and add the results.
In case B, the number of variables is larger and therefore most of the explicit formulas from case B are too overloaded. We take here one particular type of events for which we present its probability formula in terms of basic probabilities, namely the events expressed through a number of instances of one symbol. If E is the event exactly m instances of S (

), then:

(3)

Where

and

are the basic probabilities (the probability of symbol S occurring on reel number j, respectively k).

Probability calculus tools for events related to several lines
for events related to several lines, other properties of probability are used (for instance, the inclusion-exclusion principle), along with formulas (1) and (2) and some approximation methods necessary for the ease of computations. When estimating the probability of an event related to several lines, some topological properties of that group of lines do count; for instance, the independence of the lines:

We call two lines independent if they do not contain stops of the same reel. This means that the outcome on one line does not depend on the outcome of the other and vice versa. Two lines that are not independent will be called non-independent.

For two non-independent lines, the outcome of one is influenced (partially or totally) by the outcome of the other. This definition can be extended to several lines (m), as follows: we call m lines independent if every pair of lines from them are independent. From probabilistic point of view, any two or more events each related to a line from a group of independent lines are independent, in the sense of the definition of independence of events from probability theory.

Independent and non-independent lines in a 3 x 3-display of a 9-reel slot machine

In the previous figure, lines

and

are independent, while

and

, as well as

and

are non-independent (for the last two pairs, the lines have a stop in common).

Non-independent lines in a 4 x 5-display of a 5-reel slot machine

In the previous figure, lines

and

,

and

,

and

, and therefore

,

, and

, are non-independent, since within each of the mentioned groups we have stops of the same reel on different lines. In such configuration, there is no group of independent lines, regardless the shape or other properties of the lines.

An immediate consequence of the definition of independent lines is that if two lines intersect each other (that is, they share common stops), they are non-independent, so any group of lines containing them will be non-independent. Another consequence is that if two lines are independent, they do not intersect each other.
If two lines do not intersect each other, they are not necessarily independent. For instance, take lines

and

in the last figure. On the contrary, lines

and

not intersecting each other in the last but one figure are independent.

The non-independent lines (intersecting or non-intersecting) for which there are non-shared stops belonging to the same reels (like lines

and

in the last figure) are called linked lines. For events related to linked lines, the probability estimations are only possible if we know the arrangements of the symbols on the reels, not only their distributions.

All probabilities were worked out under the following assumptions:
- the reels spin independently;
- a payline does not contain two stops of the same reel (it crosses over the reels without overlapping them); this reverts to the fact that any m events, each one related to one stop of the payline, are independent of each other;
- each reel contains p symbols; this is actually a convention: if a symbol does not appear on a reel, we could simply take its distribution on that reel as being zero.

Given parameters
of course, any practical application can be fulfilled only if we know in advance the parameters of the given slot machine, that is, the numbers of stops of the reels and the symbol distributions on the reels. All the probability formulas and tables of values are ultimately useless without this information.
In the book the mathematics of slots: configurations, combinations, probabilities you will find explained some methods of estimating these parameters based on empirical data collected through statistical observation and physical measurements. Of course, taking into account the incomputable error ranges of such approximations, any credible information regarding these parameters should prevail over these methods of estimating them.
The mathematics department of infarom will launch soon the project probability sheet for any slot game, dealing with collecting statistical data from slot players, using the data to estimate the parameters of the slot machine, refining the estimations with the newly collected data and computing the probabilities and other statistical indicators attached to the payout schedule of the slot machine, in order to provide the so-called PAR sheet of any slot game on the market. Contact us with subject "slots data project" if you want to be part of our future project.

Practical applications and numerical probabilities

This section is dedicated to practical results, in which the general formulas are particularized in order to provide results for the most common categories of slot games and winning events. The practical results are presented as both specific formulas, ready for inputting the parameters of the slot game, and computed numerical results, where the specific formulas allow the generation of two-dimensional tables of values. The collection of results hold for winning combinations with no wild symbols (jokers) and is partial. You can find the complete collection of practical results in the book the mathematics of slots: configurations, combinations, probabilities, for 3-reel, 5-reel, 9-reel, and 16-reel slot machines.

