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Have you ever had a time in the casino where you started strong on slots, maybe even felt like you were on a roll for a while, then suddenly hit a losing streak that wiped out everything? I’ve noticed that no matter how good the start is, I almost always end up losing it all in the end.

That kind of pattern makes me wonder, are these games secretly rigged, or is this just how slots work because of the RTP (return to player), which is usually around 97% or even lower?

When you’re stuck in a losing streak, it really makes you doubt if it’s only bad luck, or if the system is built so you can never walk away ahead.
What do you guys think? Is it pure probability catching up with you, or do casinos tweak the games to make sure you lose eventually?

My suspicion is that, slot games are configured to give wins at the start of signing newly into the casino and later on take em back if the gambler continues playing.

Several persons has claimed they got lucky at the beginning, it could be beginners luck, I dont know. But if this is true, players will go against the rules by creating multiple accounts to gamble for the sake of having that beginners luck.

Welcome to gambling - the casino always wins. :)

Slot machines are programmed so that the player is more likely to lose than win. Can conditions that are obviously initially unfavorable for the player be called fraud? The question is rhetorical.

It's all about RTP, which is usually no higher than 95%, because of which the longer the gambler plays, the higher the chances of losing. You described exactly this above. What can be done about it? Play short games and as soon as you get "plus", then stop the game session.

All casino games are designed so that the gambler ends up losing. Otherwise, the casino would not be able to function.

its likewise impossible to prove that they have a rigged slot. RTP is the worst indicator for this.
Even if you are able to demonstrate and you have ALL on your side... they will just refuse to confirm what you are reporting.
They have the "last" decision on this case.
Even if you are going to a court (!) like with a lawyer,  for exposing your reasons, this would be not only not economic feasible or worthing.
They will continue to deny and make everything for not pay your win/admit wrong doing.
People must be clear aware of this strategy. Unless you identify a CRAZY BUG it's pretty clear they will never move a single finger for the player.

Hard to discuss about the fairness of the slot because it’s source code is close source. There’s no way for us to verify how the result generates unlike provably fair games that result is verifiable through blockchain.

You can only measure the RTP if correct through playing bunch number of spins which is very hard to do unless you have huge bankroll to avoid being bust.

Slot games nowadays is more on trust basis which is why it’s important to choose trusted providers.

Thats the bottom line, casinos are business primarily providing entertainment,
they are not in the business of giving our free money to everyone who comes
to their premises or platform.

The machines could be rigged, programmed or designed to make profits, they are also
programmed to payout the various jackpots but in the long run they make profits.

The jackpots are there and they payout, afterall they have to keep the audience entertained!

If you had walked away after winning, you wouldn't have felt the game was rigged. I don't think slots are generally rigged just because you experienced a losing streak. I think you were simply unlucky. Other gamblers have played the same game and made a good profit.  Anyway, if I observe that this incident happens consistently in a casino, I might try another casino just to check if the former one is fair. Buy if you are playing on a reputable casino, just know it's luck..

This is actually typical for slot machines. You can have winning streaks in the short term, but in the long run, RTP and variance work against the player. It doesn’t necessarily mean the games are rigged  it’s just how the math behind slots works. That’s why you can’t expect to always walk away ahead.

Don’t stop playing, you’ll eventually win… but my answer here is math. You’re just overthinking because you lost. If you were on a winning streak, you wouldn’t even care about asking the math behind it, you’d probably think you can beat the system.

It’s normal to start questioning things when you lose, but that’s fine.

In time you’ll understand how it really works.

Slot machines pay out fairly easily, but if you play at an unregulated casino, the probability of the games being rigged is high.
Slots are usually programmed to pay out mathematically, so the more a slot is played, the greater the probability of winning.
For example: If 10 people played that slot and they all lost $100, player number 11 has a high probability of winning, because the machine has already collected $1,000.
An important thing is that their RTP calculations also take into account small wins during a gaming session, so you play $10 and a couple of spins pay you $2 (this amount is considered the machine's payout).
In general, they pay out, but when you have a losing streak, it's frustrating.

I believe that cheating is not necessary where mathematics provides a guaranteed profit for the casino. RTP does not mean a high probability of winning. This is an exclusively financial parameter. The slot can give this 97% to one of the 100 gamblers or ten of them on average, let's say 9.7% each. It is clear that the probability of winning in these situations differs by an order of magnitude.

To know what is the probability of winning a particular combination in a particular slot, you need to know the characteristics of this slot (since the source code of the slot is not available, such information can only be provided by the provider). That's why a slot is like a black box, unlike roulette, where all the probabilities are available for calculations.

Its mostly probability catching up with you. Slots are designed with a built-in house edge, so over the long run the math guarantees the casino profits thats for sure since its business after all. That doesnt mean the machine tweaks itself when youre winning it just means the RTP is structured so that losing streaks are inevitable, and over time they will outweigh the hot runs.

I could be overthinking, but I’m just sharing my experience here, based on what I’ve read from the posts above, yeah it’s really just the math. but you know, we’re only human, and when we lose we get frustrated or upset. That’s when we start imagining things that aren’t really happening, like in our mind we accuse the casino of cheating.

For me it was just an experience, next time I won’t blame the system.
I’ll try to understand it better instead.

I actually notice that too! Usually when I play to new gambling site I always win  on the first couple or hundreds of rounds (not big, what I mean is not on lose streaks) and also when I use my free spins, most of the time I do win using it. I'm not sure how does it work with slots and how can we verify it since its coming from 3rd party service unlike the provably fair games where we can see the seed and hash to verify if the bet is fair or not.

It might be coincidence with slots but after some few winnings, a lose streak would always come up and would wreck my balance.

The casino is known to have a better edge of winning than players, first when you start gambling freshly on a new day, you could experience some luck which is a trap to keep you gambling and hoping that the luck could continue like that but as you keep playing, you will realize that your luck keeps going off until you lose all your money. Sometimes I also think that the games are being rigged but if is actually rigged, how can we know. It is difficult to know unless in rare cases that it was very obvious.

It's rigged. If it's just math at work, then that losing streak should not exist. They are actually inclined to how much a person won or lost. I played slots for a very long time, and the only thing I can remember is high multipliers being given to me after a long losing streak. Let's say you lost x1000 slowly, and then it will give x900 in one free spin or bonus. Sometimes it takes longer than that. It could go to tens of thousands of losses before it gives back.

Why are they giving it after the losing streak? I think it is based on how much the player lost, overall. Even in other slot providers. It is not a stand alone type of game and everything is in the system of the online casino owner. So, it's rigged in my own opinion. There's an algorithm, that's for sure, but you are not going to get the good ones unless you lost enough or you are a newbie trying to be dragged in the system.

