Slot Machine Payout Percentages- Here They Are

[Slotspert]

I have decided to log all the payout range percentages (rounded up or down to the nearest whole percentage) in alphabetical order for all available demoninations. For progressives, the second number range are for non-progressives (AKA "stand-alone machines). THIS LIST IS MAINLY FOR SCOUTING CERTAIN DESIGNATED/CERTIFIED BEST PAYOUT SLOTS WHICH ARE MARKED IN CERTAIN CASINOS PARTICIPATING IN SUCH A PROMOTION AND FOR ANY FIXED PAYOUT MACHINES. Only the most popular machines are listed. Anyone notice a pattern here?...Have Fun :
Bank Busters 90%-93%
Big Bang Event (Bigger) 86%progressive/83%-94%
Deal or No Deal Passion Deluxe 86%-94%
Deal or No Deal Blue Version 88%-92%
Deal or No Deal Passion 90%-96%
Diamond Jackpots 88%-97%
Ebay 86%-94%
Game of Life 86%-96%
Happy Days 88%-94%
Hot Hot Penny Super Respin 87%-94%
Indiana Jones 86%progressive/86%-94%
Jaws 89%-92%
Jeopardy (new) 86%-94%
Monopoly Jackpot Station 86%progressive/86%-94%
Monopoly Grand Hotel Big Event 86%progressive/86%-96%
Monopoly Real Estate Tycoon 86%-94%
MR WOO 91% – 92%
Party Spin (ultimate) 88%-95%
Powerball 87%-96%
Price is Right (Cliffhangers) 85%-98%
Slingo 86%-92%
Star Trek 86%-94%
Video Poker 92%-101% (with perfect play)
Wheel of Fortune Multi Win 87%-89%progressive/88%-94%
Wheel of Fortune Super Spin 88%-94% (Bonus Frequency is 1 in 40 for penny version and 1 in 49 for nickle version)
Wizard of Oz 86%progressive/86%-94%
Wolf Run 86%-94%
Updated May 2010
Hot Shot Cash Wheel 86%-98%
Sex and the City 90%-95%
Fireball 85%-96%
Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk 86%-96%
Wheel of Fortune 100 line progressive 88-89%, non-progressive 86%-94%
Ultimate Tower of Power 86%-88%
Megabucks Multilevel 86% (all machines)
Super Big Game Show Community 88%-90%

UPDATED November 2010
Alice in Wonderland 89%-94%
Hot Shot Progressive 85%-96%
Press Your Luck 87%-96%
Lord of the Rings 86%-96%
Star Wars Droid Hunt progressive 87%-89%, non-progressive 88%-94%

UPDATED January 2011
Rickety Cricket 88%-93%
Ice Cap Cash 82%-92%
Arctic Spirit 85%-92%
Jumpin Jalapenos 86%-94%
Playboy Platinum 85%-96%
Witches Riches 87%-98%
African Diamond 82%-98%
Mystic Pearls 86%-96%
Goldfish Race for Gold 88%-96%
Ultimate Tower of Power 87-88%
Heat Engine 90.7% fixed all machines
Final Update to Payouts Before Meet and Greet March 2011
Cash Wizard 86-90%
Rhythms of Rio 90.1 fixed all machines
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 88-94%
Turtle Bay 85%-96%
Wild Wheel 87%-98%
Jackpot Vegas Hits 88%-90%

UPDATED MAY 2011
Dirty Dancing 89%-96%
Hot Spin 88%-90%
Price is Right Ultimate Show 86%-94%
Cranky Condor 92%-99%
Gazellions 89% fixed all machines
Money Vault 85%-94%
Attack/Revenge From Mars 86%-94%
Cashman Fever 89%-95%
Sex in the City Big Diamonds 88%-95%
Star Trek- Battle Stations 86%-90%progressive, 86%-96% non-progressive
Code Red 85%-96%
Great Goldfish Giveaway 89%-95%
Mummy Returns 89%-92% (Bonus Round Frequency is 1 in 62 for 3 symbol trigger and 1 in 7 for 2 symbol trigger)
King of Dragons (Aruze) 92% fixed all machines.

