Book of Oz Slot: Two Returns, One for Each Mode
In short: Book of Oz has two published returns because it has two modes: 96.31% in the base game and 96.50% in respin mode. A licensed casino prints both in one line; catalogues print one and lose the other.
The two figures quoted for this game are not in conflict. An archived page of a UK-licensed casino, captured on , publishes them together and labels each: 96.31% for the base game, 96.50% for respin mode. Games Global itself publishes no return at all. That is why the pair has been circulating for years as if one of them must be wrong.
- Game:
- Book of Oz
- Type:
- Video slot game
- RTP as published:
- A licensed operator publishes two labelled figures: 96.31% in the base game and 96.50% in respin mode.
- Max win:
- Up to 5,000 times the initial bet IN FREE SPINS, as the studio's own press release words it — the qualifier matters and is usually dropped.
Published by a party with an obligation to disclose, not by a catalogue Each figure labelled with the mode it applies to Dated, so a reader knows when it was true Printed as the operator printed it, with nothing averaged in from a catalogue
Why Book of Oz Has Two Returns
The game has a base mode and a paid respin mode, and the operator publishes a return for each. Printed together on one line they are obviously a pair; printed separately by two different catalogues they look like a contradiction.
In this catalogue it happens on one game, and the reason is structural rather than accidental: where a title sells a paid mechanic, that mechanic can carry its own return. A page that quotes a single percentage is quoting half the fact.
Who Publishes an RTP for This Game
| Source | What it publishes | What the figure covers | When we read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grosvenor Casinos | 96.31% and 96.50% on one line | Base game and respin mode, each labelled | Archived page of |
| Studio launch release | 5,000x in free spins, high volatility, 10, 12 or 25 free spins | Mechanic and a feature-only ceiling, no return | Published December 2018 |
| Games Global and Triple Edge Studios | No return, and no per-game page for the title | Everything first-party is in the 2018 launch release above | Checked |
| Secondary catalogues | One of the two figures, unlabelled | Nothing checkable | Not used on this site |
Figures current as of ; the operator's live terms prevail.
What the Studio Publishes Instead
Games Global runs no per-game page for this title. The launch material is a press release from December 2018, and it does give real detail. Five reels and ten paylines, high volatility, three or more scatters awarding 10, 12 or 25 free spins, and a paid respin of a single reel at "an additional variable cost".
What the release never states is a return. So both figures on this page come from a casino, and we name it rather than implying the studio confirmed them.
One caveat belongs with them. The operator page we read is an archived snapshot taken on , because the live page is geo-blocked to us. An archived figure is weaker evidence than a page we opened today, and we would rather date it than pretend otherwise.
The Price Nobody Publishes
The respin is the game's distinguishing mechanic and its price is unpublished. The studio calls the cost variable; no operator page we read puts a number on it.
That matters more than it sounds. On two other games in this catalogue we can state every price, and there are four of them: 100x to buy free spins on Book of the Fallen and on Book of Tut Megaways, the first of the total bet and the second of the base bet, plus two antes that are different products: 10x a spin for a guaranteed feature spin on the Fallen, 1.25x for a raised chance on Tut. Book of Shadows sells one too and publishes no price for it either, so two of the four games that sell a paid feature cost an unknown amount. Here the figure simply does not exist in public.
It also breaks the one comparison a reader wants to make. If the respin mode returns 96.50% and the respin costs an unknown amount, the better return cannot be weighed against what it costs to use.
Reading the Two RTP Figures
Treat 96.31% as the figure that applies to ordinary play, and 96.50% as one that applies only while you are paying for respins. Neither is "the" RTP of the game.
And check your own casino's panel before playing. These figures were published by one operator on a dated page. Another operator running a different published configuration may publish something else, exactly as two casinos do for Book of Ra Deluxe.
Key Terms Used on This Page
- Respin mode
- The paid single-reel respin this game sells; it carries its own published return of 96.50%.
- Mode-specific return
- A figure that applies to one way of playing rather than to the whole game.
- Feature-only ceiling
- A maximum win stated for free spins rather than the game overall, which is how this studio words its 5,000x.
- Variable cost
- The studio's own wording for the respin price, which is never quantified.
Deposits and identity checks stay on the operator's own secure site.
Related Reading
Elsewhere in this catalogue, from the same section first:
