RTP at Casinos & Why It Matters

RTP is the acronym for Return to Player and whether you play online or at land-based casinos, RTP is the most vital aspect of Casino gameplay. We have been investigating RTP at a variety of Online Casinos and present our findings here.

Bigger is Not Better When It Comes to RTP

One of our surprising findings around RTP during this extensive testing period is that bigger-known online casino brands often have far worse RTP over a longer period than smaller less well-known brands. As RTP is dynamic and measured over millions of rounds, our testing over 2 weeks is not as conclusive as we would like it to be. It did however allow us to make additional findings at UK Licensed Casinos.

Finding Out your Game Session RTP

Some Casinos provide you with game session RTP and allow you to look at the history of your game session RTP. Other well-known Online Casinos do not provide you with game session RTP - although they do provide you with a hand-by-hand history - you will need to work out what your RTP is.

We find this to be incredulous given the technology available to casino operators that some will not provide you with this data if you want it. Getting you to work it out is simply an indication of creating an extra hoop that you need to jump through to get it. Who wants to do that? No one is the answer.

How to Work out Your Game Session RTP

Whether you play online slots, table games or scratch cards, if you are playing at a licensed casino, they are obliged to provide you with the theoretical RTP for the game.

Regulators like the United Kingdom Gambling Commission make this a condition for licensing.

Note that we called it theoretical RTP as it is not guaranteed you will achieve this RTP. You could get far less or far more than the stated theoretical RTP. It is important to be aware of this as Bankroll management along with RTP is a critical aspect when playing online.

The formula for working out RTP is as follows: The Total Amount wagered on a game is divided by the Total amount won by a player. So if we were playing the new Immortal Romance Slot 2 game and wagered £10000 on it and won £9500 on it, the RTP of the game would be 95%.

The above would indicate that the player is down by 5% on his initial investment. Please note that the formula is not about what has been deposited, it is wagers divided by wins that then provide you with the RTP.

The CasinoRange editorial team has covered RTP in several informative RTP articles that you can see below, we urge you to familiarise yourself with them as RTP along with bankroll management is a critical part of gaming.

RTP In Conclusion

As the world moves more and more to regulated casino play and the fact that RTP has to be transparent to casino players, we advise you to only play at venues that display the theoretical RTP for its games. It is now a legal requirement in most jurisdictions and provides players with an overview of what you can expect.

Be warned though, there is a reason why Vegas Casinos are so large, RTP is a complex rabbit hole and solely looking at this aspect will drain the fun from your gameplay. Always play for entertainment purposes is our advice. RTP is volatile and no one, not even the Casinos can influence it. Nowadays some games particularly slot games can have different RTP settings, Casinos are obliged though to inform players what the RTP is.

In short - if lady luck smiles on you during a gaming session, your RTP will most likely destroy the house edge and you can walk away with some cash. For the rest of us, if you get near to the advertised RTP, the house edge will ensure that you have had a good game session experience and who knows your next game session could see you do better.

Always look out for the RTP Games page, it's as simple as typing in RTP on the site or checking out our RTP pages where we list the top-rated RTP Casino sites.