98.98% payback

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binoy
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98.98% payback

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Saw this on a bank of poker machines, not sure what the meant by 98.98% payback. Anybody can explain?

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If it was in a casino, it means one of the games on the machine has a pay table with that schedule. Long term, over a million hands or so, the machine will pay back just under 99%. Short term, anything can happen.
If there are multiple games on the platform, it doesn't mean all of them pay that.

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