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Action: Slot activity that includes all coins or credits played and winnings played or lost.
Example, if you begin with $100 and win $50 during the session, your action is $150.
Slots Action also determines your comp points.
Bank: Group of slot machines, aka known as a carousel of machines. Progressive carousels are linked to play one top jackpot
Basic Slots: Single payline, aka straight or “flat-top” slots, have a constant top jackpot payout that does not change.
Bet Max: is to bet the max coins for each play/spin. The best payouts occur when maximum bet is wagered. If you want to receive full value for your slots play, this is the best strategy.
Bet One: is to bet one coin for each play/spin. While you play longer, it eliminates the possibility of receiving payouts for the highest jackpots. See Onesies.
Big Hit: Top Jackpot prize. Also known as Big Strike or MegaJackpot.
Bonus Feature: Most slots offer several bonus features. Example: free spins, multipliers, scatter pays, wild symbols and/or second-screen bonus event.
Bonus Multiplier Slots: offer larger top jackpots as incentive to play max coins. The top jackpot symbol, e.g. 7’s will only pay with max coins. This is important for those players who have lined up winning 7’s only to find their single coin bet did not win.
Bonus Multiplier ‘Wild’ Slots: Versions with wild symbols, scatter pays and/or free spins. During play, max coins produce larger winnings.
Bonus Video Slots: also described as ‘branded machines’, ‘entertainment-content’, ‘brand recognition’, ‘participation’ games, and ‘interactive’ slots.
The name Bonus Slots says it all, an opportunity to go to a ‘second chance’ bonus round. You are on sensory overload with Bonus Slots offering at least 25 symbols filling up the screen in front of you. Multiple pay-lines up to as many as 50 paylines; many of these versions come in penny denominations; also nickel, quarter and dollar.
Buy A Feature Slot: Additional bonus credits/features are added when multiple coins are bet.
Top jackpot is won only with maximum coin play.
Buy-your-Pay Slot: Each coin played triggers the posted symbol payout. Example, if you play one coin, you only trigger ‘cherry’ pays. Two coins trigger ‘cherries’ and ‘bars’. Is there a worse feeling that lining up all three top jackpot symbols with only one coin played?
Call Attendant: The slot of your dreams has just lined up a hand-pay accompanied by the sound of bells and clapping. It’s time to jump up and down and watch that credit meter climb.
Certified Slots: Casinos promote their ‘certified’ slots with flashing, large, neon lights, guaranteeing 98-100% payback. Most ‘certified’ slots are at least dollar denominations.
Coin In and Coin Out: Coins in is amount played through machine. Coins out are paid wins.
These two numbers determine a slots overall payout percentage.
Coins: Slot coins offer several denomination options, usually from pennies to $5.
1st Coin: activates one symbol on a buy-your-pay slot (example: cherries) or one multiplier or one payline on a multi-line bonus slot.
2nd Coin: activates two symbols (example: cherries, bars) on a buy-your-pay slot or two multipliers or two paylines on a multi-line bonus slot.
Example: Multiplier Slot: Three 7’s may pay 100 for one coin, 200 for two coins and 500 for maximum coins.
Tip: Bet Max will activate all symbols and/or lines on a multi-line bonus slot.
Collect: Amount of credits/cash won after a session of slot play. Bonus slots conclude the bonus round with a Collect button and display total accumulated credits won on the credit meter.
Comps or Complimentaries: Freebies awarded to new or returning players in the form of cash, and other special amenities.
Credit(s): paid after winning spins or with an initial betting amount as displayed on the credit meter. To convert credits to cash dollar value, use the following formula:
100 pennies=$1. Divide total credits by 100 for $ value.
20 nickels=$1. Divide total credits by 20 for $ value.
10 dimes=$1. Divide total credits by 10 for $ value.
4 quarters=$1. Divide total credits by 4 for $ value.
2 50cents=$1. Divide total credits by 2 for $ value.
Dollar credits=same cash value. $5 play, multiply credits X5=cash dollar value.
Denomination: Most slots offer several denominations options, usually from pennies to $5.
Double/Triple Symbols: Whenever these symbols appear in the center of a single payline slot in combination with other symbols creating a winning combination, the payoff amount is doubled or tripled. Two or three of these same symbols increase the jackpot payout.
Look for a slot name/pay schedule with words: Double or Triple.
Extra Money: Win from a bonus feature of the slot. Example: multiplier, free spin, wild symbol combination, etc. Grab those credits, you earned it.
