Fun Free Slots vs Real Money Slots
January 28th, 2010
Players are always saying to each other in forums that playing fun free slots is never the same as playing real money slots. Their argument goes something like this. The casinos set up the free games with very high payout percentage rates so the players believe it’s very easy to win. But when the player switches over to normal real money mode the games have lower payouts and the casino keeps most of the winnings. Now, this may be the case in some online casinos as we have no way of verifying this. However, we’ve done some research with companies that certify online casino software and what they told us is quite the opposite of this common myth.
There are independent companies out there that review and certify online casinos for the fairness of their games. They conduct in depth tests on the games with computer programs to see how well the game actually pays. They sometimes will spin the reels of one slot game a billion times to see what the payout rate is in the long run. These companies have done this for online casino software companies such as Microgaming, RTG and Rival-Gaming. They conduct the test both on real money games and free fun games. The results turn out to be exactly the same for both versions, pointing the casinos have not manipulated the odds in one version.
One possible explanation for why players seem to win more in fun free slots is because they are using pretend credits and wager high and fast. When you have a big balance to play with and play hard and fast, the payout rates will even out faster and you will probably feel the games are paying higher than normal. This is all simply to the effect of playing “fun” money with which you are not attached to.