Losing streak isn’t really about losing every spin, it’s more about the overall result per day at the end of a session. like, let’s say you had a winning streak and you were up, but you didn’t stop and just kept going, eventually you end up losing it all. Then the next day you do the same thing, and the same thing happens again.

That’s the kind of losing streak I believe OP was talking about.

As what we say, the longer you play, the higher the chances that you will lose because of the house edge. So that could be very well true in slot games as it's based on random and we have this thing called RTP.

And for sure you are not the only one that experienced this kind of thing when playing slots. You feel good as you felt that you are lucky and that the machines seems to be cooperating to you. Then all of a sudden, everything change, you can't even win with your every roll, and you try to implement different strategies, like changing your betting pattern or increasing your stake until everything was swept, 0 bankroll.

There is a possibility that slot games may be rigged on less reputable casinos, but I highly doubt this happens often. The casino always has the house edge and will always win in the long run, there is little incentive to try and rig that except it is an outright scam business and this will reflect in other aspects of their service like withdrawals and dispute settlements.

My experience has been different with different games and also same game with the same RTP on different websites. There have been some cases of players winning big in their first bets, even on skill based games like football that cannot be rigged, but this gets talked about more than those that start out losing.

- Jay -

It’s just our imagination most of the time. Just because we lose, we start questioning the integrity of the casino. If you’re playing in a highly reputable casino, you can expect the games are not rigged.

You just need to understand the house edge to see why you lose more often. For example, if a slot has 96% RTP, that means the house edge is already 4%, and that’s pretty high. Dice sites before were already surviving even when they only offered 1% house edge, so imagine how much bigger the advantage is with slots.

The thing is, you have no idea what RTP is. With an RTP of 97%, on a $1 slot spin, the expected value is $0.97. If you bet that $0.97 again, the expected value is $0.94. On the next spin, the expected value is $0.91. And so on until it reaches 0. If you win $200 on a $1 spin, you've had a very different result than expected in your favor, which will even out in the long run. Until it reaches 0.


It's a possibility, but they don't need to. Slots are the most profitable game for casinos.

I think that RTP just works, why should a casino cheat if mathematics does everything honestly?
Just recently I had such an experience: I received a bonus of 20 dollars with wagering requirements on slots (I haven’t touched slots at all for a long time), since it was free, I tried it. To be honest I had the impression that the game was rigged in my favor, I kept getting big and huge wins and in the end the amount turned into 180 dollars  :) And it wasn't just one bet or several. I must have made more than 500 spins.
I say this because a single experience will create the wrong impression. In fact, mathematics works in favor of the casino, no matter what it seems to us.

With casinos having a greater advantage and players having only a low chance of winning, I believe casinos have everything planned out, including determining when and how much a player can win. The RTP (Return to Player) is a benchmark for some, believing that games with a high RTP value guarantee easy wins, but I don't think that's the case. So, everything is still designed to generate profits.

They are rigged for me, at least Pragmatic is a big rigged provider, at first I thought it was only a casino where I was playing daily there yet yesterday and a few days earlier the same pattern happened quite a lot consecutive lost buy bonuses in their most well known games like Gates of Olympus and Sweet Bonanza. If it were true probability catching up with you they would have put some win buy bonuses in it just to expand the session yet they don't do it, the algorithm is tweaked to make you lose money no matter how hard you try and no matter how many times you try.

We know slots is one of the game that could give you a huge amount of profit instantly with a good roll but again before achieving this you need to take time to consider or take much money to have before get the rolls with a higher return, thats why always track the number of games, capital and the profit you have with the slots if you are already profitable with the game or its just you are playing for lossing. Actually i have a personal routine checking the RTP if its ideal and then try the game it its already give a good gain I need to transfer into other game because the luck is already given so for me it doesnt show again like use to.

Slot machines, whether physical or online, operate according to a specific algorithm. They are programmed to pay out a certain portion of the money while keeping a portion as profit for the casino. But it’s impossible to figure out the exact algorithm just by playing you can never fully know how much money is already in the system or when and to whom the machine will pay out a jackpot.Back when slot machines were more widespread, I noticed that some players would specifically watch which machines people were feeding money into and even ask employees if any winnings had already been taken from a particular machine. However, even that approach often didn’t work out. What makes slots so enticing is exactly this, the chances are slim, but there’s always that hope and belief that you might get really lucky.

It's probably escape mechanism on your end or you want to find any excuses for your loses. And I might say that majority of us here could go on that kind of mentality, winning in the beginning and then losing in the end.

I even watch some players really losing their cool on a slot machine in a land base casinos, kicking the machine itself and the security have to restrain him. So maybe he can't control himself that time and winning early but all of a sudden when he think that he is going to win big, suddenly the momentum shift against his favor.

One thing is sure here, once your balance get wiped out is where the doubt about the game engine always arise, not the other way around. If anyone thinks that slot games are rigged they should come forth with visible proof not just empty words.

There is no point trying to doubt a casino game, they are wired to favour the casinos more than the gamblers anyway, I wouldn't want to disturb myself when I knew about this all along. At a point I don't like this idea but since people win when they don't expect too I think it might be a worth journey after all, this is why I don't risk alot of money on casino games, most of the time it's better not to because casinos are always a step ahead.

Return to the player is not for the individual!
One million better, one billion in a pot, each time the amount is waged 97% of it gets redistributed.
If you're lucky, you're in the guys who get a jackpot and triple their money, if you're unlucky, you're the guy who never wins a dime.

RTP will only start to affect you really once you play hundreds of thousands of games and your bets start resembling the average but for short bursts, it's only luck, if you plan to dedicate your life to playing slots, yeah, then it's mathematically impossible to make a win.

I always visit casinos for roulettes. That is where I can know about what you said. In roulettes, you might be winning before but there will be a time you will notice that you will continue to lose and not win at all, you will think if it is manipulation. It happened to me on a casino, I went to another casino because of that and it happened again. It also happened to me one another casino, I later know it is how the games are programmed and not that the casinos rigged it.

That’s more like it, because OP seems established in the forum so I don’t think he’d even play on a casino that doesn’t have a good reputation. If it was really rigged, then for sure a lot of gamblers would be complaining, but so far I haven’t seen many rig-suspicion complaints on the popular casinos here.

Maybe it’s just a phase, once that losing streak is over, it’ll pass. It’s sad, but that’s really part of gambling.
Losing streaks are mostly experienced by us players, not by the casinos.

It is normal to overthink after a loss, especially if we have had a series of losses. I think almost every bettor or gambler has experienced this, It is caused by circumstances that don't go as expected, so it leading us to think negatively, including feelings of being cheated. However, whatever happens when betting or gambling, we should maintain a normal state of mind, along with managing our finances and the time we spend in gambling, so we can remain comfortable and psychologically safe. We know that slot gambling uses a RNG and RTP system to determine outcomes fairly, and this is also accompanied by luck or bad luck in playing, so we must be know this.

