They can also explain the differences between payback versions and how the designers adjust the reels to achieve each payback. They can convey how often a bonus is expected to trigger, the average bonus payout, the average expected line hit and more. PAR sheets are generally confidential information, as they are effectively the secret sauce of the game’s design. Today’s post will take a look at how PAR sheets convey this information, based on ones that have been released publicly, and what can be learned from them. So for casinos to have an understanding of how each game is designed, PAR sheets are made available that explains for each payout percentage what the design of the game is to ensure that the game reaches that expected payout percentage – ie: the par result (and why they’re called PAR sheets).
Physical reel slots have limitations as to the number of stops they can make, but virtual reels and other innovations allow for weighted positions on reels to adjust things in ways that make common symbols more common and rarer symbols more rare.
Some of that math has to do with how the reels are built and the outcomes that are possible as a result of those reel designs, and how frequently the slot can stop in those positions. At a very basic level, slot machines rely on math to ensure the outcomes that they promise over millions of spins.
