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Key facts
- The highest RTPs we could confirm on a maker's own site: NetEnt's Mega Joker (99.00%), Relax Gaming's Book of 99 (99%) and NetEnt's Jackpot 6000 (98.90%).
- Hacksaw Gaming lists four RTP versions for Wanted Dead or a Wild: 96.38%, 94.55%, 92.33% and 88.42%. The casino chooses which one it runs.
- At $1 a spin and 600 spins an hour, a 99% game costs about $6 an hour on average; the 88.42% version of Wanted Dead or a Wild costs about $69.
- Australian club and hotel pokies returned about 92.1% of turnover in 2024-25, by our calculation from official state data.
- A high RTP does not mean low risk. Hit frequency on NetEnt games we checked ranges from 10% to 45% of spins.
The highest RTP pokies we could confirm
These are online pokies whose return to player we read on the game maker's own website on 8 October 2026. We left out any game whose RTP we could only find on third-party sites. The figure is the maker's headline number; the version at a given casino can be lower.
| # | Pokie | Maker | RTP on maker's site | What else the maker lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Joker | NetEnt | 99.00% | 3 reels, 5 fixed lines, hit frequency 17%, max 200x bet |
| 2 | Book of 99 | Relax Gaming | 99% | Win potential up to 5,000x bet |
| 3 | Jackpot 6000 | NetEnt | 98.90% ("up to") | Hit frequency 10%, max 600x bet |
| 4 | 1429 Uncharted Seas | Thunderkick | 98.6% | 25 paylines, low volatility, maximum exposure listed as 670 |
| 5 | Blood Suckers | NetEnt | 98.00% | 25 lines, hit frequency 45%, max 900x |
| 6 | Jack Hammer 2 | NetEnt | 97.07% | Hit frequency 24%, max 800x |
| 7 | Steam Tower | NetEnt | 97.04% | Hit frequency 33%, max 1,000x |
| 8 | Jack Hammer | NetEnt | 96.96% | Hit frequency 25%, max 700x |
| 9 | Victorious MAX | NetEnt | 96.95% | Max 4,900x |
| 10 | Blood Suckers 2 | NetEnt | 96.94% | Max 1,200x |
| 11 | Dead or Alive | NetEnt | 96.82% | 9 lines, hit frequency 30%, max 8,600x |
| 12 | Big Bass Bonanza | Pragmatic Play | 96.71% | Money symbols up to 2,000x in the bonus |
| 13 | Fruit Shop | NetEnt | 96.71% | 15 lines, hit frequency 27% |
| 14 | The Dog House | Pragmatic Play | 96.51% | |
| 15 | Gates of Olympus | Pragmatic Play | 96.50% | Multipliers up to 500x |
| 16 | Extra Chilli More Chilli | Big Time Gaming | 96.39% to 96.45% | 117,649 ways, bonus buy at 100x stake |
| 17 | Wanted Dead or a Wild | Hacksaw Gaming | 96.38% (top of four versions) | Volatility 4 of 5, max 12,500x |
Mega Joker and Jackpot 6000 are old-school three-reel games with a Supermeter mode, and NetEnt calls the Jackpot 6000 figure "RTP potential up to 98.9%". When a maker writes "up to", read it as the best case. Open the game's help screen to see how that figure is reached.
The catch: casinos choose the RTP version
The same pokie can come in several RTP settings, and the casino decides which one it runs. Hacksaw Gaming is unusually open about it. Its page for Wanted Dead or a Wild lists four versions: 96.38%, 94.55%, 92.33% and 88.42%. Its Chaos Crew 2 and Le Bandit pages show the same pattern, each with a version below 89%.
Other makers show it in different ways. Big Time Gaming gives ranges (96.39% to 96.45% for Extra Chilli More Chilli). Relax Gaming's Money Train 2 page shows a "German RTP" of 90%, a version built for one regulated market.
What the gap costs, at $1 a spin and 600 spins an hour:
| Version of the game | House edge | Average cost per hour |
|---|---|---|
| 96.38% | 3.62% | $21.72 |
| 94.55% | 5.45% | $32.70 |
| 92.33% | 7.67% | $46.02 |
| 88.42% | 11.58% | $69.48 |
Same graphics, same features, same maximum win. The bottom version costs more than three times as much to play as the top one. Run your own numbers in the pokies calculator.
How to check the RTP of the game in front of you
- Open the game, but do not spin yet.
- Find the info, help or paytable button (often an "i" or a menu icon).
- Look for "RTP", "return to player" or "theoretical return". If the screen shows more than one figure, read what each one applies to.
- Compare it with the maker's figure in the table above.
- If the casino's version is lower, or the screen shows no RTP at all, assume you are on a lower version and decide whether it is still worth your money.
