In this section of Slots Slot you will find a thorough Slot machines dictionary with the most important words in Slot jargon. The terms listed below are the most useful ones in Slot machine terminology.

Coin Size: The monetary value of the coins bet for each spin.

Coins per spin: The number of coins inserted in a Slot machine in each spin.

Hit Rate: The rate at which a player wins on a spin.

Hold: The house profit, the amount of coins that the Slot machine “holds”. This number is usually around 3% to15%.

Hopper: The area in the Slot machine where the coins are stored. If the hopper is overflowed by coins, the excess coins fall into a bucket located under the hopper.

Max Bet: The maximum number of coins that can be played on every spin on a particular machine.

Pay Cycle: The amount of time it takes for a particular machine to pay out. Some believe that in order to meet the programmed payout percentage each machine goes through a cycle where, after receiving a certain number of coins, the machine must payout.

Pay Line: The line or lines on the Slot machines where symbols must line up to hit a winning combination.

Progressive Jackpot: A type of Slot game where the top prize grows according to the amount of coins inserted in a network of machines.

Reels: The individual wheels where the symbols are printed on. The typical Slot machine has three reels but some newer machines may contain 5, 9 or even more reels.

Symbols: The pictures or icons that appear on the reels. These symbols are the character of the Slot machine and can be any symbol the manufacturer chooses.

Take cycle: The opposite of the pay cycle, the take cycle is the amount of time that the Slot machine keeps any inserted coins.

Tilt: When the Slot machine stops accepting or paying out coins. This happens when the machine is out of money or if a coin is jamming the machine.

Top Prize: The jackpot or the maximum number of coins you could possibly win on a given machine. In most cases it is necessary to insert the maximum number of coins on the Slot to be able to win the top prize.

Winning Combinations: The amount of possible winning results that are displayed on the pay table.

Wild Symbol: A symbol that will take the face of any symbol that is needed in order to make a winning combination. It is also knowned as a “Free symbol”.

 

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