UPDATED JUNE 2011
Best Fortune (Aruze) 92-99% (another high payout penny slot if you can find it!): 25 credit min base bet= 92%; + 5 high power ante= 95%; 50 credit base +10 high power credit ante= 96%; 75 credit base + 30 high power ante= 97%; 100 credit base + 40 credit high power ante= 97.7%; 125 credit base + 50 credit high power ante= 98.6%.
Betty Boop Love Meter (Ballys) 88% all machines
Chinese Phoenix (Aruze) 85-95%
China Reels (Konami) 91% all machines

UPDATED JULY 2011
Alice (WMS Version) 87-96%
Captain Cut Throat 88-95%
The Hangover 88%-99%
Dive Quest 85-98%
Updated August 2011
Arctic Sun (Aruze) 87-92% (penny game)
Mega Strike (Cadillac Jack) Class II 86-95%
Mahjong Dynasty (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Girls Day Out (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Guys Night Out (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Jewel Heist (Incredible Technologies) 85-98%
Playboy Hot Zone (Bally) 88-94%
September 2011 Update
Batman: The Dark Night (IGT) 86-94%
Emerald Falls (Bally) 85-96%
Happy Slot (AC Coin) 90% fixed all machines
Riches of the Heart (Konami) 89% fixed all machines
Yahtzee (WMS) 86-96%
Battleship (WMS) 86-90%
Rise of the Incas (Aristocrat) 86-95%
Golden Pharaoh (Bally) 86-88%

FINAL UPDATE TO THREAD- OCTOBER 2011
Due to the repetitive nature of the basic programming options with payouts, this will be the final update as any pattern to payouts with this list is now fairly obvious. Future posts will be standalone threads highlighting a single machine that contains an unusual deviation from the norm (e.g. fixed payout games and higher then average paybacks will be posted in their own thread).
Cascading Reels Invaders (WMS) 85-96%
Fu Lu Shou (Aruze) 87-99%
Godzilla on Monster Island (IGT) 88-94%
Golden Pharaoh (Bally) 86-88%
The Phantom (Aristocrat) 86-92%
Batman- Back to Gothem (IGT) 86-94%

***SPECIAL UPDATE FEBRUARY 2012***
New 98% Payback Machine Now Clearly Posted
Well, I knew it would come time for the competition to start advertising their max paybacks right on the machines fronts. Aruze is going to try to capture this thought his new Cherry Chance Hot Seven Machine.
Here is the picture of this new slot:

SPECIAL UPDATE FOR MAY 2012
King Kong (see photo for version) 94% fixed all machines


Updated July 2012

Bally's 1,000,000 Degrees Scatter Pays 86% payback fixed- all machines
° Progressive Resets (with max bet)
» Nine 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $999,999
Occurs every 16,000,144 plays on average
» Eight 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $15,000
Occurs every 246,156 plays on average
» Seven 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $600
Occurs every 11,189 plays on average
» Six 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $150
Occurs every 1,231 plays on average
» Five 1,000,000 Degrees symbols = $30
Occurs every 241 plays on average
• Free Games Bonus
– Occurs every 142 plays on average.

UPDATED MARCH 2013
Cash Wizard Tiki Magic (Ballys) 85%-94%
- Frequency of Bonus rounds= "Wizard Wild Two Reels" 1 in 50 spins
"Tiki Magic Bonus" 1 in 60 spins


Update April 2013:
Hot Shot Progressive (New U-Spin Version with large double figure 8 top box bonus round).... Payback Range 85-96%. BONUS ROUND HIT FREQUENCY: is averaged at every 22 spins... You know when the machine says "HOT SHOT"

Updated October 2013:
For the Triple Diamond Slot Game:
ODDS OF HITTING 15,000 coin top jackpot 1 in 864,000
ODDS IF HITTING 4,000 coin top jackpot 1 in 93,312