3-reel slot machines
the 3-reel slot machines could have the following common configurations of the display: 1 x 3, 2 x 3, 3 x 3. The standard length of a payline is 3. The common winning events on a payline are:

– A specific symbol three times
(for example, (

))

– any symbol three times (triple)

– A specific symbol exactly twice
(for example, (

any))

– any symbol exactly twice (double)

– A specific symbol exactly once
(for example, (

any any))

– any combination of two specific symbols
(for example, (mix

&

) , that is (

) or (

))

– any combination of at least one of three specific symbols
(for example, (any bar any bar any bar ), with three bar symbols like

,

,

)

(the symbols from the examples are just for illustrating the winning combinations and may be replaced by symbols of any graphic. For the same parameters of the machine, the probabilities of the above events are the same regardless of the chosen graphic for the symbols.)
unions of winning events on a payline (disjunctions of the previous events

through

, operated with or):

8. A specific symbol at least twice

9. A specific symbol at least once

10. A specific symbol three times or another specific symbol twice

11. A specific symbol three times or another specific symbol once

12. A specific symbol three times or another specific symbol at least once

13. A specific symbol three times or any combination of that symbol with another specific symbol

14. A specific symbol twice or another specific symbol once

15. A specific symbol twice or any combination of at least one of three other specific symbols

On a 3-reel 2 x 3- or 3 x 3-display slot machine, any two paylines are linked; therefore we cannot estimate the probabilities of the winning events related to several lines.

16-reel slot machines
the 16-reel slot machines usually have the 4 x 4 configuration of the display. The standard length of a payline is 4, but it could also have the length 3, 6, 7, or 8. The 16-reel 4 x 4-display slot machine could have 8 to 22 paylines of length 4, as follows: 4 horizontal, 4 vertical, 2 oblique (diagonal), or 12 trapezoidal lines. It could also have 4 transversal stair lines of length 7, 12 double-stair lines of length 6, or 10 double-stair lines of length 8. It could also have 4 oblique lines of length 3.

The common winning events on a payline are:

– A specific symbol four times (on a payline of length at least 4; for example, (

))

– any symbol four times (quadruple; on a payline of length at least 4)

– A specific symbol exactly three times (on a payline of length at least 3; for example, (

any))

– any symbol exactly three times (triple) (on a payline of length at least 3)

– any combination of two specific symbols (on a payline of length at least 3; for example, (mix

&

) , that is (

) or (

) or (

), for a payline of length 4)

– any combination of at least one of three specific symbols (on a payline of length at least 3; for example, (any bar any bar any bar any bar), with three bar symbols like

,

,

, for a payline of length 4).

The table notes the probabilities of the winning events on a payline of length 4.

Unions of winning events on a payline (disjunctions of the previous events

through

, operated with or):

7. A specific symbol at least three times

8. A specific symbol four times or another specific symbol three times

9. A specific symbol four times or another specific symbol at least three times

10. A specific symbol four times or any combination of that symbol with another specific symbol

11. A specific symbol three times or any combination of at least one of three other specific symbols

Winning events on several paylines
for the probabilities of these events, we considered only paylines of the regular length 4 in case A.

1.1 A winning event on any of the horizontal lines
1.2 A winning event on any of the vertical lines
1.3 A winning event on any of the horizontal or vertical lines
1.4 A winning event on either or both of the diagonals
1.5 A winning event on any of the horizontal or diagonal lines
1.6 A winning event on any of the vertical or diagonal lines
1.7 A winning event on any of the horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines
1.8 A winning event on any of the left-right trapezoidal lines
1.9 A winning event on any of the horizontal or left-right trapezoidal lines

All slots probabilities and other statistical indicators, for the most common types of slot machines and the most common winning events, are covered in the book the mathematics of slots: configurations, combinations, probabilities . The collection of probability results is presented along with the mathematics behind the slot games. See the books section for details.

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Best slot machines by payout percentage

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Best payout slot machines by software provider

Whilst our comprehensive table of payout percentages for slot machines is undoubtedly illuminating, we have gone one step further in trying to help you find the best online slots.

This graph shows the eight main software providers for online slots and the average payout percentage across all of their games. Essentially it shows you which providers apply the smallest ‘house edge’ and thus produce the best slot machines for players.

RTP % by slot manufacturer

There are a couple of things that really stand out when you look closely at the graph:

• Amaya slots are by far and away the worst slot machines for payouts with a 92% RTP average (more on that later).


• Netent make the most player friendly slot games averaging a 96.51% payout percentage.


• The majority of companies are within 1% of each other setting an online industry standard of about 95% for slot payouts.


• Online slots have a comparatively impressive payout percentage across the board as compared to land-based slot machines (85% average), with upwards of 90% representing a kind of industry standard.

We’ve also built specific pages which breaks down the games offered by each brand:

Why are amaya payouts so bad?

Amaya lags quite significantly behind the others with a payout percentage of 92%… why are they so far behind the rest?

Amaya are a canadian company based in montreal and after their purchase of the parent company of pokerstars and full tilt poker in 2014, became the world’s largest public listed online gambling games company.

