What is a good payout rate for slot machines?

Figures from about 96 % upwards count as usual online; below that it gets unfavourable. What matters is looking the number up in the game's own information window, because the same machine can be set up differently depending on the operator.

What does volatility mean on a slot machine?

How widely the results scatter. Low volatility means frequent small wins, high means rare large ones. The payout rate says nothing about this — two machines with the same rate can feel completely different.

Can a casino change the payout rate?

Not freely, but it picks from the variants the maker supplies. That is why the rate is a statement about the combination of game and operator, not about the game alone.

Online slots: the payout rate, volatility and what sits between them

Online slots are by a wide margin the largest segment in any casino and the one with the worst information. Few products get written about so much and documented so little.

Two machines with the same payout rate. The rate is an average over millions of spins; what one evening makes of it is decided by volatility, and that rarely sits on the same data sheet.

The first number: the payout rate

It states which share of all stakes flows back over the long run. 96 % does not mean that ninety-six euro come back out of a hundred, but that across a very large number of spins this share flows back — spread across everyone playing the same machine.

The rate stands in the game's information window, reachable through the menu in the corner. That is the only source that holds for the house you are sitting in: the same machine can be set up differently at two operators.

The second number: the volatility

It describes the distribution. Two machines with the same rate can produce completely different evenings: one pays small amounts often, the other large amounts rarely. For what somebody actually experiences, this is the more important of the two figures. Both side by side.

What the operator controls and what it does not

Who decides what
The game mechanics	the maker — reels, lines, bonus rounds
The rate setting	the maker supplies variants, the casino picks one
The range of titles	the casino — which studios it carries at all
The bonus weighting	the casino — what percentage a title counts towards wagering

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Two of the four rows belong to the operator, and both can be read on its own site. Everything else is a property of the machine.

The German classics online

Merkur and Novoline are the best-known names in this country, and their online versions differ from the cabinets in an arcade — different stake levels, different conditions, in places different mechanics. Merkur slots online, Novoline slots online.

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No payout rates without a source. Wherever a rate appears on these pages, the place it comes from appears with it. The only reliable place is the information window inside the game itself — the same machine can be set up with a different rate at two operators.