Well, I think you have found the answer to your experience. I hope you will become a better gambler.

It's very difficult to detect this unless you truly understand how they work behind the scenes when setting up a casino game.

Therefore, it's crucial to limit yourself to avoid losing streaks and/or spending large sums of money chasing those losses. It's also important to remember that when you feel lucky and win, there's no harm in taking your winnings and stopping gambling to enjoy your winnings on that lucky night.

The longer you gamble, the more you risk losing, especially if you don't adjust your bet amount.

First of all, a lot of gamblers have a lot of issues with greed, I don't see any reason why you'd make profit and still trying to push your luck knowing that you can end up losing at anytime. When you start losing its normal to start feeling like you are being cheated due to how frustrating it is but gamblers tend to forget the times that they win, it's a game of probability and at any point you can either win or lose

I've definitely had a similar feeling before and think there may be some kind of weighting near the start of a session, but it may just be selective memory that people have. It would make sense for a casino to do this, because they want a player to get into the rhythm and know for most gamblers they will return all money won eventually, before they start losing their own. Casinos want to form habits, the best way to do that is to put a bunch of wins in a player's mind. We have a tendency to minimize or even ignore losses, because that causes us pain, so it might just be a memory unconscious self defense system that we overlook. It might be interesting to see a study on this, but would probably cost a fair bit of money to run for conclusive evidence.

It's same thoughts we get from every other games when we hit a losing streak. Soon we begin to ask our self if we are playing the games of it's playing us. Most times we just try to over look so many things while gambling because we know how these games can be actually manipulated and unfair to favor the casino more, even if they claim to be probably fair.

Just like others have said, no need to start questioning the fairness of slot, it's just as random as every other person that lost. You just weren't lucky at that time. It's now up to you to try again to stop playing..

The system was indeed designed to not give players any chances on long term the more they play. The house edge ensures that. However, it doesn't mean every slots are 100% legit. Some can be rigged, and for that reason, players should always certificate the legitimacy of the game they are playing, by checking the seed of the bets they place. If the casino or game provider has how to prove the game they are offering is provably fair, then we can conclude it's just math at work.

All the opinion is pure speculation because we don’t know exactly how slot games work even the winning percentage per spin is not disclosed. We only have RTP percentage to determine the house edge and the category for the volatility to know the risk involved on the game.

But it’s not enough info to draw a conclusion if they are rigged are just based on probability.

All we can do is trust the casino for adding only reputable providers on their game.

there was a time like 3 times, first bet with a bonus buy. it turned out to have a result of more than 1000x of the bet.
that was really amazing and felt like, hey i am so lucky this is just my first try to buy.
But the next games was not good and it went dry.

Slot are slot and it was luck for me all the  time. RTP is not good for everyone !

Not covertly rigged, mate. You know RTP is a long term average & most of the well known regulated slots are powered by certified RNGs, so hot streaks then wipeouts are simply variance catching up. you know win frequency versus win size is explained by volatility, that means high volatility = rare big payouts. imo only dubious & unlicensed casino could cheat. so to weather the storms always stay with well reputed authorised casino, always verify RTP, audits & bankroll guidelines.

I’m not aware that there’s an RTP audit on slot games. Can you drop here your reference on how to see if the RTP was verified and who verified it.

All that you mention above is correct. RTP can only be proven on huge number of bets.

Many slot players forgot about the variance on the game especially on short term gaming on slot games that usually just balance the game to stick on the RTP.

Starting with wins and then losing it all on slot machine is very common experience that is not due to game being rigged but other its mathematical design. The game RTP ensures casino profits over time while volatility explains winning and losing streaks high volatility games have long periods without wins. Random Number Generator always make every spin act randomly and independent so machine does not remember past wins. In short games are designed to be profitable for casino in long run and your experience is perfect example of how game design creates thrilling but unpredictable outcome.

Gambling casinos are certainly designed to give us a good start so that players will be more motivated to increase their bets. Later in the end, the casino will find ways to get back those winnings because as always, casinos should be the one winning in the end. For me, there’s a definite pattern in gambling, but one thing is certain, the casino should always gain an edge over its players.

Slots aren’t rigged, but it’s always the casino should be winning in the end. Even pros are aware of this, losses are just inevitable when gambling.

Yes, I have been there before.


When I am in this situation, I don't gamble on slots again for a long time. I likely stop, as in take a gambling great or I just switch to sports betting. Thinking a casino slot game is rigged is if you are playing in an offshore casino or one without any reputation.

I very much doubt that the games are rigged.

But, I do get the feeling sometimes that something is rigged but the truth most likely is that you just had an unlucky streak, rather than the slots being rigged. These kind of patterns happen in every slot machine. I just know that Casinos use providers for their slot games and do not actually create the slot system themselves. And the slots are heavily regulated and controlled. So if the casino would be caught trying to manipulate the slots, they would get into really big trouble.

I'm not much of a slots fan, but even so, I can tell you that this is the most common thing in the world that happens in all casinos... it has nothing to do with rigging against you; it's just the RNG algorithm working to give the house an edge... a 96% RTP doesn't mean you'll have a 96% return in a session. In fact, you need to understand that over millions of rounds, this will just be an expected average, but that in the short term (a few dozen rounds), this result varies greatly. That's why anyone can go through these long periods of losses or sometimes great "luck" streaks in a row... it's not cheating!

Define a strategy, time and bankroll limits, bet less during those moments of bad luck, or stop playing and leave it for another day... it's easier than blaming the casino!

We cannot say that the game is rigged because there is no evidence... but when we lose repeatedly, our intuition tells us that this game is indeed controlled like slot games.
As for myself, I am not convinced that RTP can influence slot games in terms of winnings.

Slot games... we already know they're designed to benefit the casino. Players should be aware of this even though there's no fraud in slots, you'll never come out ahead.

We consider winning at slots to be pure luck.

Believe it or not, as far as I know online casinos have a name called the operator, so what are their duties ......!

Like a slot game, as far as I know the operator has a role in managing a slot game, I don't see mathematics there, I remember my friend once said if you want to play slots, do at 05-06 in the morning, what does that mean he ordered it.

There are some things that occurred to me between 05-06 in the morning, one of them was sleepy operator so that the slot game was allowed to run without control, such as automatic, so not mathematically.

I'm sure every gambler has experienced this, even quite often, as slots are my favorite game. I truly felt the drastic decline in performance. What started out great, with my account balance increasing dramatically in a matter of seconds, then a few minutes later, everything went downhill. The spins went by very quickly without any breaks on the screen.

Honestly, I don't know if this was rigged or not, but I think that's just how slots work. Most of my friends have experienced the same thing. This is why a gambler should know when to stop if they truly want to win.