Free Spin(s): Slot bonus feature that offers one or more free spins.
Games/Hour: 500/games/hour is an average for slot players. These stats can change dependent upon whether coins are manually inserted or credits used.
Hit and Run Winner: Play a maximum bet at a single payline slot for 4-5 spins. If no credits come your way, move on to another machine. See also Slot Testing.
Hit Frequency: average number of spins for slots. The lower the hit frequency, the better.
For example, a 2 indicates some kind of hit every second spin, while a 7 is a hit approx. every 7th spin.
If the 'hit frequency' is 50%, then there is some sort of payout every 2nd spin.
If the ‘hit frequency’ is 14%, then there is a payout every 7th spin. 14 divided into 100 = 7.
Therefore, it is better to have a payout on average every 2nd spin (50%) rather than every 7th spin (14%).
In conclusion, if you were sitting at XYZ slot, would you like to get some credits every second spin or wait until 7 spins have gone by?
Hold and Re-Spin Bonus Slot: Player holds the reel results while the other reels spin on their own usually resulting in additional credits.
Hold Percentage: Percentage of coins played that casinos keep. The looser 98% slots hold two dollars while returning 98 dollars to the player.
However, that percentage is over the long term, perhaps months, while short-term play return percentages can rise and fall quickly.
Instant Winner: Slot win paid immediately rather than installments. Usually progressive slots.
Jackpot: You are a Winner! Jackpot wins come in small, medium and The Big Hit.
King of Jackpots: Highest win paid for any slot. Progressive Slots are the ‘most regal’.
Line Bet: Wager for each line activated. Tip: to receive full value at a multi-line bonus slot, you should activate all available paylines.
Linked Jackpot: increased by a percentage of coins bet by two or more machines.
See WAP: Wide Area Progressives.
Loose/Tight Slots: Loose slots will have better payoffs to a ‘certified’ high of 100%, on average over a period time. A slot will have a symbol; let’s say 2 cherries, which pay a couple of coins. These cherries will replace a symbol that doesn’t pay, and presto you have a loose machine.
Reverse this procedure for a tight slot. In other words, the more paying symbols a machine has, the greater the probability of payouts - thus a loose slot.
Multi-Line Video Slot: offer multiple paylines up to as many as 50. Most of these versions come in penny denominations; also nickel, quarter and dollar.
Multiplier: Slot feature where winning credits are multiplied 2X-10X for a bonus win.
Multiplier Slot Version: pays for certain symbols on a graduating scale. On a three reel, you get 5 coins for a ‘cherry’ playing 1 coin, 10 pay for 2 coins and 15 pay for 3 coins. The payouts for playing 1 coin are much smaller than if you played maximum coins.
Near Miss: Non-winning combinations or reel blanks. The reason there are so many near misses is that the blanks or ‘almost’ winning combinations are programmed to come up more often, therefore you see them more. However, each spin of the reel is still selected randomly.
Nudge Slot: Slot feature where a paying symbol will ‘drop down’ creating a win.
It could be a basketball, diamond, cherry or wild symbol. You just need a little nudge up or down and you are in the money. Nudge slots have the word ‘Deluxe’ in the slot name.
One Armed Bandit: Slang name for slot machines.
Onesies: Slot players who play only one coin. I advocate wager management, but this is wager suicide. I suggest you drop down a denomination and play max. coins where at least you are in the running for the top jackpot without the ‘slot bends’ of missing out on the top jackpot payout.
Payback Percentage: Percentage of each dollar on a certain slot machine that is returned to players over the long term.
Payline: Alignment of reel positions where symbols land resulting in a winning combination.
Payout: Number of credits converted to cash paid out for a winning combination(s).
Paytable-Pays: Slot Pay Schedule that details the value of payouts for each symbol, ine, scatter pay and/or other winning combinations offered by that specific game. Tip: Scan the slot paytable before play to determine payouts for specific winning combinations.
Primary Jackpot: Top prize offered when a player hits a specific combination.
In the case of progressives linked to participating casinos, this jackpot is displayed with the largest sign and numbers. After a progressive jackpot is hit, the meter automatically resets to the base jackpot amount.
Progressive Slots: offer growing jackpots dependent upon amount of monies played through the linked bank/carousel slots. All progressives are at least three coin max slots with two jackpot levels - primary and secondary. When either jackpot wins, values are reset to minimums for each. Max play is mandatory here.
Reel Stop: One position on the reel, either a symbol or blank space that determines the results of the game.
Reels: Number of wheels/reels displayed in window of slot imprinted with symbols specific to that particular slot theme or game.
