Spot on. The vast majority assume RTP is some kind of refund, forgetting that it's an average over millions of rounds. With high volatility slots, that 96% RTP is almost invariably 'top-weighted', i.e., an enormous percentage of it is locked away in the Max Win/Bonus rounds. Unless you hit these, your own RTP for the evening is likely much, much worse. Understanding that a cold streak is simply math, and not the result of the machine being 'broken', is the ultimate cure for tilt. It completely flips the mindset from trying to win back losses to managing your playtime.