Return to player
The main RTP, any alternative versions and the RTP stated for optional buy features.
Maxwell reads every page as a sceptic. He compares each number, price and rule with the game and its provider's documents, then reads the finished text as a player would to see whether anything is accurate but misleading.
Six checks run on every page before it is published, and again whenever a game or its rules change.
The main RTP, any alternative versions and the RTP stated for optional buy features.
Ratings and hit rates are taken from the provider where it publishes them, not from third-party summaries.
Symbol pays are converted into multiples of the stake and compared with the in-game table.
Triggers, upgrades, caps and shop prices are checked against the written rules and the demo.
Minimum and maximum bets and the maximum win are confirmed, together with how licences can change them.
Age limits, demo disclaimers and help-line details are checked for accuracy and clarity.
I came to game content from the other side of the industry. For eight years I worked in payments risk and compliance at a fintech company in Dublin, where the job was to trace every figure back to a document and to flag anything that could not be traced. When I moved into editing, I found that the same habit was badly needed around slot data, which is copied from page to page until a single early mistake sits on dozens of sites.
My method is deliberately dull. Every figure needs a source, preferably the game's own information screens or the provider's documentation. If two sources disagree, the game wins. If the game does not show a value, the page says so instead of guessing. That rule has caught more than one confident claim about grid sizes, stake ranges and volatility that turned out to be wrong.
I also read each page as a player would. Does the text explain the conditions attached to a big number? Does it make clear that a demo result predicts nothing? Is the responsible play advice specific enough to use? A page can be accurate and still leave the wrong impression, and catching that is the second half of the job.
When sources disagree, the game's own rules screen decides.
The author supplies a source for every figure, price and rule in the draft.
Each item is verified against the game and the provider without relying on the author's notes.
Anything unconfirmed is rewritten, softened or removed, and the reason is logged.
The page is approved for publishing and re-checked whenever the game or its rules change.
Henrietta Skelton researches and writes every game page, starting from the rules and the official demo.