Slot Machine PAR Sheets
Last update: July 19, 2024
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- Free PAR sheets for real casino slots
- Free PAR sheets by the Wizard of Odds
- Free PAR sheets by Easy Vegas
- Buy a PAR sheet for your particular needs
What are PAR sheets?
A PAR sheet is a "blueprint" for a slot machine. It's a list of all the symbols on each reel, along with a paytable. The combination of the reel pattern plus the payouts is what determines the payback / RTP of the machine (which is also listed on the PAR sheet). When a manufacturer or publisher creates a slot machine, they make a PAR sheet for the slot.PAR sheets are of no value to players, except as a curiosity, and to see what the RTP is. Having a PAR sheet doesn't help you figure out how to beat the machine, because all spins are random. Rather, PAR sheets are used by programmers to see how to code the slot. That's really who this article is for. (Programmers will also want to see my article, How to Program a Slot Machine.)
PAR sheets are hard to come by, because slot manufacturers and publishers keep them secret—for no good reason, since knowing access to the PAR data doesn't compromise the game. After all, we can analyze games like craps and roulette, because we can see all elements of the game, but no one is beating those games, because those games are random just like slots are.
However, with some sleuthing I've been able to tracPARk some down sheets for several real casino slots, and they're all listed here below. In addition, I've created some of my own, and they're listed below for free. This is the kind of thing you get only at Easy Vegas; as I write this, not a single other website on the entire Internet offers such an assortment of PAR sheets.
Buy a PAR sheet
You might need features that aren't available on the free PAR sheets on this page. (e.g. specific RTP) In that case, you can order a PAR sheet from me and I'll make one for you.
PAR sheets for real slots in land casinos
3-reel games
- In the Money. A Bally game from 2000. First published in the 2005 edition of Casino Operations Management.
- Blazing 7s
- Red White & Blue. A 94.675% payback flavor.
- Red White & Blue. An 87.47% payback flavor.
- Double Diamond
- Lion's
Share.*
- Generic 1987 IGT slot. This is from the 1998 edition of the book Casino Operations Management.
5-reel games
- Lion Fish*
- Triple Double Diamond with Hot Roll*
- Jackpot Party*
- Blazing 7s.*
- Hexbreaker*
- Phantom of the Opera*
- Lucky Larry's Lobstermania.* From the Wizard of Odds, and Canadian researchers.
- Money Storm*
- Cleopatra*
* Not an official PAR sheet, but analysis by mathematician(s)
that has the same kind of data that would be on a PAR sheet.
Some of these may include estimated, not exact data.
PAR sheets by the Wizard of Odds
These were created by gaming mathematician Michael Shackleford (aka the Wizard of Odds). They're exactly like the real thing, even though they haven't been developed into real-money games (as far as I know).
- Vamos a Las Vegas (VLV). A slot by the Wizard of Odds.
- Atkins Diet. Another slot by the Wizard of Odds.
PAR sheets by Easy Vegas
Notes
- You are welcome to use these in your projects (that's what they're for), even for commercial use. Change the title and the symbols to your liking. Remember that for 3-reel slots, "blank" is a common symbol.
- Each section contains everything you need to code a
game, but they're not actual par sheets per se, since
real par sheets contain a lot more data. (Example
1, Example
2)
- I list the number of each symbol on each reel, but not the exact symbol order. The order doesn't matter, use whatever you like.
- The paytable is per coin played. You can expand each table for more coins played. For example, for 2 coins played, double the payout.
- Some RTP's are rounded. True RTPs may be ±0.1% points different than listed.
- Use any paylines as you see fit. The RTP is the same whether you use one payline or twenty.
- I'm sure the math on these par sheets is correct, but these are free sheets, so I take no responsibility for errors.