It is very true, this is always seen when we focus on the game and the patterns of a slot, it is not possible, apart from that we should not forget that the house or house advantage, that is, the house Always wins, and we should accept such a thing and start from the fact that the slots are part of a great Company where the company has its ways of winning, we should be lucky Enough to get some money there.

That's how most of the games that are ev+ designed. The algorithm will make us win at the early spins that we do.
But when we've stayed for so long, that's when the change of the algo starts. You're not alone in noticing that.
I think that everyone is aware of that and we can't do anything about it. Because once we're enjoying, nobody can stop us.
And when we're on that moment that even we know that losing is about to come, we think of how can we recover our losses.

It si math at work. Actually, casinos do not need to cheat if the have a big enough bankroll or liquidity, casinos only need the edge of the house to kick in the long term.
Casinos which are small and do not have much money to face withdrawals or jackpots are the only ones that need to cheat against their gamblers, those do not have any reputation and should be avoided at all cost.

This is just another reason for people to stay away from small casinos and only gamble in big and established casinos which have no reason to cheat or rig their games.
Also, provably fair games are also very useful when gamblers are skeptical on the integrity of casino games, cryptography come in to save the day.  :P

Statistically speaking, slot games are among the lowest chance of garnering you a win due to everything being randomized. Compared to other card games, there is actually some skill involved whenever they play. They can also control the risks by their decision-making and bluffing.

With slots, however, there is no actual skill involved. You push the lever/button, and you let the Gods of gambling decide whether your fate is to win or to lose.


Be reminded, however, that there are some unregulated and unlicensed online gambling platforms that are rigged to begin with. But if you played on a reputable gambling website, then you are just unlucky with your experience.

The casino will never lose. This statement is quite clear, the game isn't rigged; it's simply how gambling works. On the one hand, slot games are completely based on luck, and the longer you play, the more your bankroll will be depleted.

That's why no gambling business ever goes bankrupt because, overall, gamblers always lose, and the casino always wins. We all know that casinos are a business built on generating revenue from customers. So, we shouldn't bring too much money to gamble; consider it paying for entertainment and never regret the money we've lost.

Depends on the casinos you gamble.

I heard there were few people are exploiting casinos because the casinos give big win in the beginning, so they exploit by creating multiple accounts, gamble for few bets and withdraw their money. But, these are small and not reputable casinos.

If we gamble on reputable casinos, I think it's high unlikely they rigged the games/system.

The slots have been rigged, but I don't understand the mathematics behind them.
I say the slots have been rigged because I've seen cases where online casinos have been exposed by their employees, revealing that the slots are rigged so that players keep losing and the house wins, with players only being allowed to win once or twice.

This is a local online casino that is clearly fraudulent.

But I don't know if reputable casinos might just have their algorithms set up that way.

The way RTP slots work doesn't have a big impact because I've tried several times with a high 24-hour RTP and still lost more often than not.

If I think the slot game is rigged, I probably won't play slots anymore. I don't always play slots, but I still try it sometimes. I also don't consider slot games to be a mathematical calculation. If I considered it that way, slots might become serious, and that would make me dizzy.
Luck at the beginning is indeed felt a lot by slot players. I also felt it on fiat slot sites. I even saw some who deliberately created multiple accounts to get beginner's luck.

Slots games are run by a machine algorithm. No one can win here by doing any kind of mathematical calculation. Everything depends on luck here, so whether it is an expert gambler or a newbie, no one can win from here by doing any kind of mathematical calculation. An expert gambler can only control his losses because he knows what happens to him. And for this, he will bet from the limit himself. But a new gambler will start betting big amounts with very high expectations, due to which there will be no risk management issue in him. Moreover, no one can win in slots games by making any kind of prediction or mathematical calculation.

One thing that you should know is that the caaino algorithm software is designed to favor the casino no matter how hard you try. Gambling is a game of luck and slot is a pure luck based game which makes your wins strictly by luck.

I have also experienced this too. Since it's a repetitive pattern when gambling on slots, you should take advantage of your early win and quit the game instead of you to continue playing hoping to win more. However, that is how gambling works, if you are not satisfied with the little profit that you have already, you will lose everything back to the casino. It's not only on slot games.

We don't really know, it is possible that slots can be rigged.

Playing slot (in general gambling)mean taking responsibility of every outcome, that is the reason we monitor what kind of slots we play. RTP isn't also trusted but can be considered while playing any slot.

Slot has always been about probability, we can't tell from players perspective (since the house is always ahead) only the owners are aware of the scene behind, if they manipulate slots it's really difficult to tell, we can only assume after consecutives losses and similar complains from other players.

Whenever something like this happen, it is normal to think this way because we are human and the way things are going currently I won't doubt if you said it is been rigged but then I still believe in luck and once it is not your time it is not your time and what you need to do at this moment is to always stay away so that you don't make so much loss that will make you feel the system is rigged. There are times you will make a lot of profit from slot and you will begin to wonder sometimes if you are dreaming or something but that is pure definition of luck. I don't play slots but I will suggest you stop playing whenever you have made profit and then the system start turning against you.

I don't believe that slot games are rigged but it is so designed that the house have the advantage. In other words, slots are not programmed in a way that users will win them easily but in a way that the casinos owners will have advantage so they can remain in the business. Anyone playing slot already have this in mind and is willing to accept that risk, since hitting the jackpot is a very tempting offer.

people generally find this very difficult to understand because i think most of them can't bear losing money, even a small amount, or can't accept it. however, even when you're having a really bad run on the slots, someone else is winning huge amounts of money, even if it's just a little bit. you could have been in their place, and they could have been in yours. it has nothing to do with cheating or you doing something wrong. it's just luck.

additionally, almost every slot player has winning streaks, and none of them think, “why am i winning right now?” when they're winning. you only realize you're gambling when you lose. when you're winning, everything seems great.

Yeah that's actually true, sometimes it feels like we are on a wining streak but suddenly we found out we are on a long losing streak that make us wonder if this game is rigged to favour the house only. But However I believe that the machine is programmed in a way that the probability to win the house is slim, making it impossible to win. And this makes me believe that it may be true that the system was designed to favour the house and not gamblers.

I am force to believe that these games are secretly rigged. Because if it was not design to secretly rigged players, then how come majority of gamblers are losers. Gambling is like placeing a bowl  100meters in front of you and you are expected to throw stone inside and win. And the possibility to get it Wrighy is slim or hard.

It may sound harsh, but it is true that most game providers are closed-source and therefore cannot be publicly verified. If we see big game providers like Pragmatic Play and Microgaming providing closed source games, we trust them because they are regulated in jurisdictions like Europe and America. So from this point of view, if we play games from such game providers, we have to play based on trust.

But as far as I know, there are also open-source games in big reputable casinos like Stake, bc.game, which can be verified based on cryptography. If someone thinks that other closed source games providers can be rigged, then they can choose open source games.

