Eli5: how does rtp work?

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If a game has a high 99% rtp, then it means if you, for example, wager $100 in total over a long period of time, then you’re going to lose $1.

But how long is a long time? Is it the amount I wager in total, the number of games I play, or me playing the game for one month, year, or lifetime?

Also, if I constantly cash out earnings, does rtp still work?

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Any one player can get extremely lucky or extremely unlucky so it’s hard to get any sensible conclusions from looking at one single person.

Instead, let’s look at the casino as a whole. Imagine that I publish, every month, the total amount of money that was gambled, and the total
amount of money that was paid out to punters. Instead of wagering £100 and losing £1, now you expect me to pay out £990,000 out of every £1,000,000 gambled. That’s your 99% RTP. That number will still fluctuate over time, and you should expect to see maybe 98.8% one month and 99.3% the next.

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