It may be therefore, that as market leaders there is less pressure on amaya to match or better their competitors’ payout percentages. Amaya have also recently purchased several other slots providers including aristrocrat and chartwell. Both companies were known for their low return to player percentages and therefore could be dragging the amaya averages down.

However at the core of this issue is the fact that amaya are a major player in the creation of software for real world slot machines and as such clearly want to bring the lower land based percentages to the online scene (how very noble of them indeed).

Slot machine payouts vs other casino games

Plenty of useful conclusions can be drawn from simply looking at the payout percentages of different slots games and software providers.

However… it is also important to look at the RTP percentages of slots as compared to other online casino games.

RTP percentages: slots vs other casino games

*graph assumes a player is playing the most favourable variation of the game and is employing perfect strategy.

Keno is the obvious place to start when looking at this data, as its RTP percentage is significantly lower than any other at 73% (avoid at all costs folks). Blackjack has a much higher average RTP percentage of 99.50% and when played correctly is the most player friendly casino game there is.

It’s pretty difficult to land a significant payday playing blackjack. You’ve got to get on a seriously hot streak which lasts a significant amount of time to make a lot of money. Slots machines, although with an average RPT of 95.67%, do offer the chance to score that big payout and it could be argued that sacrificing a bit of house edge to get that opportunity is worth it.

As a side note blackjack’s very low house edge is why it’s pretty much always excluded from wagering requirements for online casino bonuses. With the bonus money added to expected returns when clearing the bonus it can actually produce an edge for the player if perfect strategy is employed.

How do RTP percentages work?

RTP or payout percentages are a representation of the average rate at which a game – be it slots or otherwise – pays out to players, as compared to the total amount that players stake. In general, online slots games have a payout percentage of around 95% and in the simplest possible terms this means that on average the game will pay out £95 for every £100 staked on it.

That does not mean that every player is guaranteed £95 worth of payout if and when they stake £100 however, as the percentages are based upon a very high number of spins. General probability and more simply the law of averages, means that an individual player could still win far more than they stake or lose considerably more than 5% in one session or over an extended period of time.

What it does mean is that on average the online casino or game provider will take 5% of the money staked on the game for themselves, and that is called the ‘house edge’.

How are slot machine payouts calculated?

For players… RTP = (total amount returned to players) / (total amount bet by players). That calculation will always return the result in the form of a decimal (e.G. 0.95) and it can then simply be translated into a percentage, which in that example would be 95%.

For the casinos… the number of symbols built into the game, the amount of combinations of those symbols which provide a payout, the value of those payouts and the probability of those combinations occurring combine to produce the games overall RTP %.

Why do slots have different payouts?

Online slot games software providers have no real restrictions placed upon them in terms of the initial RTP percentage they build into their games. The UK gambling commission nor any other regulatory body of note impose a statutory minimum upon online slots games and as such the providers can set the level themselves.

Levels are determined by the paytable and symbols in the game, these differ from game to game and therefore payouts differ as well. They are set to make machines attractive to players whilst still providing a house edge for the casino. The best slots from a players point of view are usually always those with the highest possible payout percentages.

Do online slots or land based have better payouts?

The best slot machine games, where payouts are concerned, are always online based. The percentage falls dramatically live as compared with online.

Where the general online average RTP percentage tends to hover around 95%, land based casinos can – and often do – offer percentages as low as 75%. That figure in fact, is one which is often linked to machines in las vegas where the state imposed minimum is indeed only 75%.

Other global regulatory bodies however, do impose a more stringent minimum on physical slot machines, with the state of new jersey requiring 83% and the state of mississippi 80% for example.

In the UK meanwhile, the UK gambling commission does not actually impose any statutory minimum. It does dictate however, that all machines must display their RTP percentages clearly to players and that does tend to prevent casinos and bookmakers from allowing the percentages to fall too low as to make games unfair.

Can casinos change payout percentages?

The answer to this question tends to be no, but the explanation of that answer differs in terms of live and online slots games.

Online casinos

To deal with online games first, as we have mentioned online there is no statutory minimum RTP percentage which allows providers to set their own levels. What they cannot do however, is to routinely alter or skew those percentages or to lie about them to their customers.

This is prevented by the necessity of online slots providers to have their games regularly tested by independent testing boards. These boards must themselves by licensed by the relevant legislative bodies and will check that a provider’s games generate random combinations, are not biased towards or away from certain combinations and deliver the RTP percentage that they claim. If you stick to online gaming sites which are legit and registered with testing boards such as ecogra in the UK, itech labs in australia or gaming laboratories international in the USA therefore, you can be sure that the games have fair and consistent RTP percentages.

Live casinos

With physical slot machines, the payout percentage tends to be set when the imbedded software is originally written and as such can only be altered by the physical switching of the software or firmware.

That is a time consuming and difficult process, and is one that is also often subject to different rules according to the jurisdiction in which the machine is operated. In the US state of new jersey for example, each machine is fitted with a tamper proof seal to ensure that any switch of software can only be carried out in the presence of a gaming control board official. All of that, together with the fact that it is an almost universally applied rule that the RTP percentage for a machine must be clearly displayed to players, makes it very difficult therefore for casinos and other slots providers to change percentages whenever they want.

But essentially in a live environment it can be done, it’s just quite difficult to do it.

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Slot game statistics

Slot machine	software	RTP%
monopoly big event	barcrest		All gaming machines are designed to pay the player back a percentage of what is played. The amounts vary from machine to machine and from casino to casino. All machines have one thing in common: the longer the machine is played, the closer the actual payouts will be to the theoretical results. Slot machines use a random selection process to achieve a set of theoretical odds. Random selection means that each time the lever is pulled and the reels are set in motion a combination of symbols are randomly selected. The "random" aspect ensures that each pull of the handle is independent from every other pull, so that the results of the previous pull, and the one before that, have no effect on the current one. The theoretical odds are built into the design and program of the machine, and it is possible to calculate the exact payout percentage for any machine over the long-term. Except for the video slots, slot machines have wheels called reels with symbols printed on each wheel. Each reel symbol represents a stop which may come to rest on the payline, and may or may not be part of a combination of symbols resulting in a payoff. The likelihood of winning any payoff on any slot machine is related to the number of reels and the number of symbols on each reel. The most common type of mechanical slot machine has three reels with twenty symbols on each reel. To calculate the total number of combinations of symbols on this machine, we multiple the number of stops (symbols) on each reel by the number of stops on each of the remaining reels. For a three reel machine with twenty stops per reel, we have 20 x 20 x 20 = 8,000 combinations of slot symbols. If a jackpot offered on this machine pays on 7 7 7 and only one 7 symbol is on each reel, then the probability of hitting this jackpot is 1/20 x 1/20 x 1/20 or one in 8,000. If two 7 symbols are on one reel, then our calculation is 2/20 x 1/20 x 1/20 for a probability of 1/4,000 of hitting the jackpot. Likewise, we can calculate the probability of any combination of symbols hitting if we know the number of times each symbol appears on each reel. When mechanical slots dominated, it was not too difficult to count the symbols on each reel and determine exactly the payoff of a given machine. With microprocessor controlled slots this task has become almost impossible, as the number of stops per reel can be as many as 256. To determine the payoffs of such a machine would require significant reverse engineering and is beyond the scope of almost every player. The number of reels has a greater effect on the probabilities than the number of symbols per reel. If we compare a machine with 32 stops per reel and 3 reels, with a 22 stop per reel machine and 4 reels, you will see the tremendous difference another reel makes: 32 stop, 3 reel: 32 x 32 x 32 = 32,768 combinations 22 stop, 4 reel: 22 x 22 x 22 x 22 = 234,256 combinations If we consider a 5 reel machine with 32 stops per reel, we find over 33 million combinations! Every slot machine has a predetermined payout percentage. When you hear things like "our slots pay back 98.3%" this means that over the long-term for every dollar inserted in the machine, it will return 98.3 cents. Conversely, we could state that as for every dollar played, the casino will retain 1.7 cents. These percentages only hold true over very long-term play consisting of hundreds of thousands or even millions of plays. Many people misinterpret these percentages and think that if they play with $100.00 on a 98.3% payback machine that they can only lose $1.70. There are a couple of things wrong with this line of thinking. First, theoretical percentages will be attained only over long periods of play. Over a few dozen, or even a few hundred rolls, the payback percentage will vary greatly. Secondly, if a person brings $100.00 for slot play, he or she usually will not limit his or her play to inserting this amount of money into the machine only one time. Most people will buy twenty dollars worth of tokens and continue to play with this money until it is gone. After inserting the first round of coins in the machine, they will continue playing with any coins left in the tray, and they will continue this pattern until no coins are left. And then they wonder how it was possible for a 98.3% slot to take all of their money. The answer is that the casino continues to extract its percentage on every coin inserted into the machine. The player will not limit his play to twenty dollars or one hundred dollars but will continue to redeposit coins. The machine will, at least over the long-term, continue to grind away at all money played. Table 6 shows the devastating effect the house edge can have on the player's bankroll. This table compares slot hold percentages of from two percent to fifteen percent for ten rounds of play, starting with $100. Table 6. Amount