It’s normal if just few persons are experiencing, but it becomes more concerning when more than 80% of gamblers start to experience the same thing over and over again. So to me, I’ll say this is more than just maths, I think some systems might have been rigged because it’s not normal for the same pattern to keep happening and we’d keep turning a blind eye on it because we want to believe it’s all normal and just a mathematical trick.

We keep think it’s maths and one day the odds are going to favour us but after months and years of consistent playing we still don’t get any different results.

I bet all gambling casino games are configured to give us a winning start, which will made us think that we can be extra lucky and make instant profits with gambling, but after several wins, losses start to appear until we end up losing them all. That’s when we realize that we have no hold with gambling casinos, the house will always be the winner and gained the biggest profits.

Beginner’s luck is real, but it can’t guarantee us winning all the time. That’s the reason why mostly lose than win particularly in slots where it’s clearly luck and chance based.

We are living in illusion or at least that is how our brain interpret those things while the reality is we only win big in few spins and others are just a complete bust but in slot the one win is capable of giving big rewards that can even come closer to 5x of your deposit on an average and when we hit that number our greedy mind wakes up and want more but in slots along with bonus feature if you are not winning big bombs then your wallet will be drained very fast.

Every casino game is programmed for the house to be in profit but each of these games have their level of house edge...in slots games the house edge is quite high compared to other games that's why it seems like it's difficult to win after trying out multiple spins...it's been designed to be in favour of the house, this is the reason why a lot of people think it's rigged because no matter what you do you can't win

Slots is not rigged, not at all. It just happens that our luck never stays long on our side. That is why after short wins, losses come. Now, if we're too greedy and thinking there are more winning bets we can get, that surely ends up losing everything.

If we have been gambling for quite some time, I'm certain that we know how gambling works. It does not just happen in slots but also in other games. Why? That is how gambling is meant to be. We can't duel in a game of luck, nor say it is manipulated because we know that luck has never been with us forever.

I notice this when a player only plays a single slot throughout his gambling session.  I can't call it rigged since there is no proof about it and I can't support such statement with strong evidence, and I incline to think that it is designed as that.

So I believe to avoid this kind of experience, we should not stay too long in one game, make use of the variety of slot games available on the platform and compare the results.  I personally have a good result using this kind of method but I do not know if it will work for you.

Well why are you surprised of that? Longer you play, higher the change of you losing it is.

You make a kind of good example by talking about "feeling it". Thing is, that humans don't naturally understand or "feel" the concept of randomness.
Good example of this is that when music players like spotify actually used random playing, people complained that it wasn't random, because it didn't feel random. It sometimes kept playing same songs, so people thought it was broken, and funny thing about that is that with real randomness there's a change that same song could play many times in a row. It's not usual, but it's how randomness work.

When people see dots in random order, they don't accept that they are random, if they form clusters. Even though that happens sometimes with randomness.

It is extremely difficult to say if slots are rigged or not because you have no way of verifying apart from relying on the reports of the regulators. This is why I think it is a waste of time worrying about slots being rigged or not. Slot may appear hard but people still win big in it and if it were obviously rigged, I don't think there is anyone that will win it. If you feel that slots are rigged and therefore not favourable to you, there are many other casino games you can try.

Sometimes questions like this is kinda funny put it sometimes feels so, when the casino just start giving you a losing strike after a win series. It's kinda tempting to think so but most casinos don't. I don't  know about all of them but it wouldn't  be great if casino cheat on games that they claim is probably fair. Well if we gamble with what we can afford  to lose we wouldn't  be too concerned about casino cheating. The ball is in our court to choose either gambling with discipline  of gambling base on your emotions with may be driven by greed.

That's exactly what happened to me. I was quite surprised by the ease of winning, but later everything fell into place, as it seems. I think the casino is interested in players continuing to play, and such methods are designed to make the player leave more money, because they already have experience of winning. Demo games behave in the same way, but after you start playing with your own money, the casino is ahead again. By the way, you are right that the first wins motivate players to cheat, but I think that now it is already quite difficult to do, since the casino's anti-fraud has become very strong and multi-accounts are detected quite quickly.

That’s pretty much how slots are designed to feel. The RTP (say 95–97%) doesn’t mean you’ll get that percentage back every session—it’s calculated over millions of spins. In the short run you can be way up or way down, but the longer you play, the closer you drift toward the house edge.

Casinos don’t need to secretly rig slots, the math already guarantees they win in the long term. The ‘hot start then slow drain’ pattern you noticed is super common because our brains remember the exciting wins and feel the losses more painfully. The only real way to walk away ahead is literally to… walk away while you’re ahead. 😅

The easiest way out is to apply provable fairness to slots just like dice. I create a topic:  Why Online Slots Are Not Provably fair? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5510176) sometimes back and it was locked by mods. I did a thread on meta also regarding that lock: Why my topic is locked? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5523928). After reading some of the replies there I am inclined to believe that there is more to the story than just variance.   

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Pragmatic play's RTP & RNG is audited by GLI every year (https://access.gaminglabs.com/certificate/index?i=216),
also some other test-house audited those RTP & RNG, you could ping their support if you dont see updated certificate/logo in footer page.

yeah reputable provider & casino survey their RTP & RNG annually. you will find many trusted independent test houses like iTech Labs, GLI, eCOGRA, BMM who vouch for RNG & provide RTP/output audit with massive sample simulations. Also well known regulator UKGC force their client to lodged test sample with game register. you will find who actually audited your games rtp & rng in casino or providers footer page or about page. if you dont see certificate or signed logo in footer page then it is patchy , imo. also you could check via the lab certificate lookup or the regulators approved test house list.

I honestly have thought about this a couple of times in the past, it's majorly one of the reasons I stopped or rather, reduced significantly how frequently I play slot games, my thought actually is that maybe slot games are not actually rigged to favor the casino, but the game providers and casinos working hand in hand set the chances of winning so low that it's almost impossible to play the game and end up winning and profiting in the long run.

Slot games are interesting to play, but with the way almost every player end up with the very same experience, I do not doubt or blame any one for accusing the casino and game providers of rigging the game, i am just imagining a scenario where the 97% RTP is actually the casinos chances of winning while the remaining 3% is the gamblers chances of winning, with such a stats, it pretty impossible for any gambler to end up winning and remaining in profit from slot game, it will someone with a great amount of luck to make anything off the game.

There are casinos with a high percentage of winnings. It does not always happen that players lose. There are cases when a person can get a very large win. I myself have witnessed such moments. I myself managed to win a solid amount of money, which is comparable to a year's salary.

Naturally, casino owners will not be left without profit. With the help of small amounts, they will be able to recoup everything and make a profit.

