{"id":4351,"date":"2018-05-09T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T20:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2018-05-16T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:46:18","slug":"online-slots-payback-isnt-important-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/online-slots-payback-isnt-important-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Slots Payback Isn’t as Important as We Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Many people consider payback to be one of the most-important concepts with regard to choosing internet slots. After all, online slots payback refers to the amount of money that you can expect to win back.<\/p>\n

For example, 95% payback indicates that you can win back 95 cents on every dollar wagered. A higher payout percentage generally shows that you have better chance of winning.<\/p>\n

But is online slots payback really the best indicator of how much you’ll win? I’ll answer this question and discuss what other factors you should consider.<\/p>\n

Online Slots Payback doesn’t Indicate Short Term Winnings<\/h2>\n

The problem with payout percentages is that they don’t do a good job of showing how much money you’ll win in the short term.<\/p>\n

Online slots payback is instead used to indicate your long-term odds of winning. And it can take a game millions of spins to reach this point.<\/p>\n

You can’t simply sit down to a slot machine with 98% payback and automatically expect to win more than other games.<\/p>\n

What to Consider Instead for Short Term Indicators<\/h2>\n

You may fail to win anywhere close to an online slot machine’s stated payout percentage. This makes it a bad way to predict short-term wins.<\/p>\n

But you can use other factors to figure out your short-term prospects.<\/p>\n

One of the best things to look at is the size of a game’s jackpot. Online slots with huge jackpots will pay back less in the short run, because they must seed the large payout.<\/p>\n

Another aspect to consider is the number of small payouts. More little prizes indicate that the game pays on a frequent basis.<\/p>\n

Of course, slot machines with small jackpots and multiple little payouts can still be volatile. But you can at least expect more short-term winnings from these games than big progressive slots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many people consider payback to be one of the most-important concepts with regard to choosing internet slots. After all, online slots payback refers to the amount of money that you can expect to win back. For example, 95% payback indicates that you can win back 95 cents on every dollar wagered. A higher payout percentage …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4355,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}