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by Philip-J-Fry 1372 days ago
>At least for two of the websites listed by Twitch in the new policy, the websites themselves don’t set the odds. They don’t even make the slot games. A third party creates the games, sets the odds, and provides these websites an API for them to use.

Not strictly true. Casino operators have access to the game provider tools. Some providers allow you to tweak RTP per game or even per player.

Yes, the Casino operator doesn't make the games, but they don't need to when the game creators expose all this configuration through their tooling and APIs.
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omgomgomgomg 1372 days ago
The only difference on rtp between settings in the new rtp setting for Germany. Even this is not configurable by the operator. No casino can access any rtp settings from game play providers, I work with them every day. Especially on player level sounds absolutely impossible for any reputable provider. I am signing the contracts and implementing the bonus engines etc. It is unheard of in the regulated market.

I would be surprised if this were true, kindly list the providers which do that, I will be happy to eat my words.

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Philip-J-Fry 1367 days ago
NetEnt offers adjustable RTP games. Starburst for example, you can configure it in their back office.
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lovehashbrowns 1372 days ago
Thank you for the correction. Do you know if this is true for the providers commonly used by the websites listed in the new Twitch policy, e.g. Stake?
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111111101101 1372 days ago
I think that Stake make their own games. Or at least a company owned by the same people as Stake makes the games.

From https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/the-secret-australia...

> In 2016, the pair set up Easygo which focused on developing games for online casinos and helped build Stake.com into an online casino powerhouse.

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omgomgomgomg 1372 days ago
Stake started out at bitcointalk with the socalled original dice games, this then gree into a new era of games usually and still not provided by the classic game play providers. These games are now also available as a nodeJS package for sale.

However, many of their games are from the classic providers.

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