Let's say you play 1,000 hands on both of the machines above and do not hit a royal flush or any four of a kinds.
It is these changes in the way that pays contribute to the overall pay outs that alter the variance.
You will also notice that on the Double Double Bonus machine the pay for two pair makes up 12.31% of the total while on the Jacks or Better the same pay contributes 25.86% to the overall percentage. On the Jacks or Better machine they make up 5.91% of the total return while on the Double Double Bonus machine they make up 18.77% of the total return The biggest difference when you compare the pays are the four of a kind wins. The first machine shows 19.51468 and the second is over double at 41.96707. You will notice at the bottom of each pay table we have listed the variance.