Updated November 2013:
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Back to the Future.... One of my favorite themed games...
great graphics and story line sync'ed well from the movie (which you have to see to appreciate the theme!)
Max Bet: 300
Top Award: 30,000
Hit Frequency: Approximately 39%
Payback range 86%-93.5%

Updated April 2014:
Batman- Classic TV Show Version
Played this game on demo mode and it does have great entertainment value. I feel these "wonder wheels" will prove popular and the dynamic and various bonus games will be nostalgic (and slightly corny) for those who really remember the original Batman TV series and the creative characters and villains.
Highlight: Payback is fixed, all versions at 88.5%, typical for a mega progressive.

Updated June 2014:
Aristocrat Technologies, Five-reel, 40-line video slot
Denomination: .01, .02, .05,Max Bet: 250
Top Award: 1,000 times line bet Hit Frequency: Approximately 50%
Payback Range 86-96%

Thanks to Random$$$ for these additions:
Aristocrat - The Walking Dead = 88.5% -93.5% (unusually narrow range)
Alto - Peacock and Dragon = 88% - 92.3% (unusually narrow range)
GTECH - Bejeweled: 86.5% - 89% (unusually narrow range) Bally's Titanic - 85% to 88.5% (unusually tight)
GTECH's Sphinx 3D - 86% to 92% (narrower range than average)
Bally - Betty Boop's Firehouse 85% to 88.5% (Very tight)

Updated August 2014: IGT Winners Choice Payback 92%-98%

Updated August 2015---
IGT's WINNER'S CHOICE 2.... 92%-96% payback.
Crazy Money II - Incredible Technologies. 90% - 96% payback, 50% frequency (Thanks to Randomslots$$$ ont his one)

UPDATE: July 2016: Aruze Super Vault- Disclosed frequency of Bonus Wheel hit:
1 every 64 spins, payback range 87-97%

UPDATED: October 2022: Its been a long time, but here is a new Monopoly Game for all you Monopoly Fans:
PAYBACK % RANGE
86.84%–89.64%
AVERAGE HIT FREQUENCY
33.5%

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[Slotspert]

I transferred my payback post from another bulletin board site since it was having issues and don't want to lose it if something happens there as it did to another relic bulletin board site many of us were on a few years ago. This took too much work over too many years to have it just vanish. Interesting to see how so many of these games are still on the casino floors, for now! Enjoy the data!

[dvandentop]

So slot fanatics board is having issues with forum software? Thanks for transferring here we aren't going anywhere soon

[nancypants]

Do these games still exist? It’s ancient!


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[LowAndSlow]

I have a couple of questions.
.. I'm not seeing the pattern, but I scanned the lists and I think maybe I'm just overwhelmed and not the brilliant statistician you are. :) What is the biggest thing that pops out for you?
.. Most of the machines here and nowhere to be found anymore. I'm not in Vegas frequently, only really in PA and NJ, so are these machines still plentiful in other areas?
.. Looks like you stopped keeping track 2-3 years ago, and I think a lot has changed in that amount of time. Anything super obvious to you that has changed since you collected your original data?
.. I do notice that I miss some of the games you have listed that I simply have not seen in Idunnowhen. :(

[Slotspert]

I have a couple of questions.
.. I'm not seeing the pattern, but I scanned the lists and I think maybe I'm just overwhelmed and not the brilliant statistician you are. :) What is the biggest thing that pops out for you?
.. Most of the machines here and nowhere to be found anymore. I'm not in Vegas frequently, only really in PA and NJ, so are these machines still plentiful in other areas?
.. Looks like you stopped keeping track 2-3 years ago, and I think a lot has changed in that amount of time. Anything super obvious to you that has changed since you collected your original data?
.. I do notice that I miss some of the games you have listed that I simply have not seen in Idunnowhen. :(

