{"id":5439,"date":"2020-01-12T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2020-02-04T23:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:27:23","slug":"land-based-slots-rtp-should-it-be-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/land-based-slots-rtp-should-it-be-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Based Slots RTP &#8211; Should It Be Available?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every slot machine features return to player (RTP). Unfortunately, land based slots RTP isn&#8217;t available to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, you have no idea on your real chances of winning when playing these games. We&#8217;re going to discuss more on this phenomenon along with why you have access to RTP figures for land based slot machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>What\u2019s the Deal with Land Based Slots RTP?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you may know, RTP refers to how much money you stand to win through slot machines in the long run. If a slot has 98% RTP, for example, then it will pay back 98 cents on every dollar wagered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose slots that give you a stronger chance of winning by picking ones with high RTP. Unfortunately, you don&#8217;t have anyway of doing so in land-based casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1772\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/africa-slot-machines.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5375\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brick-and-mortar casinos don&#8217;t list payback figures in their slots pay tables. This leaves you guessing on your true chances of winning money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Why Isn\u2019t RTP Available in Land Based Casinos?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may feel that land-based casinos are trying to trick you by not making payback public. However, they have good reason for not featuring land based slots RTP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s actually the software providers that choose whether or not to make payout percentages public knowledge. However, these software developers offer casino clients the ability to choose from different RTP amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They may, for example, offer 97.5%, 95%, and 93% RTP for a particular game. Considering the options, a software provider can&#8217;t list an exact payout percentage in the help screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>How Casinos Can Remedy the Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of land based slots RTP makes sense. However, software providers and casinos should still make an effort to offer payback figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developers could program the chosen payout percentage in the help screen for each individual casino. This way, you&#8217;d have a fair idea on your chances of winning with a given game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, such changes don&#8217;t figure to happen anytime soon. But we&#8217;d like to see something happen on this front in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every slot machine features return to player (RTP). Unfortunately, land based slots RTP isn&#8217;t available to the public. Therefore, you have no idea on your real chances of winning when playing these games. We&#8217;re going to discuss more on this phenomenon along with why you have access to RTP figures for land based slot machines. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439"}],"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=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}