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The Design of Casinos and Slots

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Slots have characteristic features

For those who haven't read it, let me remind you:

· Identity in the “behavior” of a slot machine in different casinos

The point was that, for example, the Drive Multiplier Mayhem like Pragmatic Play new slots gives out a clear number of combinations (namely, 15), where scatter symbols appear on reels 2 and 3 with a spin on the fourth and an attempt to get the third scatter. And after that it gives out a bonus game with a small win and then a bonus game with collecting all the “nitro” and playing at the maximum level. Similar examples can be given for dozens of other slots, for example, similar behavior was observed in Scruffy Duck, certain patterns in the slots Secrets of Christmas, Copy Cats and many others. The most obvious manifestation of scenarios in slots from NetEnt was observed in Space Wars, which can generally be taken into a separate topic for discussion. In the Extra Chili slot machine from Big Time Gaming, for example, you can see a completely identical “script” (scenario) for playing the bonus wheel (increasing the number of free spins when the bonus game is activated) in various casinos.

Similar “repetitive” scenarios were observed not only with NetEnt slots, but also with providers such as Amatic, Endorphina, Red Tiger, Blueprint and other developers.

Conclusion: So why are players able to observe identical behavior of slot machines in different casinos? It's simple - randomness generated by RNG simply does not exist, but there are pre-written scenarios (scripts). Observing such identities only means that you were simply “lucky” to get into different casinos for the same or similar sequence of gaming combinations created by RNG.

· Slot/casino “on return”

In this case, we were talking about the fact that when someone on the network (or streamers) wins money - everyone immediately rushes to play this slot, really thinking that the slot is now giving out winnings to everyone, i.e. that he is “on the rebound.” Now let’s look back at our own gaming sessions. Surely many have observed the situation when you open different casinos and the same slot in two browsers, set the same bet and see completely different outcomes. So, in one of the casinos for 500 spins there is not a single bonus and the balance is completely reset, and in the other it’s completely the opposite.

Conclusion: The concept of “slot/casino on return” for a large number of players with this theory simply cannot exist a priori, since each player ends up in his own section of the script. And the “identity” in the form of winnings for several players is nothing more than a coincidence. And RTP with a slot machine or casino pool has absolutely nothing to do with it.

· Determining the number of free spins/winnings before the start/end of the bonus game

Many people probably know that the winning amount can be viewed in the page code even before the end of the spin. And here everything is simple, the response from the server in the form of a code arrives earlier than the “picture” - and this is quite normal. But personally, I was confused by something else, namely, what was described in the first part of the article: in slots from the developer Red Tiger (and not only) you can observe situations when a player receives free spins. And at the stage of selecting several sectors to determine the number of spins (in fact, even before the choice itself), the slot already shows the balance taking into account the winnings. This suggests that your actions do not change anything at all, and you can, in fact, choose any sector, since the slot has already “decided” in advance about the number of spins, and about combinations and, accordingly, what winnings to give out.

Conclusion: The whole game is nothing more than a pre-formed scenario for a certain number of spins and winnings “in advance”. Therefore, the number of free spins and winnings is determined in advance.

New observations can be added

· No dependence of the issued combination on the size of the bet and the pool of the slot and casino

I have been able to see more than once (including on the Internet): in the same slot, players managed to get a bonus game with different sets of bonus functions or the number of spins. At the same time, there are different winning combinations during free spins, but with identical winnings in the ratio of win to bet (X). It is quite possible to exclude a simple coincidence, since the winning value was x 1461, despite the fact that the slot is low dispersion and a priori is rarely capable of producing a winning of such a value, much less identical to one.

Conclusion: In my opinion, this is a good confirmation of the big fake hypothesis, which is based on segments with winnings scattered on them in X values. Moreover, it completely proves the absence of dependence of winning combinations on the bet and “kills” such concepts as slot machine pool and casino.

· Different behavior of slots in casinos connected to the platform (for example, SoftSwiss) and casinos with a direct connection to providers

If above I gave an example of identity in the behavior of slot machines of some developers, then in this case we will talk about the complete opposite, namely, the fact that the same slot machines of some developers have completely different behavior in different casinos. In the article How to win at slots? Secrets of slot machines I gave several such examples. For those who haven't read it, let me remind you:

  • Golden Colts from Play`n Go

Despite the fact that in both casinos this slot machine has common features (in the form of frequent activations of the bonus game; preferential issuance of the same bonus game that was issued first, as well as minimal winnings in bonus games and low, practically unrealized potential of the slot), there are a number of distinctive features. Among these features are:

    • bonus game Gunslingers: despite dozens of gaming sessions and thousands of spins, since the activation of this bonus at the Play Fortuna casino, I have never been able to see multiplayer more than x25 (the issuance of a winning combination is not taken into account), unlike Fastpay and TTR, where the multiplayer is x30 activated quite often.

      • Poker Play bonus game. If we conduct a comparative analysis of this type of bonus game, then I can say that in Fastpay and TTR it was possible to repeatedly observe a combination where a clear line of wild symbols was lined up, which, taking into account the re-spin function, brought a good win. In the Play Fortuna casino, again, despite the large number of activations of this bonus, I was not able to get a line of wild symbols even once, moreover, the re-spin function itself is activated extremely rarely due to the lack of additional wilds.
  • I will give another example on the Sakura Fortune slot machine from QuickSpin

I observed a picture when in the Play Fortuna casino, when three Sakura symbols fell out in the main game and their shift was activated, all three moved, completely covering the central reels. In Fastpay, when a similar combination was issued and the shift was activated, Sakura’s shift occurred only on the second and fourth reels, and in the third, Sakura’s fixation did not occur, which, frankly, surprised me.

    • Similar “visible” differences were observed for such gaming providers as NetEnt, Thunderkick and others. The most prominent representative on this issue can be called a developer such as Red Tiger, the game in whose slots is radically different not only in different casinos, but also in casinos of the same group, for example, Play Fortuna and Booi.

      • At the same time, I will still remind you that the final result in monetary terms for the two casinos was almost identical. This was compensated in some places by other types of bonus games, in others by more frequent activations with less significant winnings. And they were talking only about “visual differences,” and this is very strange, considering that the game comes from “the same developer server.”

Conclusion: the different behavior of slot machines from a number of providers in casinos connected to the platform, for example, SoftSwiss, and casinos with a direct connection to the providers, could be explained by the fact that the number of game sequences is large. And naturally, the game scenarios will be different. But what is typical: the same scenarios are used for one or another type of casino. For example, the same scenarios (+-) are typical for any casino from Soft Swiss (for example, they are found in both Fastpay and TTR). And others - in Play Fortuna and Booi - do not overlap with each other, i.e. scenarios observed in SS cannot be found in PF and vice versa. In my opinion, this can only be explained by the fact that the manufacturer supplies different groups (platforms and networks) of casinos with “different packages” of game scenarios. Alternatively, two. It can be assumed that a number of casinos (any platform) are supplied with fake software by the manufacturer itself.