Sarah has some great comments. I believe that there is another
reason
that casinos don't pay out as much as might be expected on better
paytables. That is volatility.
The number of hands played on any VP machine is very high and easily
tracks close to the expected return for the accuracy of the hands
played on that machine. Volatility has little impact on the casinos.
Frankly, most non-professional players,
don't have the time or the funds to play enough on any "visit" to
get
near theoretical returns.
Some players will get very close to expected return on a single
visit, some will do better and others will do worse. Over time and
across several visits, players will approach the expected return for
the games they play and the accuracy of their play.
The newer games like MultiStriks appear to make this worse from the
player's perspective. The odds are there but only if one has a huge
bankroll and lots of time.
Don't confuse volatility with results. SOME players will hit
extremely quickly on high volatility machines. SOME will not. While
bankroll requirements and volatility are related, random results are
still variable over the entire spectrum of players.
Then again, there is the "luck" factor that slot players favor.
But if a really good machine is busy all the time, most players
will
run out of funds before hitting a really big hand and as Sarah
indicated,
No, "most" players won't run out of funds. IF a certain number of
players are playing ABOVE their bankroll then a certain percentage of
those players will go broke.
a significant number of players aren't playing at optimal
thugh they can easily miss the big hands when they are "due"
accoding
to the RNG.
No one is ever "due". Every hand is independent and the odds of
hitting any given hand have no relationship to past results. If this
is what you meant by "according to the RNG" then all you are saying
is that the results are random.
Dick
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