It’s good if well-known regulators are the ones auditing these casinos, but I believe there are also regulators who don’t really do strict auditing, or if they do, it’s not as thorough. That’s why some casinos seem so relaxed, and it leaves room for them to rig the system.

Just imagine, even if they rigged it for only one hour and the casino is very popular, that could already mean a huge amount of money. Regulators should really look into that. They should have access to logs that can be used as a trail to see if the game providers or casinos are actually being transparent with us players.

Any experienced and knowledgeable gambler already knows that the house always wins, if you don't know this it means that you have something to learn about gambling. I wouldn't call slot games rigged because how the games work is not a secret, you know that your chances of winning is slim yet you go and play another time. Slots are meant to entertain and give you hope, a little wins now and then but you'd mostly lose everything if you continue to play. Every gambler should know that gamble wins are by luck so we should always use amounts that we can afford to loose.

Some casinos might be using cheats but it is probably because they scammy and greedy. Normally a well designed casino doesn’t need anything else than math to be a profitable business. The house edge, min/max bet requirements etc they are all there to enrich the casino, not the players. Some lucky player may appear every once in a while but it is not big enough to make a difference in the big picture of things. If a casino can’t make money even though all the odds are stacked in its favor, then they should quit this business and sell some hotdogs or sum shiet. Clearly it means they don’t know how to run a casino business.

However, we will still difficult to win in slots. You rely on your luck to win, no matter how high the RTP. Playing gambling for the short term or the long term will not guarantee you to win but we know that you can lose anytime. Casinos will win from the losing gamblers so they don't have to cheat or change the algorithm of the slots game. That is because many gamblers will be tempted to win but they will lose much money. Casinos are only waiting for their time to collect all of the lose of the money to be their profit. That is why we must be wise when using the money to play gambling.

Yeah, it’s happened to me too. Whenever I get a good win playing slots, I either end up losing everything or suddenly can’t withdraw my money. And honestly, it’s not just with slots it happens with other games too. That’s why now, whenever I win, I try to withdraw my profits right away to avoid anything like that happening again. I know it’s not easy to win every day, but when they block the withdrawal button after a win, it’s really disappointing.

To me I would say slots are rigged, because no matter how long you play, if even try playing for a whole 365 day's it might end up not favouring you but the management. So I just feel like it's just a programmed thing. To me I have see slot as a game for fun and not for income.
More over this kind of game is just all about winning and loosing but I would advice the Best method for following up this kind of game is just know when to walk out, don't play play too much till one get addicted,to it and understand its a game for fun and not for building your self up financially.

Personally, i dont like slot machines very much, in fact, i don't like them at all.
It's a mechanical game, without any particular skill, based entirely and exclusively on luck. i find no pleasure in slot machines at all. And it's a solitary game, even worse.

I’ve said this before, I’m not a fan of slots. I like watching them, but I don’t want to play. You can’t even spot a bit of pattern. You just buy a spin, roll it, and that’s it, then wait to see if you hit a multiplier or not. There’s not even a gut feeling involved; it’s all just assumptions and wishing the next roll will hit a multi. That’s 101% pure luck games right there. And nah, they don’t even need to tweak the games, because in the end, the casino wins most of the time anyway.

All casinos are meant to have advantage over gamblers and so as slots. Even if you get lucky early game, the more you play to it the more there is the chance the slot will get back your winnings.

I've experienced it many times and they all work that way. The same work on other games such as roullete or plinko where gamblers will always lose to them.

I understand your point here and you have a valid for not playing slot games.

We have different preferences and most gambler, I said most because there’s a lot of slot players that preferred this game due to its no brainer mechanics of just spin and win. Winning based on pure luck makes the game exciting for some people that preferred this type of game.

Even on sports betting you will need luck in able to win consistently. On slot games you are relying solely on slot games to win high multiplier.

It’s less stressful than to make analysis on sports just to win.

There are many theories to this, some people actually say that they had more wins after getting to an intermediate level in gambling. Think about it, the results cannot a beginner and regular gamblers get cannot be different if they gamble at the same time, it's all the same game but it's just a matter of luck, some get lucky at the beginning phases while others get lucky later on, everyone cant have the same result

I believe most of these slots are rigged so that you don't gain beyond what they must have pegged for you. It's a tactics to keep you around and also keep the business going. Just look at your case for instance where you end up losing everything or can't withdraw your funds. Trust me when I say you're not the only one in this. Countless more people talk about having similar experiences like yours where their gambling efforts become ruined by the system. The more you think you have the mathematical model and equation to solve a slot game, the more the system proves to you that your math is not really needed in the game.

When you're playing slot, just have it at the back of your mind that you're taking risk, because you cant afford to make any progress without going through the normal and usual procedures, which is in the attempt of trying your luck playing it, this is not what you may have to develop any skill for before been able to play it, slot is ore of what we can play even as a beginner and catch the fun and forget about RTP being rigged or not, because some are wining big by luck.

If slots are based in provably fair algorithm, it's good to say that those result numbers are based on luck, you can change the client seed in case of doubts, and verify if results are the same.

But if not, it's good to say that whatever the results is always in favor of the casino. And in the long run, you will always lost due to house.

Everyone has different preferences, and perhaps you're one of those who dislikes slot games. That's fine, my friend. Honestly, I'm the opposite. I prefer slots over other forms of gambling. The reason is quite simple: they're straightforward, requiring no analysis or anything else. The random gameplay and luck-driven outcomes boost my adrenaline every time I click a button. For me, the joy of slots lies in the gameplay, when the game plays out well, and I witness a truly satisfying spin, regardless of the outcome.

Anyone who has a casino business of course the goal is profit and that cannot be denied because the casino is an entertainment business that provides quite high profits.
It's just that casinos that are legal that have been audited by the government and have certificates such as Curaçao certificates, those casinos already have valid calculations such as how much RTP is set on each game etc.

Every player will also be taxed because it has been audited by the government so that every order made will be taxed so that they will get benefits on the transactions made.
Wins and losses are set by an approved algorithm, not an algorithm that continues to benefit the bookmaker, some lucky players are very random,
and the winnings are indeed winnings that have been issued by the casino for anyone who is lucky.

If the casino does not run a business with profits, then there is no longer a casino business running and everything will close because it cannot survive to pay all the employees and advertisements that are done etc.

Maths is at work in slot games, the casino work with neurologists, and statisticians to evaluate slots and dice games to work accordingly as the provably fair states. Most a times players have to win only 2% of the total amount they wagered in a casino.

Its better i also join others believing its a kind of random mathematics that brings more of luck when its our turn to shine by playing, we cant use the word being rigged, so it does not appear that playing slots is totally an illegal act due to the process, same applies to other games, we gamble to try our best and have fun, if it comes to us as a win, then we take it and enjoy the winning opportunity or continue in having fun.

