In case there is a 25 percent chance for a particular winning combination to occur and, at the same time, the player is to be paid 4 times the bet size for this combination, while the expected return will be 100 percent. In case the odds for a player to receive a particular winning combination were equal to the payout for the combination in the game, the expected return would be 100 percent.
The result is usually expressed as a percentage. The expected return can be evaluated by comparing the number of coins, placed as a bet to the number of coins received for every winning hand in the particular game.