The Slot Chart
The following chart is a typical month for US casinos and the payback percentages they offer at their slot machines. The loosest slots in the US are located in the Downtown region of Las Vegas in Nevada, with a 95.4 percent payback. You’ll notice that the poorest payback percentages are located mostly in Atlantic City. But many of those paybacks are augmented by programs that reward frequent gamblers, such as cashback programs, free rooms, food, gifts and other promotions. Although it appears that your money goes a longer way in Nevada and some of the other areas, when you figure the “extras”, Atlantic City casinos are usually comparable. Also note the 101.1 percent payback percentage at Casino Rock Island in Illinois. Occasionally, you’ll see this anomaly, which indicates that a casino paid out more than it took in for one month. This will be balanced out over the course of a year.
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* As it was noted previously; in the US, some gaming, regulatory agencies in the various gaming states issue monthly reports on casino revenues. Within those reports are listed the casino “win” at slot machines, which means how much money the casino retains after all bets are paid. For simplicity’s sake, say the casino had a slot ‘handle’ of $100 million. If at the end of the month, the casino retained $10 million, it had a 10 percent win percentage. That means the slot players won $90 million, or had 90 percent payback percentage. While some regulatory agencies identify the specific casinos, others only designate a certain region where casinos are located. In Europe, there is little precedent for reporting casino revenues so it is difficult to gauge a specific payback percentage for any casino or region. In general, however, casinos with competition will generally offer a higher payback percentage than those with a monopoly or those that are isolated.