I am diligently studying & practicing double double bonus v.p. with 8-5 pay table. Does the total amount of coin(s) -(1-5) played on an individual spin have any effect on the frequency of receiving 3 of a kind or quads ?
Not in Nevada. All code is reviewed by the state, and the pseudo-random number part of the program is actually very simplistic. An advanced placement high school computer science student could probably catch any funny business.
My understanding is that the RNG stops and selects a hand when the first coin is played. so one would have the exact same hand playing one coin, two coins, etc.