retained per round of play Slot machine payback percentages The house edge at slot machines isn't based on how lucky the players are, it is based on the pre-programmed electronic software used. And, that house edge varies from casino to casino and from geographic location and state to state. Don't be fooled by a billboard that says "our slots pay 99%" because that only pertains to a small number of machines, not the casino's overall house edge. All video slot machines (including poker) use a random number generator to provide accurate odds for the player and the house. The number of winning hands (symbols) in any program is mathematically proven before the slots hit the gaming floor, and while the odds vary for each player (because this really is gambling), overall, the anticipated house edge will eventually be achieved. The house edge at slots Each gaming jurisdiction requires all slot machines to be registered and all slot manufacturers must submit their programming and math charts to the state gaming office, such as the nevada gaming control board. While the state may only require a minimum payback of 86-percent, most video poker and slot machines pay more. The average payback in nevada is lowest on penny slots at about 90-percent. Dollar slots and some deuces-wild poker machines have the highest payback at nearly 99-percent. Of course just because a machine has a payback of 99 percent does not mean you will win back $99 for every $100 you play through the machine. That payback amount is an average. Over the course of an evening of gambling, you might lose $500 or win $5,000. That's the beauty of the gamble, right? And, the casino doesn't care either way, because they win an average of whatever their house edge is over the course of the month. How does that 99-percent work for you? Aside from the ups and downs of jackpots and dry spells, your entertainment dollar is going to be based on how long you play. If you play a machine that takes $3 per spin and you pull the handle 10-times an hour, you are playing $3 x 10 x 60 = $1,800 in action. At 99-percent house edge, your play costs $18 an hour. Some nights you'll go home ready to kick the wall, and other nights you be singing a happy tune because you hit a jackpot and skated out with hundreds. That's gambling. Play within your means As a general rule, the higher denomination slot machines have a greater overall payback percentage that the lower ones. That's great for those with a healthy bankroll, but you'll need to play the games that offer you the best bang for the buck. The worst thing a player can do is to play any game for more money than they can afford to lose or at a higher denomination than their bankroll will handle. Another consideration is making sure you can qualify for any bonus screen or royal flush payoff. If you want to wile away the hours playing a single nickel in a machine, that's great. Enjoy. You won't win or lose much and you'll probably go home happier than most players. But your play comes with a catch! That catch is that the house edge provided for each machine includes the big jackpots (such as a royal flush), and if you play below the minimum to reach the bonus screen, the house edge is much higher! You won't lose much, but you'll never win more than a couple of dollars. The best option The best option is to play the games you enjoy most, and make sure you read the help screen so you know how many credits it takes to qualify for at least the lowest progressive jackpot and the bonus screen (or royal flush at video poker). As a recreational player, your first goal is to have fun. If you only visit the casino occasionally the overall payback of the machine won't make much of a difference. If you visit regularly, make sure you join the player's club and play within your means! Slot game statistics Gamers and gaming behavior in 2015, 49 percent of american consumers said they had played a video game at least once in their life. Men are still the dominant gender among gamers, and while there was a time when the proportion of female gamers had seen an increase, it seems that men are reclaiming their majority as gamers. The average american gamer spent nearly 29 hours with a game console each month. On a weekly basis, 27 percent of console users spent an average of three to five hours playing games on this device. Despite the fact that 2012 saw rapid decrease in consumer expenditures to 20.77 billion U.S. Dollars, from 24.82 billion in 2011 or 25.13 billion in 2010, recent data on consumer spending on gaming shows that the industry might be picking up again, as 2016 was to see the figure grow to 30.4 billion U.S. Dollars. Statista’s exclusive global consumer survey holds further information on the video gaming behavior of adult internet users in the united states. The comprehensive catalog of consumer research provides detailed figures on device preferences, gamer spending habits, commonly used streaming platforms as well as gaming intensity and weekly hours devoted to the activity. For more in-depth insights each data point is broken down by various target groups to better portray specific gaming habits. All this and much more can be explored in the global consumer survey. This text provides general information. Statista assumes no liability for the information given being complete or correct. Due to varying update cycles, statistics can display more up-to-date data than referenced in the text. Interesting statistics In the following 5 chapters, you will quickly find the 34 most important statistics relating to "gaming". So, let's see, what we have: find out what slot machines actually returned to the public in all U.S. States. See which states have the best-paying casino slot games and which have the lowest-paying casino slots. Includes slot machine payback statistics for all U.S. Casino/resorts, riverboats and indian casinos. 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