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Player Odds at Online Casinos

Odds at online casinos are set according to how much money it's management wants to give and take. The motivation behind granting better odds to players is, most likely, to keep the player coming back for more betting. The motivation behind taking more from the player is, most likely, that the casino must meet it's own income goals.

Each online casino should have different odds programmed into each game, based on the desires of the odds setter.


Payout Percentage

A good measure of an online casino's odds is found at their website, under "payout percentages," eCOGRA, or "Game Fairness." These stats are done by a third party and are better than nothing. Sometimes it can be found that a casino pays out less that 80% of what they take in. Most of the time they say they pay out over 95%. Odds at 100% for a game, would mean all credits payed out to players equals all credits lost by all players who have played that game.

When a casino takes more than they pay-out in one month, they may make up for this by paying out a generous percentage the next month. Doing this may help them meet the conditions of their licensing agreement.

It is best to play the game with the best odds shown on the most current payout percentage report. It may be that the casino has yet to change the odds and will keep the same payout until it is manually changed.