Have you ever had a time in the casino where you started strong on slots, maybe even felt like you were on a roll for a while, then suddenly hit a losing streak that wiped out everything? I’ve noticed that no matter how good the start is, I almost always end up losing it all in the end.
That kind of pattern makes me wonder, are these games secretly rigged, or is this just how slots work because of the RTP (return to player), which is usually around 97% or even lower?
When you’re stuck in a losing streak, it really makes you doubt if it’s only bad luck, or if the system is built so you can never walk away ahead.
What do you guys think? Is it pure probability catching up with you, or do casinos tweak the games to make sure you lose eventually?
Well why are you surprised of that? Longer you play, higher the change of you losing it is.
You make a kind of good example by talking about "feeling it". Thing is, that humans don't naturally understand or "feel" the concept of randomness.
Good example of this is that when music players like spotify actually used random playing, people complained that it wasn't random, because it didn't feel random. It sometimes kept playing same songs, so people thought it was broken, and funny thing about that is that with real randomness there's a change that same song could play many times in a row. It's not usual, but it's how randomness work.
When people see dots in random order, they don't accept that they are random, if they form clusters. Even though that happens sometimes with randomness.