“Coinflipper” • RTP 87.5-100% • (Hit Frequency: 12.5% • Jackpot Odds: 1 in 8)
This slot uses only two symbols, heads or tails of a coin.
| Reels | |
| Reel 1 | Equal numbers of "H" and "T" (any number total) |
| Reel 2 | same |
| Reel 3 | same |
| Paytable 1 (100%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| HHH | 8 |
| Paytable 2 (87.5%) |
|
| Combo |
Pays |
| HHH |
7 |
“A/B” • RTP 97.3-99.3% • (Hit Frequency: 27% • Jackpot: 1 in 1000)
This slot uses only two symbols.
| Reels | |
| Reel 1 | 4 "A", 36 "B" |
| Reel 2 | same |
| Reel 3 | same |
| Paytable 1 (97.3%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| AAA | 190 |
| any 2 A | 20 |
| any A | 1 |
| Paytable 2 (98.3%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| AAA | 200 |
| any 2 A | 20 |
| any A | 1 |
| Paytable 3 (99.3%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| AAA | 210 |
| any 2 A | 20 |
| any A | 1 |
“Easy Vegas” • 97-99% • (Hit Frequency: 21% • Jackpot Odds: 1 in 9,709)
This slot features relatively frequent jackpots, with the jackpot odds being only 1 in 9709 vs. 1 in (hundreds of thousands to millions) in most other slots. I did it this way to show that the jackpot odds isn't necessarily related to the RTP; the Bluejay Bonanza game below has the same RTP but drastically different jackpot odds.
The catch is that to offer such frequent jackpots, the small pays are reduced, so this machine sucks money away quickly between jackpots. On Bluejay Bonanza, the jackpot comprises only 0.8% of the total return, but on this slot it's a whopping 12.3%.
Because jackpots hit frequently on this machine, the jackpot prize is 1199, a hair shy of 1200, to avoid the IRS W-2G paperwork required in a land casino for wins of $1200 or more.
| Reels | |
| Reel 1 | 6 JP • 8 R7 • 9 3B 11 2B • 22 1B 8 CH • 64 BL |
| Reel 2 | same |
| Reel 3 | same |
| JP = Jackpot • R7 = Red 7 3B = Triple bar 2B = Double bar 1B = Single bar CH = Cherry • BL = Blank The order of the symbols doesn't matter, arrange them however you like. You can use the same order or different order for each reel. |
|
| Paytable 1 (99%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 1199 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 200 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 100 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 90 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 40 |
| CH CH CH | 40 |
| any 3 of 1B/2B/3B | 10 |
| any 2 CH | 5 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
| Paytable 2 (98%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 1199 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 150 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 120 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 90 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 40 |
| CH CH CH | 20 |
| any 3 of 1B/2B/3B | 10 |
| any 2 CH | 5 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
| Paytable 3 (97%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 1199 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 150 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 120 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 80 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 40 |
| CH CH CH | 10 |
| any 3 of 1/2/3B | 10 |
| any 2 CH | 5 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
“Bluejay Bonanza” • 97-99% • (Hit Freq.: 24% • Jackpot Odds: 1 in 262,144)
This plays much like a traditional 3-reel slot, with infrequent jackpots and a low hit frequency. It's described in detail in my How Slot Machines Work article.
| Reels | |
| Reel 1 | 2 JP • 9 R7 • 10 3B 14 2B • 20 1B 9 CH • 64 BL |
| Reel 2 | same |
| Reel 3 | same |
| JP = Jackpot • R7 = Red 7 3B = Triple bar 2B = Double bar 1B = Single bar CH = Cherry • BL = Blank |
|
| Paytable 1 (99%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 2000 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 150 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 100 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 60 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 40 |
| CH CH CH | 25 |
| any 3 of 1/2/3B | 10 |
| any 2 CH | 8 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
| Paytable 2 (98%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 2000 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 100 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 80 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 40 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 30 |
| CH CH CH | 20 |
| any 3 of 1/2/3B | 12 |
| any 2 CH | 9 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
| Paytable 3 (97%) | |
| Combo | Pays |
| JP JP JP | 2000 |
| R7 R7 R7 | 150 |
| 3B 3B 3B | 80 |
| 2B 2B 2B | 40 |
| 1B 1B 1B | 30 |
| CH CH CH | 20 |
| any 3 of 1/2/3B | 12 |
| any 2 CH | 7 |
| any 1 CH | 1 |
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- The Randomness Principle. Slots don't continually get looser and tighter as they're played. They don't have to.
- How they work. Explains the randomness principle, and runs through the math to show how a game returns a particular payback percentage. There's a companion page on Par sheets.
- Strategies. Tips for increasing your chances of winning, and saving money.
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- How to Beat Slot Machines, aka Advantage Play (AP). It's not what you think: it's not easy, and for the most part, not lucrative.
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- Slot Machine Myths
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- Skill-Based Slots. The scoop on the new games in which your results aren't entirely determined by chance.
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