I would be leery of online slots, just because I don't think any software maker has shared the secrets of the math behind them. Slot math for regulated slots in US casinos is at least somewhat understood, at worse you face 256*256*256 on the progressive slots. For non-progressive old-fashioned slots your odds often are 16*16*16. Until software writers say that is the math, how can you know the progressives may just about never be hit because they are written with something that makes them say 1000*1000*1000?
BaseballGuy the IGT progressives are exactly as I stated. All slots use a RNG, but the RNG just feeds into a system where there is one combination that yields the 256*256*256 calculation. IGT patented a process almost 20 years ago which created the first progressives. The before that was 16 spots on each reel and if all had the jackpot spot lined up, the winner hit the biggest prize. The problem is that 16*16*16 is only about 4,000 to 1 to hit so no big prizes are possible. With the Telnaes patent IGT created what is called reel mapping. Now when the RNG picks a number, it puts it into one of 16 "virtual spots". Then the RNG picks another number, with another 16 possibilities, which then translate to a particular spot on the reel you see. The result is there is one chance in 256 that the jackpot spot comes up on each reel, the rest of the draws, 255 of them, put the reel in another spot.
The patent expired a few years ago so anyone who makes a slot machine can now offer these robust jackpots. Despite the use of RNGs, there is a lot of careful math behind every slot machine that yields the results that come up over the long-term on any machine.
The patent expired a few years ago so anyone who makes a slot machine can now offer these robust jackpots. Despite the use of RNGs, there is a lot of careful math behind every slot machine that yields the results that come up over the long-term on any machine.
