Slot Machines Defined Part 3
Slot
Machines Defined, part 3
completes the slots glossary. This part includes slot terms, lingo and
jargon unique to the slots playground for reel spinners who love these
mini games. Examples: Short Win, Signature Slots, Tilt, TITO and X.
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Slot Machines Defined: S - T
- Scatter Pays: specific
symbols of the slot game that pay
even if the symbols are
not on the same payline. Scatter pays will pay on
that specific line that has
been activated with a bet only. - Second Screen Bonus: mini games slot that displays a second video screen bonus round after a certain combination(s) is hit.
- Secondary Jackpots for 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 don't pay as large a sum of money as the top prize.
- 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 to select all paylines to spin the wheel automatically. Your total bet for the game round is line bet X number of lines selected.
- Short Win: lingo for a large jackpot is hit with a minimal cash outlay. 15 bucks gets you $1000’s. This reference in slot machines defined is to remind players that playing max coin is the best bet.
- Signature Slots: jargon for casinos' own brand of slots, generally looser creating the desired promotional benefits for the casino.
- Slant Top: machines that are low level and slanted upwards. More comfortable seated play.
- Slot Club Member: sign up for comp points and freebies offering by the casino or casino group. Inserting your slot card during play will accumulate points. See comps.
- Slot
MegaClubs--One Card:
Megaclub card that can be used to accumulate points at a group of
affiliated casinos.
- 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: jargon for playing through a pre-determined amount of cash. Example=$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, Bonus Slots and Multi-Player are the four major slot machines defined.
- Slots
Drop and 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 selecting number of lines to activate the bonus multi-line mini games, you are ready to hit the spin button and await the results.
- Stand Up: opposite of low
level machines, these slot games are played while standing.
- Symbols: There is an enormous inventory of mini games symbols along with the traditional cherries, and 7’s found on slot machines at land-based casinos and online.
- Take/Pay Cycle: term for
the cycle of a slot game and the theory that most machines will payout
if enough money is poured into the game. While certainly not a proven
fact, the Take/Pay Cycle is put to the test when progressive games are
reaching gigantic heights in dollar amounts.
You will hear “It’s Ready to Hit” often in these cases - Tilt: Oh bummer! While
this event is rare, it is annoying
nevertheless when a slot machine stops operation, usually following a
malfunction.
- TITO: jargon for Ticket In, Ticket Out system that produces a ticket receipt that may be converted to cash. These tickets can also be inserted into another TITO machine to begin play.
- Total Bet:
determined by number of reels and/or lines
activated for a slot game.
- Up/Down Slot Cycle: lingo for slot’s average payoff percentage that 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.
- US
Casino Megaclubs: many US casinos have merged to combine
several casino
properties under one named club card to form a Megaclub. This slot
machines defined entry is a suggestion for casino players
to use their cards at all participating casinos to accumulate
points.
- 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 selected by the random number generator. As you might imagine, the number of combinations within this system is astronomical.
- Wager Management: monitoring your gambling bankroll. Tips: dividing bankroll into sessions, playing coin denomination within your bankroll and cashing out ahead.
- Wide Area Progressives or WAP: slot machine games 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 version that subs for a win in combo 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.
- 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.
- X:
symbol that designates a multiplier times payout amount
for winning combinations. Example 2x, 5x, 10x, etc.
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