Understanding RTP: How Game Payouts Really Work on Stake 📈🎰

[HyperActive]

When I first started playing on Stake, I had no clue what RTP meant now I won’t touch a game without knowing it. 😅

RTP (Return to Player) is basically the long-term average a game is expected to pay back.
For example, a game with 97% RTP means that, in theory, it pays back $97 for every $100 wagered over time.

Here’s why it matters:

✅ High RTP = better long-term odds
✅ Lower RTP games might offer bigger jackpots but more risk
✅ Some Stake Originals are provably fair AND have solid RTP numbers
✅ RTP is calculated over millions of bets don’t expect short-term results to match exactly
✅ Changing volatility settings (on some games) can affect how RTP is experienced in practice

Understanding RTP helped me pick games smarter and manage my balance better.

If you have any tips on spotting good games or want to recommend high-RTP ones, drop them below! 🔍💡

[stakegoat]

original games house games teacher lol

[JAte96]

I think stake orginals more fair 

[zeesha]

Interesting 

[midnight]

That is a pretty weak overview of it. ChatGPT cannot answer this question well, since it's sort of specific and niche.

To be specific, RTP is a metric of the expected over-time return relative to probability.

When RTP is listed as less than 100%, you will on average, lose over time. And as you play more, your expected loss increases. It is a linear relationship.

 

It can be calculated:

In this example, the monthly RTP with bonuses included = (-931/17740)+1 or 0.9475- 94.75%. If I am only playing originals, that would be a pretty bad RTP since the expected amounts are higher.

 

I made this little graphing tool that makes a chart where you can adjust the RTP, and see the upper/lower bounds of expected profit/loss over time. If you noticed, it only goes downwards when you set RTP lower than 100%, and only upwards if you set it higher.

https://www.feli.fyi/original-strategies-and-testing/rtp-charter

 

RTP is not a synonym for luck, or winning. It has nothing to do with your balance, and your balance is not related whatsoever.