When you review all slots introduction online, it is easy to find some abbreviations or words with data behind
In this article, I am going to explain what are those data refer to
Bet & Bet Size
Bet is pretty to be understood. The actual costs of players can be seen as bet.
In some cases, you can also set the bet on each line, then there is a bet for each line and a bet that sum up all one line bet. In order to distinguish them, some slot use bet for the bet in each line, and bet size for total bet
Normally, you just need to focus on your total bet, because that is the base when you get the multiplier prize
Wins or Pays
What players can get from the slot can be seen as the wins or pays
There are more than one types of wins according to the feature and game mode, such as base game win, free game win, bonus game win, etc.
RTP - Return to Player & SRP - Statistic Return Percentage
When you open a page of slot introduction, besides the gameplay, you can find there is a percentage called RTP
Dividing the wins by bets is the value of RTP, which represents the profitability of the slot machine. Normally, the RTP range should be around 95% to 97%
If the RTP of a slot is no less than 100%, players cannot lose any money in this slot
However, RTP is a theoretical data calculated by the mathematical model. It is true that when you play the game long enough, the RTP would be close to the theoretical number, but the actual wins and bets vary from each game. Thenm you can use SRP to stand for the statistic RTP.
Hit Frequency
Hit Frequency is the data to measure how long or how likely you would get the prize. It is the key element you need to focus when you simulating the slot.
Like wins and pays, hit frequency can be sorted by the feature
There is no such standard of which hit frequency is better for all slot. What is most important is that the hit frequency match the style of slot and live up to the expectation of your players
For example, if your slot has only prize which is 10*bet, the hit frequency should not be less than 1 in 10 spins too much, otherwise, you will upset your player in a bad way
Variance
Variance shows the extent of excitement of a slot. The higher it is, the bigger different you can find among each wins
Like hit frequency, variance need match the style of slot. You should never edit the variance without the consideration of slot style
In slot design mathematical process, it is pretty easy to build the model and get the RTP around 95% to 97%. What is more complex and need you put more efforts in is providing a perfect game experience, and adjusting the hit frequency and variance is the most important part of it
Combination & Payout
When the size of slot is larger than 3-1, the winning standard is more complex, like you don't need all symbols landing on the reels to be the same symbols. Normally, the adjacent 3 symbols are same symbols can win a minimum prize, the more symbols, the higher prize
In that case, the adjacent symbols are combination, and the prize are the payout
Each combination only has one payout, like the picture below, the symbol A have three combination, which are {A,A,A,X_A,X_A}, {A,A,A,A,X_A}, {A,A,A,A,A}, and their corresponding payouts are 0.20, 0.40, 1.20
In some slot, the actual wins are equal to the payout, but in most slot, you need to use payouts times bets to get wins and pays. You can differ them by finding whether the payouts change when you change the bet
What combination stand for vary from different types of slot
In lines, combination means the symbols on each payline
In ways, combination means the symbols on each column
In girds, combination means the amount of symbols landing on the window
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