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Slots are probably the simplest games to understand and play at an online casino. If you’ve ever played a Fruit Machine of some kind you’ll know what to expect – three spinning reels are each marked with a variety of symbols and, if after the reels are spun then randomly stopped, a certain combination of symbols is shown the result is a payoff linked to that combination.
There are quite a few variations of Slots machines online but the basic gameplay is always essentially the same. A player ‘buys’ a spin by depositing money in the machine, usually by clicking virtual coins onscreen to the value they want to bet, and then sets the virtual reels in motion by clicking a ‘spin’ button. To ensure a fair game, all the online casinos we feature use independently certified random number generators to determine the outcome of a player’s spin, so you can be sure that the Slots in these casinos are not ‘fixed’ against the player.
Once the reels have stopped the final combination is read left to right across the centre of the game window – this is the ‘payline’. The payoff table, which shows the combinations that are ‘wins’ and the associated payoff, is usually shown in a panel at the top of the Slot machine, but you may sometimes find there is a separate ‘Payout Table’ button that needs to be clicked to reveal this information.
If you already play real-world Slots Machines you may find online Slots a bit over-simplified compared to the physical machines found in pubs and clubs. Functions like ‘holds’ and ‘nudges’ are rarely found – it’s usually just a single, spin-to-win game of chance. However online Slots do have an advantage in that they usually allow the player to switch coin values without having to switch to another machine.
Increasingly you are also likely to find online Slots with Autoplay features. In truth we’re not sure if this is anything to get excited about, but if you find pushing the ‘spin’ button a bit of a chore you can get the machine to automatically trigger up to 99 spins for you. You can of course override Autoplay at anytime you want to stop betting on that session.
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The main variations of the basic Slots game you’ll find online are five-reel and ‘multi-line’ games. Five-reel slots are often billed as Video Slots and, obviously enough, have two more reels than the basic Slot Machine described above. The number of permutations possible on these machines is much greater than for a three-reel Slot so payoff tables are more elaborate and offer higher odds combinations. ‘Multi-line’ Slots also offer the player an opportunity to bet on combinations appearing on alternative paylines across the game window, so that a single spin offers more than one way to win. These games are very easy to pickup and you will often find good online casinos offer a ‘for fun’ version of the game which allows you to take them for a free spin (every pun intended) before you decide to put any real money into them.
One other aspect of online Slots that is very attractive to players is the lure of Progressive Jackpots, of which you’ll find more detail by clicking here.
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