So, i've been playing for over a year. Most of the time on a regular basis. Also, i'm watching slot streamers all the time (multiple at a time).
The conclusion I came to is that, it 3 words - everything is rigged. This is very general, I know, but let me explain.
Before I start, I would like to say that there are quite a few slot streamers which I like very much and this post has nothing to do with the entertainment value i'm getting from watching slot streamers.
I've read a lot of threads regarding buffed RTP for streamers and what I gathered from all is basically that most people don't get big hits (over 1000x) often as they see their favorite streamers do. The most common answer was that the hours spent by streamers + RNG is the reason for the seemingly high big hit ratio.
I agree, it does seem logic that more hours = more big wins.
I don't buy that though. I've seen streamers (which I love) like JamJar and Vaneo (Sacha) which play a few hours a day - not more than 3-4 hours a day. They are getting massive wins I would say at least a few times a month (you can watch their VODs to see yourself).
Seeing people's responses (playing a year, got 1000x once, etc..). and from my experience - my max win was x3000 once in about 15 months of daily 2-3 hour plays and i can say that I get hits like 1000x maybe once a month if that. Yesterday, I watch Daske (which I love as well) and they hit 1200-1400x twice on the same stream, 1 hour apart. Needless to say nothing like that ever happened to me.
Some Numbers
Lets look at numbers a bit: I'm playing 2-3 hours a day (say 2.5), playing for 15 months - that's roughly 1125 hours. Since I keep my wins on excel I have the data, so I had 9 >1000x hits in that time period. so that makes it: one >1000x / 125 hours => one >1000x hit / 4 months. Regarding my favorite streamers: Some play roughly the same (JamJar, Sacha), some much more (CasinoDaddy, Classy, Daske, etc..). However if you take 10 hours a day of play and I'm sure you can agree that they get >1000x hit at least once a week. That would make it in 15 months, or 4500 hours - 60 >1000x hits. I'm quite sure the numbers are not way off. I can pull VODs and count hours and big hits but I think it's safe to say that streamers get more big hits per hour, regardless of the # of hours the pull each day. Period.
Of course you can always say: "you had a bad year", "streamers just hit blind luck", etc... I'm sure that if you took the real numbers and put them in a statistics software you would see that the population of streamers is different than the population of "regular gamblers" in the RTP aspect, meaning there is a clear advantage here.
Regarding the word RTP, i'm not sure it's even better RTP. Maybe it's the ability to hit big hits more often.
Why?
So the question is why... and the answer is very simple. Streamers, knowingly or unknowingly are agents of the casinos the promote. Not just in the fact that they actually promote them physically but also as virtual representatives of those casinos. How they play and the hits they get reflect on the casino itself. So, it makes sense that a casino will want to promote themselves by giving the "guy on the TV" an edge and show AMAZING 100K hits and not just 50x here and there.
How?
Regarding technical issues: I'm a developer and i've looked over the slot code on some casinos. The slot provider (Play'N'Go, Pragmatic, etc..) receive the user id of a player from the website from the casino (partner), where they probably do a handshake which retrieves user data from the casino, like balance, etc... to display on the slot. It's very simple to send the provider a "user type" which would get the provider's slot algorithm act accordingly and change the RTP, give them big hits every X spins or any such logic you can think of.
But isn't that cheating?
It is.. it's fraud. But what about regulations? People must understand, that casino regulation is VERY slim. Add to that the fact that it's a money driven eco-system and it's not exactly clean, you can imagine how providers (not all i'm sure) can implant RTP tweaking on their software and how casinos (not all i'm sure) can transmit data like "who's playing" to the provider. All it takes is a forbidden handshake like that and it means millions and billions from people who want to get that 100k hit but will probably never will.
Live games
One last matter. Live games. The ability to rig a live table is much much harder since in most cases there isn't a software involved. I believe this is a pretty big reason why casinos don't want you to play live games when you're getting a bonus. I mean, why would they not allow that overwise?
Thats it,
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
you are basing your claim off of yourself as one single human being. An RTP is based upon MILLIONS AND MILLIONS if not BILLIONS of data samples. comparing what you get as one person won't give any accurate idea at all. Big streamers LOSE ALOT. But they A. can afford 2. B. are offered EXCELLENT deals because of the players they bring to Casinos and the money they spend on them. C. RTP is based on a per wager scenario. Not time played. It cannot be manipulated by the casino and is controlled by the game provider.
Its all about luck...those big streamers have the money and the deposit bonuses to allow them to spend the time (the wagering) to hit big wins. At the end of the day it is luck and luck only based on whatever the RTP is. and every time you hit the spin button the odds are reset. so winning alot or losing alot means nothing. because some ppl will win alot and some will lose alot some may stay the same. it depends on the luck.
as far as your point to the live games. I believe it is because they don't make as much money from the live game providers as they do from slots providers and that would be my assumption.
Streamers advantages & RTP/Big wins (another it's RIGGED thread)
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you are basing your claim off of yourself as one single human being. An RTP is based upon MILLIONS AND MILLIONS if not BILLIONS of data samples. comparing what you get as one person won't give any accurate idea at all. Big streamers LOSE ALOT. But they A. can afford 2. B. are offered EXCELLENT deals because of the players they bring to Casinos and the money they spend on them. C. RTP is based on a per wager scenario. Not time played. It cannot be manipulated by the casino and is controlled by the game provider.
Its all about luck...those big streamers have the money and the deposit bonuses to allow them to spend the time (the wagering) to hit big wins. At the end of the day it is luck and luck only based on whatever the RTP is. and every time you hit the spin button the odds are reset. so winning alot or losing alot means nothing. because some ppl will win alot and some will lose alot some may stay the same. it depends on the luck.
as far as your point to the live games. I believe it is because they don't make as much money from the live game providers as they do from slots providers and that would be my assumption.