• Slots Glossary



    Carousel - Slot machines which are present in groups.

    Coin size - Slotting means betting. Therefore, a player needs to put up a coin value. This value is called the coin size. There is an exact value when a person purchases a particular coin. This value determines the value of the game to be played

    Hopper - The place where the money in stored. There is a hollow surface within the machine where the money is stored.

    Low Level - there are various types of slot machines available in the market. The machines, where a person can sit down and play for.

    Multi-denominational - There are various types of machines, which accept different types of coin value. Such are known as multi dimensional machines.

    Multi-line - A machines having various types of pay lines. Slot machines have different pay lines.

    Max Bet - Betting forms an important part of slot games. So the maximum amount of coins that a player can bet against a particular spin. Most of players qualify with this max bet.

    Number of Coins Bet - The coin bet forms an important part of slotting. The number of coin represents the amount of money a person bets for a slot game.

    Online Slots - online slot machine games that can be played for free or real money.

    Payback - Payback represents the total winning percentage a machine will give against the money put in by a player.

    Pay for Play Machines - The slot machine has one-two-three coin option with a better payoff. The slot machine gives u more payoffs the more money a person puts in.

    Payline (or Pay Line) - Payline is also known as winning line. The line at which all the symbols align to generate a winning formulae.

    Pay Table (Paytable) - The part of the slot machine, which generates the payoffs for a new winning combination. The paytable always shows the recent updates. The bonus feature is also enabled in this section. All types of cash prizes or bonus amounts are quoted in this section. The progressive slots also show payouts in points form or in currency.

    Progressive Slots - Slot machines that are present in groups and lead to achievement of one common jackpot.

    Progressive Jackpot - The big jackpot that people aim at and it grows progressively. For a particular spin each jackpot the machines adds an amount to the current jackpot total. Many a times large slotting machines are added to form a huge jackpot. This way of linking up slotting machines can generate large sum of money.

    Reels - The reels represents the narrow barrel where the winning symbol emerges. A slot machine now a day has 3 to5 reels.

    Slot Club Member - A slot card member enjoys lot of advantages he can easily play slot using his membership card. He can play up to a limit using his card. The card has a balance against it. The benefits of a slot member vary from one casino to the other. He can easily play slot games punching his card number of times.

    Stand Up - The machines where a player plays it standing up

    Symbols - The symbols of the slotting machines are of unique types. These symbols lead for the wining streak of a person.

    Take/Pay Cycle - The cycle when a person can expect to pay out particular number of coins from the slot machines. The slot machines work on different type of cycles.

    Tilt - Slot machines generally breaks out when there is certain problem in the system.

    Wild Symbol - The ultimate winning symbol, which can help a player win his desired jackpot. The wild symbol forms the ultimate symbol in the payline