THE ODDS OF WINNING
Gaming Machines in Casinos in Queensland are programmed to return an expected average rate of a minimum of 90% or greater to the Player over a long period of time. This Player return rate is not an outcome of a single game but an average of many games on a machine over a period of time.
The reason for this is that gaming machines use the concept of chance and randomness. Chance is the likely outcome of a particular event and randomness is the order in which the outcome will occur. For instance the chance of getting a 'head' or a 'tail' when you toss a coin is 50/50 and there is no particular order in which the head or the tail will occur (randomness).
As gaming machines have far more possibilities than a coin (which only has two possibilities - head or tail) the chance and randomness of achieving a winning outcome is very different, as illustrated in the table below. Generally the higher the prize, the more unlikely it is to occur.
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Prize value
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Chance of the prize happening on a single play line (including scatters) 1 chance in: |
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More than 500 |
10,198 |
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200 to 499 |
2,669 |
|
100 to 199 |
1,458 |
|
50 to 99 |
450 |
|
20 to 49 |
246 |
|
10 to 19 |
106 |
|
5 to 9 |
53 |
|
1 to 4 |
10 |
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Prize type by symbol combination Highest prize combination |
Chance of the combination happening on a single play line. 1 chance in: |
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5 of a kind |
9,765,625 |
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4 of a kind |
4,784 |
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3 of a kind |
490 |
|
2 of a kind |
45 |
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1 of a kind |
9 |
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Overall chances on single play line Chance of ANY prize: 1 in 8 |
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Caution: All the values shown are averages. It is likely that significant variations to these will happen during any session of play. If the machine you are playing is a linked machine, the chances of a prize or combination occuring will be different to those above (but can only be better).