Not to the user. The internals are a black box, and what's presented is taken at face value. But In poker the user might expect the presentation to be based on

Not to the user. The internals are a black box, and what's presented is taken at face value. But In poker the user might expect the presentation to be based on probability (52 choose 5) and the 2nd example would result in more near misses than expected, exploiting the effect of a near miss. In slots there's not really such an expectation rooted in probability beyond what the machine presents on screen