Slots Machines: Miss or Near-Miss?
If you have been playing slots machines for a while, there have obviously been many times when the combinations that you come up with have been way off the mark. This is a common enough occurrence, and it is safe to say that it is a normal part of playing the slots machines. There is a however a related phenomenon that is even more frustrating when you play the slots machines, and this is what is known as a “near-miss”.
Why does this happen? The chances of the winning combination showing up on a payline is actually controlled by the winning percentage that is programmed into the slots machine. That being said, it is far more likely that the “winning combination” will appear above or below a payline than on the payline itself, since theses combinations are all distributed equally in a random fashion. If the “winning combination” is “7-7-7″, the combinations above and below this one are far more likely to appear. Keep in mind that near misses only occur in slots machines that use abbreviated physical reels to display the winning patterns based on the RNG.
