If you’re a slot player in Pennsylvania, you may want to sit down. Preferably on your own couch, phone in hand. Because when it comes to slot payouts, there’s a very real case to be made that staying home is the smarter bet.
It all comes down to the hold percentage. And in the world of online gambling, where operators don’t have to put up and maintain massive buildings or keep a full staff on payroll, that number drops fast.
“No one’s paying for electricity. There’s no carpet to vacuum. There’s no air conditioning — well, I guess they’ve got to cool the servers — but operational expenses are significantly lower,” Matthew Roob, senior vice president at Spectrum Gaming Group, said of online operations.
