gratefulhead

@BCGame_POPdoes BC have its own algorithm that dictates or otherwise influences the parameters of the 3rd party/provider slots? (aside from the RTP % you mentioned which was a one time and publicly visible change... rather than an ongoing variable). or does their software determine the distribution of payouts? or both? and is the RTP just a blanket percentage that applies to all users across all sessions where 96% of all the money going in, in this example, is returned at random (in accordance with variance and volatility) over an indefinite/essentially infinite amount of time? I guess the real question is whether there is any minimum RTP parameter set for individual users? it does seem like it's really more just the luck of the draw when it comes to your actual session/seed... so you essentially get dealt a winning session/seed or you end up paying your dues/taking the losses to balance the bankroll/RTP/etc back out. which makes sense... that's essentially the whole business model, the losses pay for the wins. of course gambling isn't overall a fair sport... and people definitely mistake "provably fair" for "fair by design." but is there an algorithm that determines how sessions/seeds are distributed to players? possibly segmented into groups populated by factors of recent activity/deposits/withdrawals/time since last win/etc? or is that completely random? I noticed the KA Gaming slots display your username on the game page... I don't know why that bothers me, since I'm already logged into my account... but it's clearly an afterthought to the frontend aesthetic. but maybe that's more about protecting themselves in the event of a dispute where a screenshot is involved. I guess it just makes me feel like they are metering my wins based on previous wins and as a 3rd party, may not be subject to the same provably fair standards. I know we can change our own seeds on BC original games.... but we can only modify one half of a key pair (server vs. client) and unless we choose custom seeds, we could still be served new seeds that we're less likely to win on based on our individual playing habits. when changing seeds, is the server seed or are the auto-populated client seeds completely random? or does our site activity/gaming behavior in any way affect those? I fully understand that I'm going to lose... and likely more often than I win. but I guess my overall concern in "fairness" comes from the fact that we aren't going into a brick and mortar casino and playing slots without loyalty cards... we're logging into the same account regularly and playing the same games, often with somewhat predictable strategies or patterns of behavior. and in the golden age of machine learning and analytics, it would be harder "not to* collect this information from us... analytical user data is an essential component of a web-based business when it comes to conversion rate optimization/marketing/customer retention/etc. so while it's expected that our data is collected, it's hard not to feel like it's sometimes used unfairly against us at times. for example, I like to play 5 numbers on keno on low risk... which is a 300x payout. once I had been playing the same numbers for an extended period of time and the page reloaded or something (and I must have just selected my numbers again and forgotten to change my risk and bet before resuming play) at which point it immediately hit all 5 numbers... on classic risk... on minimum bet... which was a user error for sure... but I had been betting $1 on low risk... instead of a 300x payout (which wouldn't really have mattered too much at that point considering the minimum bet), I got a 36x payout... instead of winning $300, I won a fraction of a cent. and while it easily could have been the worst timing ever, it really feels like it was by design. I'm not saying the page was programmed to reload so that I may forget to adjust my parameters... but it definitely seems like it was programmed to push that win once a significant reduction in bet (and/or anticipated payout) was detected. it's very common to win after reducing your bet... but that's also partially because most people don't have an infinite balance and it simply becomes necessary to do so after a streak of losses. and I have definitely also hit big payouts shortly after increasing my bet. so maybe that's just where the luck of it all factors in. ...but is the house edge programmed to distribute the higher payouts or wins in general when the wager is reduced/bet parameters are otherwise changed in order to technically maintain variance but preserve profit? it's clear our site activity is used to influence non-gaming factors... like the correlation between rain and chat activity. or deposits/wagering and daily spin. or even decreased site activity and daily spin....and that's fine, those are basic customer retention strategies... so it's hard not to be skeptical of how that same data could used when it comes to the actual gambling... the temptation for a business has to be strong when it comes to having that data and not abusing it... for the record, I'm just asking questions for the sake of having this information... I've won more on BC than elsewhere, including brick and mortar casinos or state lottery... as far as gambling goes, I feel most likely to win here... and I win pretty frequently... it's my own fault I have no self-control and lose it before withdrawal. I'm not out here screaming "skem," I just question everything.