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RTP checks

How to Check a Slot's RTP in the Game Rules Before You Play

Last checked: 4 min read By SlotConfig Editorial Team

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To check a slot’s RTP before you play, look in three places in this order: the casino’s own game page or lobby info panel, the rules or help screen inside the game, and the provider’s game page for comparison. In Ontario, the AGCO’s standards require game rules or help pages to give information on returns to players before a bet, so that information belongs in the rules on every regulated site. On October 19 and 20, 2026, OLG.ca showed an RTP on every one of the 289 slot pages we collected, Betty showed it on each game page, and bet365 showed it in a lobby panel without login. If the casino’s number is lower than the provider’s, you are on a lower version of the same game.

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Step 1: Look before you open the game

Some Ontario casinos show the RTP before you launch anything:

  • OLG.ca puts “return to player” on each slot’s public game page, along with the minimum and maximum bet. Some pages give a range, such as 96.47% to 96.58% for Great Rhino Megaways.
  • Betty (Ontario) shows the RTP and the bet range on each game’s page, without login.
  • bet365 (Ontario) shows RTP, the number of reels and a volatility label in an info panel you can open from search results in the lobby.

If a site shows nothing at this stage, move to step 2.

Step 2: Open the game’s rules or help screen

Inside the game, look for an “i” icon, a menu icon or a paytable button. The rules screen may run over several pages, such as the paytable, the features and the general rules. Search those pages for any of these phrases:

  • “RTP” or “return to player”
  • “theoretical return”
  • “expected payback”

Read the whole sentence, because some games give a range rather than one figure. The Ontario standards also require the help pages to explain elements that affect play, so this is also where you will find the bet range and how features trigger.

On some sites the game window, and therefore the rules screen, opens only after you sign in. In that case, do this check after logging in and before your first spin.

Step 3: Compare with the provider’s figure

Providers publish an RTP on their own game pages. Pragmatic Play, for example, lists 96.50% for Gates of Olympus, 96.48% for Sweet Bonanza and 96.01% for Wolf Gold; BGaming lists 95.3% for Elvis Frog in Vegas and 97.17% for Bonanza Trillion.

When we compared, the results split clearly:

  • bet365 (Ontario) matched Pragmatic Play’s figures within 0.01 points.
  • Betty (Ontario) showed 10 of 11 Pragmatic titles about 1 to 2 points lower, for example 94.5% for Gates of Olympus.
  • OLG.ca often showed a range around the provider’s figure.

A lower figure means a lower version of the game. On C$100 of total wagers, two points is C$2 more expected cost.

A worked example

Take Gates of Olympus. Betty’s game page in Ontario showed an RTP of 94.5% and bets from 0.2 to 100. Pragmatic Play’s own page lists 96.50% for the same title. bet365’s lobby panel in Ontario showed 96.50%. On the same game, at the same stake, the bet365 version is expected to cost C$3.50 per C$100 wagered and the Betty version C$5.50. Nothing about the graphics or features tells you this; only the number does.

What else should you read on the same screen?

  • The bet range. It differs by casino for the same title. Sweet Bonanza ran from C$0.20 to C$100 at OLG.ca and from 0.2 to 22 at Betty.
  • Volatility. bet365’s panel shows a volatility label next to the RTP, which describes how unevenly a game pays.
  • Feature rules. How free spins or bonus rounds trigger, and what they pay.

Is a lower RTP version a sign of an unfair game?

No. In Ontario, the AGCO’s standards require every game and random number generator to be approved by the Registrar or certified by an AGCO-registered independent testing laboratory before it is offered. A lower version is a different setting of a certified game: it returns less over the long run, which is a cost question, not a fairness question.

Step 4: Record what you saw

Write down the game, the casino, the RTP and the date. Casinos can change the version they run, and a dated note is the only way to notice. It also lets you compare the same game across sites later.

What if you cannot find an RTP?

  • On a regulated Ontario site, the information should be in the rules or help pages; ask support where it is if you cannot find it.
  • On a site where games open only after login, you cannot check before you register. Decide whether that matters to you before you sign up.
  • If the rules give a range, plan with the low end.

What we could not confirm

  • The RTP shown inside the game window at Betty and bet365: our figures come from the game page and the lobby panel.
  • What OLG.ca’s ranges depend on: the site does not say.

Why it is worth the minute it takes

RTP is a long-run figure, but the version difference is not small. A two-point gap is the difference between losing C$3.50 and C$5.50 on average for every C$100 staked at 96.5% and 94.5%. Our explainer on what RTP does and does not tell you covers the limits of the number, our RTP matrix lists the versions we found, and our guide to reading the paytable and setting the stake covers the rest of the rules screen.

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Sources

  1. AGCO: Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming
  2. OLG.ca: Divine Fortune Gold game page
  3. Betty: Gates of Olympus game page
  4. bet365 Ontario casino: game info panels
  5. Pragmatic Play: Gates of Olympus game page
  6. BGaming: Elvis Frog in Vegas game page

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