Many of these games are still found in casinos, especially in Nevada and on Cruise Ships.
The reason I stopped is that, in the short term, you will not experience these paybacks. Game VOLATILITY will determine your bankroll life and unless you make 100,000 spins, you will not approach even just a 90% chance of the payback range that is advertised. Look at this stat for the numbers of hands (or slot spins) are needed to get close to any advertised payback return:
I will keep it simple, but here is an example of a 90% confidence interval on a 9/6 Jacks or better Video Poker played mathematically perfectly. The same can be said for slot play although at a much lower payback range, substituting number of spins for number of hands. So this gives you an example of why we can have wild swings and how you would really need about 1,000,000 hand/spins to approach any advertised "payback" range... Slotspert

Number of Hands.... Payback intervals
1,000.....................76.5%-122.6%
10,000...................92.3%-106.8%
100,000................. 97.2%-101.8%
1,000,000.............. 98.8%-100.3%
10,000,000............. 99.3%-99.8%
100,000,000........... 99.5%-99.6%
1,000,000,000......... 99.5%-99.6%

P.S. For your brain's comfort, slots spins are always "played" perfectly whereas video poker hands are usually not.

[Slotspert]

Do these games still exist? It’s ancient!


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Actually, if you cruise you will find many of these games still on the cruise ships. Also, Nevada casinos are FULL of these games, especially the off strip properties. I just got off the NCL Jade and played the original CASHMAN on the ship! Full slot floor videos of cruise ship slot games are found on: https://www.youtube.com/user/slotspert99

[foamy]

They have a bunch of those games in KC

[treyster]

I'm a little surprised these games you have listed from the last few years don't have a lower floor. I have to believe there a many new slots, particularly in NV, that can be cranked down below 85%

[charlie50]

Patterns of percentage paid out are great if they work . all i ever hear about any more on any of these new classes of slot machines are "its all random' no pattern to be followed ...im not convinced . i have found some patterns . for instance while playing on multi dom units ( a good example of this would be the Buffalo series of games ) it seems to pay more often on upper level bets or as i like to think of it as bets not as likely to be made by a player as compared to low end bets that are Highly likely to be made by a player . now that could relate to set percentage payout perimeters i dont know & its not all way consistent i will say that.

[Slotspert]

I'm a little surprised these games you have listed from the last few years don't have a lower floor. I have to believe there a many new slots, particularly in NV, that can be cranked down below 85%

Your right and we have not yet begun discussing "server" based games. New Jersey must be set to pay back a minimum of 83%, while games in Nevada have a lower limit of 75%. On average, the payout percentage for most slots ranges from 82% to 98%. Thats why, in the short run, its really all about game volatility for bankroll life.

[dwwright12]

I remember that list, Slotspert! Have you compared to the actual numbers produced by Vegas casinos?? I believe they report the results by different regions of Vegas, (i.e. the Strip, Downtown area, etc.)

[Slotspert]

I remember that list, Slotspert! Have you compared to the actual numbers produced by Vegas casinos?? I believe they report the results by different regions of Vegas, (i.e. the Strip, Downtown area, etc.)

I did and because you do get those "million" spin results amongst the Vegas casinos at their different game denominations, you definitely get the confidence interval result ranges proving Strip hotels pay worse!

[nighthawk66]

I did and because you do get those "million" spin results amongst the Vegas casinos at their different game denominations, you definitely get the confidence interval result ranges proving non-Strip hotels pay worse!I noticed on vp a lot of strip hotels do not have the progressives compared to off strip so do those factor in too?

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[Slotspert]

Patterns of percentage paid out are great if they work . all i ever hear about any more on any of these new classes of slot machines are "its all random' no pattern to be followed ...im not convinced . i have found some patterns . for instance while playing on multi dom units ( a good example of this would be the Buffalo series of games ) it seems to pay more often on upper level bets or as i like to think of it as bets not as likely to be made by a player as compared to low end bets that are Highly likely to be made by a player . now that could relate to set percentage payout perimeters i dont know & its not all way consistent i will say that.

