What is Return to Player?
Return to Player (RTP) is the percentage of money played on a machine that will be returned over the total number of combinations on a machine. RTP percentages vary between hotels, clubs and casinos.
Generally RTP in Australia is at least 85%. This doesn’t mean that every time you play you will get at least 85% of your money back!
If you could play enough combinations to get every possible combination of symbols (about 80 million combinations) both winning and losing, then you could expect to get 85% of your money back. This means the operator can count on at least 15% of your money.
For this reason the operator doesn’t ‘cheat’ and the machines aren’t ‘rigged’, they simply have a built in advantage for the operator. Online Pokies have a higher return to player rate. Check out this site for information on online pokies payout rates