Pundit tip: check the RTP screen every time a casino updates its games. A version change does not announce itself, and the game looks exactly the same.
What a few percent is worth in dollars
The average cost of a pokie is your total bets times (1 minus RTP). Over 1,000 spins at $1:
| RTP | Average loss per 1,000 x $1 spins |
|---|---|
| 99.00% | $10 |
| 98.00% | $20 |
| 96.50% | $35 |
| 94.00% | $60 |
| 92.11% | $79 |
| 85.00% | $150 |
The 92.11% row is not a game. It is what Australian club and hotel pokies returned on average in 2024-25, which we calculated from the Queensland Government Statistician's Australian Gambling Statistics: players bet $219.66 billion through those machines outside Tasmania (which does not report turnover) and lost $17.33 billion there. NSW law sets the floor for pub and club pokies at 85%. Our pokies in Australia statistics page has the state-by-state numbers.
A high RTP is not a smooth ride
RTP tells you the long-run cost, not how a session feels. NetEnt publishes hit frequency, the share of spins that win anything, and the spread is wide even among its high-RTP classics. Blood Suckers wins on 45% of spins; Jackpot 6000 on 10%; Mega Joker on 17%. Long losing runs are normal on the low-hit games even at 99%.
Maximum wins differ too. Mega Joker caps out at 200x your bet, while Dead or Alive lists 8,600x and Wanted Dead or a Wild 12,500x. Bigger top prizes usually mean more of the RTP is locked up in rare outcomes. Our pokies volatility guide shows how that changes a 100-spin session.
Why our list is shorter than most
We only list a game when its maker states the RTP on its own site. Play'n GO, for example, does not show RTP on its public game pages, so its games are missing even though some are popular in Australia. Figures copied between review sites are often old, rounded or taken from the highest version, and we would rather leave a gap than guess.
Online pokies and Australian law
Every game above is an online pokie, and online pokies cannot legally be offered to people in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act. The casinos that offer them run offshore, outside Australian testing and the state minimum-return rules. Read are online pokies legal in Australia before you deposit, or try a game in demo mode first; our free pokies guide explains what a demo can and cannot tell you.
Frequently asked questions
Which pokie has the highest RTP?
Of the games whose RTP we could read on the maker's own website, NetEnt's Mega Joker (99.00%) and Relax Gaming's Book of 99 (99%) are the highest, followed by NetEnt's Jackpot 6000 at 98.90%. NetEnt describes the Jackpot 6000 figure as RTP potential up to 98.9%.
Is the RTP the same at every casino?
No. Many pokies are released in several RTP versions and each casino chooses which one to run. Hacksaw Gaming, for example, lists 96.38%, 94.55%, 92.33% and 88.42% for Wanted Dead or a Wild. Check the game's own info screen at the site you play.
What is a good RTP for online pokies?
Most of the popular games we checked sit between 96% and 96.7% on their makers' sites. Anything above 97% is unusual, and the classic NetEnt games at 98% to 99% are the outliers. If a casino's version shows less than the maker's top figure, you are paying more per spin.
Do high RTP pokies pay out more often?
Not necessarily. RTP is the long-run share of bets paid back; hit frequency is how often a spin wins anything. Jackpot 6000 has a 98.90% RTP but NetEnt lists a 10% hit frequency, while Blood Suckers (98.00%) lists 45%.
Do pub pokies have a high RTP?
Lower than most online games. NSW and Victoria set an 85% legal minimum. Using Queensland Treasury's national data for 2024-25, Australian club and hotel pokies kept about 7.9% of everything bet, which means they returned about 92.1% on average.
Can I find the RTP of a pokie myself?
Yes. Open the game's help or paytable screen before you spin and look for RTP or theoretical return. If the figure is missing, or lower than the maker's published top figure, treat that as the version you are playing.
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Official pages we relied on. If anything here has changed, tell us via the contact page and we fix it.
- NetEnt: Mega Joker
- NetEnt: Jackpot 6000
- NetEnt: Blood Suckers
- NetEnt: Jack Hammer 2
- NetEnt: Steam Tower
- NetEnt: Jack Hammer
- NetEnt: Victorious MAX
- NetEnt: Blood Suckers 2
- NetEnt: Dead or Alive
- NetEnt: Fruit Shop
- Relax Gaming: Book of 99
- Relax Gaming: Money Train 2
- Thunderkick: 1429 Uncharted Seas
- Pragmatic Play: Big Bass Bonanza
- Pragmatic Play: The Dog House
- Pragmatic Play: Gates of Olympus
- Big Time Gaming: Extra Chilli More Chilli
- Hacksaw Gaming: Wanted Dead or a Wild
- Queensland Government Statistician's Office: Australian Gambling Statistics, 41st edition
- NSW Gaming Machines Regulation 2019