Pai Gow by Rival: headline RTP 97.27%, Low volatility.
An RTP of 97.27% means a house edge of 2.73% — the expected cost is 2.73 units per 100 staked over the long run, whatever a single session does.
Pai Gow is a low volatility game: wins land often and small, which makes the bankroll curve smooth without changing the long-run cost.
Against our catalogue the number is above the median of 96.13%, higher than 98% of the games whose RTP we verified. That comparison matters more than the raw figure, because "96%" only sounds generous next to nothing.
Pai Gow has a published RTP of 97.27%, a house edge of 2.73%. We have not yet found a casino serving it at a different RTP build.
Yes. Pai Gow has a free demo with the same mathematics as the real-money version — the only thing that changes is that the balance is not yours. A demo cannot tell you the RTP build a particular casino serves.
Pai Gow is a Rival game, so the outcome is produced by the studio's certified RNG rather than by the casino, and it is not provably fair in the cryptographic sense — you cannot recompute a spin from a seed. What the casino does control is which RTP build it serves. That is the real variable, and it is measurable.