From what I know, slot machines are designed using algorithms, meaning there are mathematical calculations behind every spin. The problem is, we can’t predict whether the next spin will hit a jackpot or just extend a losing streak. That’s why it’s important for gamblers to play on reputable platforms, where the chances of the game being rigged are lower. On illegal platforms, operators might manipulate the algorithm to reduce the player’s odds of winning - or even eliminate transparency altogether, causing gamblers to lose their money much faster than it should be.

All slots are rigged....

I am just joking, but it's true, they are rigged to take more than to give. Oh, I did it again, I am sorry... they are not rigged, everything is fair most of the time, but sometimes it's a pure scam! No, no, no... sorry again, they are fair 101%!

Joke's on a side, slots are crazy, and nobody can tell you what to expect... You can win or lose a lot in a short time... you never know until you try it. And all these bonuses, super bonuses, God Mode bonuses, and all other bonuses can be pretty crazy... don't get in if you don't have some money for losing. 

That's not how things happen!!!
Seriously, for that many players here to think that RTP means you play $100 you get $98 back it becomes alarming rather than funny!

Slots don't work like dice, with dice yes, you win,lose,win,lose,lose,lose,lose,win,win its'a mathematically sequence than on averge will get you 98 or 96 or whatever the RTP is a an 100 long string, but sltos are not liek this, the RTP is not per individual, the RTP is gor all players across the game, one might play with $100 and end up with 2, 56, 78, 125 and 2000 and some might lose evey penny, there is close to nobody that ends up with extaclty the RTP after a session.

It's pure probability that catching up with you and the doubt you have are intentional. You know that the casino machines do not know that you are on a streak, they are mathematically designed to generate outcomes that are generally verified. The casino does not need to do anything secretly because, in the long run, they will win. It's your own mistakes that can bring you to the losing streak. The only way to stay profitable is when you win or when you lose your first bet, that point is the time to stop and get out of the casino. If you stay, you will probably be chasing your losses with emotions, leading to more losses again and again, creating a streak.

It is not true that slot games cannot be rigged at all. There are many scammer casino sites that provide manipulated slot games for playing games that can basically be controlled.
However, in the case of games provided by usual normal and reputable game providers, these games are not rigged and at the same time it is not possible to solve them by mathematical calculations. Because just as it would take more than two thousand years to brute force an 8 digit password using special characters and upper-lower case characters, the same situation would arise when doing mathematical calculations for the slot games.

I don't think any casino needs to rig their slots.  It is in fact just math at work and it is working in their favor.  I'm sure there are probably cases of certain casinos taking a little higher percentage than others, but I don't think any reputable casino would risk their reputation to earn a few extra dollars.  They spend a great deal to make sure their reputations stay in good standing as they operate businesses that move a tremendous amount of money. 

Slots are rigged in illegal, possibly disreputable casinos. Reputable casinos won't manipulate games for short-term gain - even a low house edge is enough to ensure smooth long-term business operations. Illegal casinos operate solely for short-term profits and they will eventually be abandoned and replaced by other sites. This is a common occurrence in online casinos these days - not at reputable crypto casinos, but at unknown fiat casinos.

I believe this too my personal experiences make me feel this way, and so do the experiences of people I know. Also, slot machines have a certain limit, and when they reach that limit, they start paying out. There's a certain math involved, but it's also obvious that they're rigged. That's why I prefer sports betting, at least I'm betting on something I know, and it doesn't bother me.

It's difficult to know if a game like slots is rigged; we don't have access to the "program" used. They are definitely programmed to win more than they lose. We often waste our time with conversations like this. If they say it's probably fair, why not believe it? And if we don't believe it, why do we gamble? Wouldn't it be better to stop and find something else to do?

Thinking about it won't get us anywhere...

Casinos had programmed that it favors them at the end of the day, it's hard going successful playing with casino and the best thing you could do to yourself is walking away immediately a bigger win is been made, if such player still stand to win more then that's absolutely a trap to loss everything.

These games aren't normal, they work in a way you become successful when starting new suddenly, everything gets to crash gradually until it finishes.

You could prove if a slot is rigged by doing like a few thousand rolls and counting the RTP. If ts way lower than the one advertised then yeah there's a high likelihood the slot is rigged.

Consider this, most slots aren't provably fair so the results may be switched based on how the see who's rolling. Are you a streamer? You get the best seed. This is entirely possible with games that aren't provably fair.

So if you want fair games, seek the slots that have provable fairness. Plain and simple.

In fact, playing slot games is completely dependent on luck where it is not understood whether it is being rigged or not, but even if it is rigged, we will still not understand. One thing comes to my mind that if slot games are rigged, then why would people play slots because millions of people are playing slots here, if it is rigged, then would people play here regularly? I think if the rigged, then people would not play regularly and someone would have revealed the incident of this rigging. But if there is any doubt, then you should definitely avoid playing slots and focus on other sports such as football, cricket and other sports. You can win in all these games by applying your own analytical skills and strategies, so you do not have to take any risks.

There is no program that can give them favors as they charge fees for this service and yet few things work like math because if any casino does things favorably it will be illegal and not good for their reputation physical casinos always have to follow rules.
People who play mostly for fun tend to have better results as they play without any pressure which gives them a better chance of winning on the other hand people who always play for money or are addicted to gambling often face poor results because their mindset keeps them focused on winning which never works in gambling.

In many cases, they have more wins than losses but this sparks debate big and reputable casinos never use cheating tactics as they understand the consequences of doing so.

Definitely not rigged. Every slot game has an algorithm behind it, but people call it rigged when it doesn’t favor them in the moment or after several tries. It’s random, and with hundreds or even thousands playing at the same time in a casino, you can’t expect the algorithm to give everyone a 50% chance. That would bankrupt the casino ;D.
Most gamblers are really just chasing the jackpot, so why expect more than that? Do you want everyone hitting the jackpot right away? Sure, anyone can win, but it usually happens in the long run. Early jackpots are mostly just luck.

Consider any popular slot game the games are not always rigged but the math is against us. Because most gamblers dont understand the math behind tbe games, the result is that they blame the machines to be rigged rather than their own greed and bad luck that is leading to ruin.

The small wins are just incentives to make you play more giving a false sense of confident that you can still win. So be careful when you start freshly grinding after a small win.

If you feel lucky by winning money in slots, that is the temptation for you because you will be difficult to stop playing. Your mind will tell you to get more winning and make you not realize that it's time to stop playing.

Suppose you win, you should stop playing immediately and not think about chasing more wins. Most people tend to still play without thinking which is enough for gambling. They will become greedy and once you lose, you will think that the casino tweaks the games and makes you lose. You must know when to stop gambling because chasing for more wins will be difficult.

