96% sounds kind. It is not.
Return to player is the friendliest number a casino publishes. This tool turns it back into what it really is: the rate at which a slot drains everything you stake.
The idea
4% of everything, not 4% of your deposit.
A 96% RTP means a 4% house edge — applied to every spin. On a slot you stake the same money again and again, so the total volume dwarfs your deposit. The 4% bites that whole volume, which is why slots empty a balance so fast.
What the slot keeps
RTP sounds generous. See what it really means.
The game itself states it. The average is around 96%.
A slot runs fast: 400-800 spins an hour is normal.
House edge
4.00%
100% minus the RTP
Amount wagered
150 €
The same money, spun and re-spun
-6.00 €
The slot keeps 4.00% of everything you stake. Not of your deposit: of the total volume, which is far larger. This session: 6.00 € of average loss.
A session like this every week
Over a year that is around 312 € of expected loss. RTP is not a gift: it is the rate at which the slot empties your balance.