Playing Devil's Advocate, it is unlikely you are seeing a "pattern" as that would be illegal. Some games (and you have to read the rules) do payback a higher return on higher bets. Even then, it would take 1000's of spin to really notice that and even then, it would boil down to game volatility. Example: the lousy Ainsworth games or several versions of IT's Money Rain games- great hit frequency, but try to win big and its unlikely. Compare that to the Lightning Link Games- Get into a bonus round and you will do decent, but the base game eats away at your bankroll.

[charlie50]

in your opinion are all rng programs the same or different per manufacturer ?

[Slotspert]

First Update in 6 years!. Why not, since it may ignite a new interest in paybacks again. Strange how to look back over six years ago and see most of these games are gone. Look at bottom of post #1, Page #1 of this thread for latest update and payback range. The "other" replacement slot bulletin board site is almost completely inactive, so I am afraid it will vanish like the original Slot Machine Forum did 8 years ago (for those that remember):
Monopoly (NEW GAME) Lunar New Year

[dvandentop]

only 1 game intel in 6 years? how did you come across this one?

[Slotspert]

only 1 game intel in 6 years? how did you come across this one?

Strictly Slots Magazine was the primary source in the past. There are also some Slot PAR sheets roaming around the internet like this one that shows the payback range and standard deviation from 1000 to 10,000,000 pulls
https://www-knowyourslots-com.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/par-sheet-example-385x1024.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1

[Slotspert]

The original Slot Fanatics site seems to be gone/discontinued/closed. Thankfully I brought over this data from the original forum some of you still remember from over 13 years ago. This is probably the last and only carryover data post from the "old testament" of the slot world where it really all started with Shamus back so many years ago.

[charlie50]

The original Slot Fanatics site seems to be gone/discontinued/closed. Thankfully I brought over this data from the original forum some of you still remember from over 13 years ago. This is probably the last and only carryover data post from the "old testament" of the slot world where it really all started with Shamus back so many years ago.

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[charlie50]

The original Slot Fanatics site seems to be gone/discontinued/closed. Thankfully I brought over this data from the original forum some of you still remember from over 13 years ago. This is probably the last and only carryover data post from the "old testament" of the slot world where it really all started with Shamus back so many years ago.

Yeah sure dont look like the site is the same . FL Mary can you check and tell us what you see . seeing how your still a member .

[Curlyd]

There are postings as of last week.

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[FL Mary]

Yeah sure dont look like the site is the same . FL Mary can you check and tell us what you see . seeing how your still a member .

It’s still there but not very active. Only a few posts a week.

[charlie50]

It’s still there but not very active. Only a few posts a week.

Thanks Mary . I went over yesterday and the site didn't look the same . the regular front page is gone ..well really all of it .
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231023/220cdd48e7566afd522af1809518d3f4.jpg

[treyster]

Thanks Mary . I went over yesterday and the site didn't look the same . the regular front page is gone ..well really all of it .
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20231023/220cdd48e7566afd522af1809518d3f4.jpg

Guess the ban is over.

[charlie50]

Guess the ban is over.

My guess is they ran out of $$$ once deb and dipshit left the picture . Kenny should ask how much to buy it out . (just to piss off management a bit and rub it in that the jokers are still here .) lol

[FL Mary]

It is still there. Here’s what I see.

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[charlie50]

It is still there. Here’s what I see.

15541

Hmmm . Ive tried it three times . came up the same way each time .

[Penguin]

I agree with FL Mary. I stop by daily. Little posting, but still alive. Deb long gone, but Joey still around. Looks to me that he gives financial support needed.

[CPT]

My guess is they ran out of $$$ once deb and dipshit left the picture . Kenny should ask how much to buy it out . (just to piss off management a bit and rub it in that the jokers are still here .) lol

https://gifdb.com/images/high/goodfellas-laughing-ray-liotta-r9iq2mst3nfjowbn.gif

I do feel bad for some of those people over there still. Looked down upon as trouble makers, but we've become a civilized community. They are missing out!

AND Till this day I'm still on the damn fence with my rainbows. (IE YouTube drama of my own! HHH) I like it up here haha