What is RTP and why does it matter?▸
RTP (Return to Player) is the percentage of wagered money a slot pays back to players over millions of spins. A slot with 96.50% RTP returns $96.50 per $100 wagered on average over the long run. Higher RTP = lower house edge. RTP doesn't guarantee outcomes for any single session — it's a long-run statistical property.
Where does the data in this registry come from?▸
Every record comes from the provider's own public game-info pages — pragmaticplay.com, netent.com, playngo.com, etc. Our scrapers fetch the page, extract the published RTP/variants/volatility, and store a sha256 snapshot of the HTML at fetch time.
Full methodology.
How often is the data updated?▸
Weekly automated cron runs every Monday at 06:00 UTC. All 15 providers re-scraped, diff detected against previous frozen dataset, public release committed when changes are meaningful. Sub-week edits via GitHub Actions manual trigger when needed.
Why don't all slots have volatility / max win / hit frequency?▸
Many providers don't publish those fields publicly. We never invent data — if a field is missing, it shows as
—. Currently 77% have volatility, 28% have max win, 19% have hit frequency. Per-field coverage is documented in
methodology.
What's the difference between stated RTP and casino-configured RTP?▸
Providers publish a "stated RTP" — the value declared to regulators and certified by gaming labs. Casinos can sometimes license different RTP variants (e.g. 96.5% / 94.5% / 92.0% for the same game) and configure their install accordingly. We track the provider-stated value as the trust anchor. Per-casino variant tracking is on the roadmap (Q3 2026).
Can I trust this for journalism or research?▸
Yes. Every record carries provenance:
source_url,
snapshot_id (sha256 of scraped HTML),
last_verified timestamp. Schema.org Dataset markup makes the registry indexable in Google Dataset Search. Licensed under
CC-BY 4.0 — citation-grade.
How do I cite this database?▸
Recommended citation: ToolsGambling Slot RTP Registry, v1.0.0, https://toolsgambling.com/rtp. For specific slots, link to https://toolsgambling.com/rtp?slot=<canonical-slug>. Include the access date — we record last_verified timestamps you can quote alongside.
Is the embed widget really free? What's the catch?▸
Yes, free for all use cases — affiliate sites, blogs, journalism, internal tools, commercial. The widget includes a small attribution link back to
toolsgambling.com/rtp in the footer (dofollow). Pro tier (early access via email) removes attribution + raises API quota.
How to embed.
What's the API rate limit?▸
1,000 requests / 24h per IP, anonymous, no signup required. Headers
X-RateLimit-Limit /
X-RateLimit-Remaining /
X-RateLimit-Reset on every response. For higher quota or commercial use cases, email
hello@toolsgambling.com for early-access keys.
How do I report an incorrect RTP value?▸
Email
hello@toolsgambling.com with the slot slug + provider + the value you believe is correct + the URL where the provider publishes it. We'll re-verify against the provider's page within 24h. Our snapshot of the page is always available for audit.
When will per-casino RTP variants be available?▸
Q3 2026. Top-5 UK-licensed casinos seeded manually first (LeoVegas, Bet365, Videoslots, 888, William Hill), then automated weekly cron with UK residential proxy infrastructure. Will surface inside the widget as "available at N casinos · RTP range X–Y%".
What does "multi-variant" mean? Why is it a separate count?▸
707 slots have multiple RTP variants explicitly published by the provider. For example, Play'n GO's Moon Princess has 5 published variants: 84.50% / 87.50% / 91.49% / 94.51% / 96.50%. Single-variant slots have one declared value. Multi-variant tracking is rare — most registries flatten to one number per slot. We don't.