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Slots Glossary
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Bonus Feature:
On bonus Slots, a combination will start the bonus feature which allows the player to add to their payout. It usually involves either another game play or free bonus spins.
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Buy-Your-Pay:
Rare machine that has more payout options if you play max coins. Playing a single coin would only activate one set of winning combos, while playing max coins would unlock more.
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Coin Size:
The size of a bet on a single spin. For instance, if you wish to play a quarter slot, the coin size is a quarter.
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Hit:
Slang term for a win on a Slot machine.
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Max Bet:
The largest amount of coins you are allowed to play on one spin. Even if you are playing a quarter slot, most allow for a max bet of two or more coins in order to win a larger payout should you hit on a winning combo.
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Onesies:
Slang term for a player who will only play a single coin at a time.
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Progressive Jackpot:
A large sum of money that increases with every spin that can be won if the player hits on a particular combination during play.
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Payline:
The winning line or lines on a Slot machine, as indicated by the pay table.
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Payout:
The amount a machine awards a customer for a particular win.
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Payout Percentage:
The amount of every wager put into a Slot machine that is given back to the customer as a win, or payout. If a machine is said to have a 98% payout percentage, then that means that 98 cents out of every dollar is given back to customers in payouts, while the two cents leftover is the casino's take.
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Pay Table:
Chart on a Slot machine that shows how much money is won on every type of winning combination.
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Random Number Generator:
A computer program used by online casinos to randomly pick times for all wins, small or Progressive. This type of sophisticated program ensures that all wins and payouts are fair and honest for the customers.
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Reels:
The wheels inside of the Slot machine that spin around when in play. Where they land determines if a play is a win or not.
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Static Jackpot:
A predetermined jackpot that does not change at all, no matter how many people play it or how many times it pays out.
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Staggered Payout:
A payout chart that gives more money to plays that included more coins. For instance a large Progressive Jackpot would never be paid out to a player who only played one coin, they would have to play the max amount of coins to win big.
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Symbols:
The pictures on the reels used to determine wins. The traditional ones include stars, fruit and numbers, but today can include just about anything that stays with the theme of the machine.
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Take Cycle:
Theory by Slots players that a machine will not payout again after it has just made a payout. Because online casinos use RNG, this is a false assumption.
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Tilt:
Common name for a Slot machine malfunction. Usually a malfunction voids all plays and you must wait till it is fixed to play again.
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Winning Combination:
The different combinations of symbols on the reels that must hit on a machine in order for a payout to occur.
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Wild:
On some Slot machines, this is a symbol that can be substituted for any other symbol in order for a payout to occur.
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Zombie:
Slang term for a player who sits at the same machine and plays it over and over mindlessly, without switching machines or any other variation at all.
