Interesting to read that finally someone isn’t a casino conspiracist! Slots are licenced to casinos on a licence….. the licence costs money. The % RTP controls payout based on research of real money players playing habits over a vast amount of time and literally 100,000,000s of bets placed. All be it this does mean that sometimes the ‘Actual’ RTP is less than the Theoretical RTP, it also mean that occasionally, providers fail to assume player habits on certain slots. Actually, believe it or not, some slot based on player staking and strategy habits have paid OVER 100% RTP for years and years!
In short, general rule is that algorithms more complex then the normal player would ever understand attempt to ensure a game pays the TRTP. Some, as mentioned before, based on player habits have been known to pay FAR LESS than stated RTP and others have been know to pay far more than the stated RTP……..
bonuses, as mentioned in this post are generally counter productive for casinos, hence being attatched to some crazy wagering! This wagering ,again is usually dictated by super complex algorithms in order to safe guard a “Deposit/cashout ratio of less than 1/1.