Slot Machine Dictionary
Players will better appreciate playing slot machines if they fully understand slot machines commonly used terms. Below is a slot machine dictionary.
Slot machine is a spinning wheel operated slot machine.Bonus slots is any slot machine that gives bonus game whenever a right combination or "hit' is made.Hit is a win in a slot machine and with additional bonus amount rewarded. Reel is a devise found inside the slot machine that drives the wheel to spin.
Hold Percentage is the winning percentage that a slot machine offers. It is the opposite of payback percentage. A machine that has a payback percentage of 96% will hold 4%. Meaning for every $100 played $4 will be deducted. It is calculated by the number of times a spin made. A 4% hold back percentage is levied on a slot machine with 96% payback percentage. Hold back percentage is calculated on the total number of spins generated.
Payback percentages a payout percentage a machine will dole out to outright winners. Usually a 96% payback is standard.Payline is a line on screen that determines and guides how a player wins. Most slot machine games are classified according to reels and paylines. Payout is a certain amount of money given to a winner.
Progressive ticker - an indicator of the current total progressive jackpot is seen. Not all slot machines have ticker.Random number generators is a computer that gives updated number assignment for each reel stop. Pulling or pushing the button automatically dictates where the reel will stop. Slant top is any slot machine that is wider but smaller than the traditional huge ones.
Static jackpot is the opposite of progressive jackpot, static jackpot is fixed to a certain amount.Stop is any destination that the reel comes to a halt is called "stop". It can be in the symbol itself or in between symbols called 'blanks". Symbol is the pictures printed on the reels. These symbols may come as pictures of animals, fruit pyramid, farm, house or other things base on each slot machine theme.
Loose slots are slot machine that gives a high payout percentage to winners. Other terms of loose slots includes hot slots, or generous slots.Tight Slot is any slot machine that gives a smaller payback percentage return to winner. The opposite of tight slots is the loose slot machine that pay back a low percentage of the amount played to the player.
Video slots are the new generation slot machine where instead of the traditional slot machine that has physical reels this machine operates with a video screen that is capable of generating pictures of spinning reels. Video slot machines have different kinds and types that vary in nature.