{"id":40995,"date":"2024-07-17T10:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=40995"},"modified":"2024-08-15T03:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:30:55","slug":"what-does-volatility-mean-in-slots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/what-does-volatility-mean-in-slots\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Volatility Mean In Slots? Slot Volatility Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In the world of physical and online slots<\/a>, volatility means how often the game will hit a pay, and how much that pay will be worth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Low volatility slots are those which will hit pays very frequently, but which will not be worth very much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Medium volatility slots are those which won\u2019t hit pays as often, but when they do hit, will be worth more, on average. <\/p>\n\n\n\n High volatility slots are those where the game won\u2019t hit a pay very often at all, but when it does hit, the pays are usually quite high \u2013 often in the hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re playing a low-volatility slot machine, you can usually tell as the game will be hitting pays on almost every spin, but the actual value of each of those pays is tiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example: Let\u2019s say that you are playing a minimum bet of 80-cents, which is a common minimum play requirement for many of today\u2019s most popular slot machines. As you play the game, you\u2019ll notice that after nearly every spin, the game pays you a very small return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve played machines where these pays can be 5-cents, 35-cents, 40-cents, and so on. But did you notice what all of these pays have in common? Well, they are NOT \u201cpays.\u201d These are all LOSING spins which give you back LESS than the cost of the spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, in our example, you are playing 80-cents per spin, and most of your \u201cwins\u201d will be, say, 30-cents per spin (as an example average), and so what\u2019s actually happening is that you are LOSING 50-cents per spin, even though the machine makes it look and sound like you are winning. <\/p>\n\n\nLow Volatility Slots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n