Many people misunderstand gambling where they think that they can definitely gain profit from gambling, that's why many people gamble with the aim of pursuing profit, while the rules that have been set and cannot be changed are casinos that have been designed in such a way that they can win more often than lose, but those who aim to gain profit are blinded by the lure of winning which makes them insist on getting a win and sometimes don't care how big a loss has been, in fact, this is one of the triggers for them to continue gambling.

On reputable sites, especially on the ones presented on this forum, there's no such thing as "casinos tweak the games to make sure you lose eventually". When you have a long losing streak - it's just pure probability catching up with you, or as we here call it "bad luck".

We can assume that way since the casino is reputable, but we also can’t be too confident saying they can’t tweak the games. It’s usually not the casino itself but the game providers who could do that if they wanted to. There’s always that possibility, especially since casinos generate huge revenue and providers might have a share in it depending on their agreement (which I believe they do).

So in the end, if we want to enjoy gambling, we just have to trust them. And if we keep losing, maybe it’s best to stop and just look for another casino. That’s not even hard to do since there are plenty of reputable casinos online, just start by checking the ones recommended here in the forum.

It`s just maths. You always have a chance to catch either lose or win streak. And of course you will pay attention to such streaks.
RTP less than 100% tells us that anyway you will lose  some moment. It can be on a long distance, it can be fast enough, but if you continue the game, you will lose one moment. To be honest it is true, if you are the only player, in reality it is more difficult to calculate.

That is what is expected to happen. As you continue to play, no matter what amount you have won you should lose it all if you play enough games. The trick is to stop playing when you are on top, but as it can be seen in your case too people are unable to control themselves and continue to play until they lose it all.

Tweaking the game is not impossible, but it is illegal. If you play on a reputable casino, this should not be a concern.

I don't understand, 2% of 100 is $2 not the other way round. How did you get to that? However, the house tries to make up for this goal with extra brain manipulative strategy that after all gaming process the gamer will only be of $2 profits. Provably fair is the main reason behind this quotation "the house always wins". Hence, it applies on a long term and as well in a session.

What I've realized is that slot games are designed on maths and heavy probability.Some of the things we experience is because of the probability but the brain often interprets it as unfair or rigged.Everything happens naturally, according to the system it was designed to operate(the casino always wins in the long run).

Slot games result is based on RNG which means the result is completely random. It’s not designed by heavy rather based on luck.

Math won’t help to compute the winning percentage if the result is random and no basis at all aside from a random number generator. Even the probability of winning bet on slot games is unknown that’s why casino just provide RTP percentage determine the profitability on playing this game.

That’s the probability actually. For a 96% RTP, it means 96% chance of you getting your money back or winning, while there’s 4% chance of losing. So with that setup, you’re already below 100% probability of winning while the house is sitting above 100%.

Do the simple math and you’ll see - there’s no way to survive in the long run.

Yes exactly, each of us has different tastes, i like gaming as a game, as a way to spend time with friends.
I don't like playing online, i feel alone, i feel strange.
Everyone has their own perception of the game, and if that remains the case, playing online is fine too.
The important thing is not to invest too much money, since you don't earn but always lose.

Yes, almost every game indicates that RTP (return to player), which is usually around 97%, but you need to understand how it works. This does not mean that you will get back what you lost with such a probability, it means that the casino can keep 3% from this game, and the rest they must give to the players, but it works so that the main part can be returned to one or more players who are lucky and they will get a big win, and everyone else will only lose to sponsor this win for the player who was lucky.

It is funny that even in times of ChatGPT, people use it wrong and don't understand what basic stuff like this means. RTP talks about the current game as you indicated, but one can also just think of this as an investment. Imagine there was an investment where you put in $1, and it gives you back $0.97 (-0.03$) each time. Repeat this enough times and you slowly get to $0.

RTP just shows the speed at which you will go towards zero, but unless you are extremely lucky you will always go to $0.

You are right, the algorithm is designed to favour the casinos more than it can be to the players and like you said, early jackpot is just very good luck for a few players. I was giving and example of someone that started gambling newly and on their first few trying of some new games, they won a very huge amount that I have not even won at once since I started gambling. That was extremely luck for him and he luckily hit the roll at the right time which was even unknown to him that it was the right time to roll. The games are not rigged except for some unlicensed scam casinos.

See this:
Slots RTP, the myth that needs to die!!!!! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5557703.msg65759086#msg65759086)

If you play dice the dice will always have two options, low or high, if the bank is taking the middle as a loss (49-51) for example, it's stillt he same, 10000 million people flipping coins will land on the same odds no matter how much you try to pick random strangers apart, after each of them has 1000 spins they wills till tend to be 50/50.

With slots, imagine a wheel with 1000 of options and results, and each player one by one is spinning it once, then the next guy, the next guy and so on, you realize what the probability there is so that each one of them would end after 100 spins with the same wins?  ;D ;D It's so close to zero I would stay till morning to type them!


Nope, that's not the case!

Slots are mostly (fully?) about chance. Streaks of wins and losses can make it feel like something is “wrong,” but in reality, the outcome is impossible to predict. Sometimes it seems like the system is against the player, but it’s just how probability works. As it is hard for us humans to accept chaos, to accept randomness, we are trying to rationalize it, to find patterns and reasons behind them.
Slot machines are made for entertainment, not for earning money. Which is why it's important to set limits, stay calm, and enjoy the game, with occasional the wins.

All slot machines are programmed with an algorithm that pays out a certain percentage of the money already put into them, and winnings are distributed randomly. That’s why it’s unlikely you’ll ever spot any kind of system in how payouts are made. The only sure thing is that the program in the machine will never pay out more money than it has in the system. Of course, everyone hopes that their bet will trigger the system and hit the jackpot, but realistically, the amount you win in slots is unlikely to exceed what you’ve already spent overall, at least not in the long run. Slot machines are a form of entertainment, not a way to make money, and the attitude toward them should reflect that.

I don't really understand what part of this type of slot game is mathematical, but if you look at it from the perspective of the casino's advantage and the player's, perhaps that's where the math lies.
I believe this type of slot gambling is a rigged game, so players can win if the casino determines the amount or timing. I've never seen anyone reveal a slot gambling system that actually involves players controlling their own winnings.

When a gambler wants to hope for changes in his financial situation, he begins to believe that accidents are not accidental and that they can somehow even be controlled.
Although slots are really a story about absolutely random wins that can add up to a series of horrors, because of which the gambler begins to think that he somehow influenced the system and now it is controllable. But this does not make sense, as does the search for patterns of failures. Such a gambler needs to understand that all this is just one big random.

Some might think slots are rigged just because they got a high house edge, meaning most of the time gamblers will really lose. It’s like betting with no edge on every spin, so only when we get lucky we can win. But no one can really beat the system.

So instead of complaining, i think we should look at the reality first - the math. And if we can’t accept it since the edge is too high, then that’s the time we shift to other types of games that have a lower house edge.