RNG - Random Number Generator: A computer program of numbers created by the manufacturer related to a reel result that is then duplicated. Higher payouts are assigned fewer numbers, while lower payouts assigned more numbers. The RNG then sequences through a series of numbers determining a result when the player triggers the spin button or slot handle.
This program is also designed to determine the slot’s average payout %.
No slot machine will pay back its preset payoff percentage rate every time as the final outcome of every spin is randomly selected.
Scatter Pays: Specific symbols of the slot game that pay even if the symbols are not on the same payline. Tip: Scatter Pays pay only on a line that has been activated with a bet.
Second Screen Bonus: Video slot that displays a second video screen bonus round after a certain combination(s) is hit.
Secondary Jackpots—Progressives: are displayed below the big screen of the primary jackpot, and increase based on the number of coins played.
These secondary jackpots are hit more frequently and will not payout as large a sum of money.
Select Lines: Select the number of paylines you want to bet on by clicking the ‘bet one’ button or the line number left or right of the reels. Example: when you click on line number 5, you also select lines 1-4.
Each click on the ‘bet one’ button selects one more line. Click Bet Max or line number 9 to select all paylines. Your total bet for the game round is line bet x number of lines selected.
Clicking bet max will spin the reels automatically.
Short Win: This happens all the time. A large jackpot is hit with a minimal cash outlay-- 15 bucks gets you $1000’s.
Signature Slots: Casinos own brand of slots, generally looser creating the desired PR for the casino.
Slot Misconception: Players should play less than maximum coins until the machine starts to pay. This goes against basic slot-playing strategy and could be very costly to the player.
The RNG does not know if you are putting in one coin or three. You gain no advantage by trying to ‘pump or prime’ that slot for the jackpot, because you have no idea when that jackpot will be.
Slot Schedule: Posted information on front of slot tells you what type of slot, denomination, and symbol combination win amounts possible for each coin played. Required reading.
Slot Testing: playing through a pre-determined amount of cash; e.g. $20 without using accumulated credits to determine possible payout % for selected slot.
Slot Tournament: Popular promotional event where players vie for cash prizes at specifically programmed slots.
Slot Types: Basic, Progressive and Bonus Video Slots are the three major types/categories.
Slots Drop/Hold: Drop amount of money through the slot. Hold: amount not paid out as wins.
These two numbers determine a slots payout percentage.
Spin: After making your bet and number of lines to activate with a bonus multi-line slot, you are ready to hit the spin button and await the results.
Symbols: There is an enormous inventory of slot symbols along with the traditional cherries, and 7’s found on slot machines today and more creations to come adding to the fun of the game.
Total Bet: determined by number of reels and/or lines activated for a slot game.
Up/Down Slot Cycle: Slot’s average payoff percentage rate applies over the long haul. Therefore, a slot with a 98% payoff percentage rate will sometimes pay off at 130% and other times at 50%...sometimes at 28% and other times at 502%. The lower percentages indicate a down cycle and the higher numbers an up cycle. Also known as Sizzling/Sputtering Slot.
Virtual Reel Technology: Computerized selection of reel results utilizing a system called Telnas. System assigns a series of different numbers within a program to a specific combination of reel symbols, thereby increasing the universe of numbers by which a game result is chosen by the random number generator. As you might imagine, the number of combinations within this system is well….astronomical.
Wager Management: Monitoring your gambling bankroll. Tips: dividing bankroll into sessions, playing coin denomination within your bankroll and cashing out while ahead.
Wide Area Progressives: Slots linked in more than one casino, area or country. Progressive jackpot amount is displayed as the same $ amount at each machine regardless of location.
Wild Symbol Slot: Designated symbol for the slot that substitutes for a win in combination with other symbols on the payline. Double/Triple wild symbols multiply your win accordingly.
For bonus multi-line slots, five wild symbols usually reward with the top jackpot.
Win!: This is what the game of slots is all about. Check out the meter for mounting credits and a big slot win coming your way.
Winner Annuity: Jackpots, usually over $500,000 paid out in installments over 20 years, however, player may receive instant cash with approximately 50% reduction in prize award.
Winner Instant: On-the-spot jackpots rather than installments over 20 years. These Instant Winners are usually in the $100,000 to $250,000 range.
X – Symbol that designates a Multiplier times payout amount for winning combinations.
Example 2X, 5X, 10X, etc.
Zig Zag: Term used to describe pattern formed by multi-line slot winning possibilities.
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