Blog: game mechanics, RTP and what separates the families

What this blog does not publish

No system removes the house edge from a casino game. So there are no «winning systems», no «secrets» and no predictions here — that kind of content does not help a reader, it costs them money.

Specifically absent: restatements of bonus terms (they change on the operator’s page and a stale copy is worse than none), licence numbers (we have not verified any), user reviews (we do not collect them) and rating stars (there is no measurement behind them).

What is here is mechanics: how a round resolves, what each published number measures, and which family fits which circumstances. Those do not change, so they do not go stale.

The most common mistake about each family

The posts exist for one reason: each of the four families carries a durable misconception, and all four come from not knowing the mechanic.

• Slots: «the machine is hot» or «it has gone cold». The game keeps no memory — each spin is independent and past results do not touch the next one.
• Instant games: «you can learn to stop just before the crash». The crash point is fixed before you place the bet; your decision truncates the outcome, it does not create it.
• Table games: «the RTP is higher, so they pay more». Blackjack’s 99.29% assumes basic strategy — without it, actual return at the same table falls considerably.
• Live dealer: «a real dealer makes it fairer». The probability is identical either way; what changes is what you can watch, and what the game asks of your connection.

Which post to start with

The three posts are not written to be read in order — each answers a different question, and where you start depends on what you play.

• Still deciding — casino game types. It sets out the three axes behind the split and which family fits which circumstances.
• Playing slots or table games — what is RTP. It explains what a 96% figure means and why volatility is counted separately.
• Playing Aviator, Plinko or Mines — instant games. How a round resolves and what an auto-stop actually does are both there.

All three share one thing: none of them tries to tell you what to play. They explain the mechanic and leave the decision with you.

How we check

The method is simple and deliberately limited. Table cells are read from the public, registration-free front of each site, and the date they were checked is printed in the footer. Nothing that would need an account and a deposit to confirm is marked as present — such a cell stays «—», meaning unverified rather than absent.

RTP figures come from the provider’s own published source, not from an operator’s page. Where we cannot find a figure, we do not estimate one. That leaves gaps in the table, and a gap is better than a wrong number.

Updating is not automatic either: if the date has not moved, the data has not been re-checked. Rather than hide that, every page shows it.

Back to the catalogue

The four families side by side are on the catalogue home. Site coverage is in sites, the RTP table in games, live tables in live casino.