are you saying that the players can't get lucky and win? on multiple occasions i leave the casino with hundred and sometimes thousands in winnings. you can easily win despite house edge.
Players do get lucky and they win, but they don't stop. Instead they push their luck and more often than not they loose everything. Today you may win and get out of the casino with money, but tomorrow you will come back and loose all you won previous day, and a bit extra. Casinos count on human greed, they don't have to rig anything.
There are some that are able to control themselves, have a plan and stick to it, but those are professional gamblers and they are extremely rare.
Even if the RTP was infinitesimally close to 100%, the reason that a gambler loses is because their wagered amount continues to increase against games with house edges. Degenerate gambling consists of playing until they bust, and then making up some rationalization to justify their constant play. Eh.
Yep. All they remember is the times they lost the money, but not when they won, but they had to keep pushing their luck, until they run out of it. People have impression that casinos are basically robbing people off and have huge profits, while reality is completely different (talking about brick&mortar casinos).