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Do Online Slots Really Work the Same Way?

If you are a faithful reader of ours here at SlotsData.com (and, if so, thank you!), then you have heard a whole lot about those RNG contraptions. The Random Number Generator is, by far, the brains of a slot game. This little computer chip, as you know by now, spits out thousands of randomly-generated numerical combinations ever minute, regardless of whether or not the device is being played. When you take a spin, the RNG captures the precise combination that was generated at the exact moment you triggered the machine.

Online slot machines work in exactly the same way. While slot games in land-based casinos actually have a physical microprocessor located within their innards, a virtual one-armed bandit has no tangible presence. It’s just a computer game, right? Well… not quite. That fancy online slot you are playing is a program, designed by many of the same software providers that bring you the coolest and latest slot titles you play in brick-and-mortar casinos. A random number generator is actually programmed into the online fruit machines, fulfilling the same purpose as the computer chip that is taped securely within a “real” device.

Yes, you are reading that right. Online slot games are really not so different from their “real life components.” The outcomes are still totally random, and subject to the whims of fate and Luck, if you believe in such a thing. The only difference is that, instead of pulling on an arm or pushing a button, you must click your mouse to play.

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