Slots Terms

Get to know these slots terms page to enjoy your online slot experience.

RNG (Random Number Generator):

A Random Number Generator is a piece of software, usually housed on a computer chip placed inside the slot machine by the manufacturer. In online terms, the Random Number Generator is the piece of software on the game server. The purpose of both is identical, and that is to randomly select hundreds of numbers and symbols every second, faster than you can pull the handle or click the spin button. It's working even when the machine is idle. Each random number corresponds to a certain reel and symbol combination that is randomly chosen after the first coin is dropped or credit played. Naturally, the fewest programmed combinations are for the top jackpot

Reels:

The number of wheels/reels showing on slot with symbol combinations imprinted. In a classic machine there are usually three, but some slots have five.

Slot Schedule:

Also referred to as the slot payout schedule, this is information posted on front of slot machine and tells you what denomination and win amounts are possible for the machine. You should always be aware of these things for the slot machine you're playing.

Slot Cycle:

Slot's average payoff percentage rate applies over the long haul; as long as one fiscal year. Therefore, over the course of a session, a slot advertised as having a 98% payoff rate will sometimes pay off at 130% and other times at 50%. The lower percentages indicate a down cycle, and the higher numbers indicate an up cycle. However, in reality there is no consistency to a cycle, as the jackpot can theoretically always be won on the next spin.

Slots Drop and Hold:

The slots drop is the amount of money played through the machine. The slots hold is the amount of money the machine retains (that which is not paid out as winnings). A slot machine payout percentage is calculated by dividing the hold number by the drop number and multiplying by 100%. For example: a machine which takes in $100 and pays out $50 can have its payout percentage calculated as such: 50 / 100 x 100% = 50%.

Slot Testing:

The act of playing through a set number of coins without using accumulated credits, and keeping track of the drop and hold, in order to determine your session payout percentage for a selected slot.

Slot-mix or Slot Placement:

Often people claim casinos place high paying slot machines near highly visible areas of the casino so that winners can be seen and heard better by the populace. This theory has been proven wrong by the Wizard of Odds.

Short Win:

 Large jackpot win after a small cash outlay - happens often.

Bonus Feature
Some slot machine offer you a chance to win additional coins. This could be a second screen, free spin etc.

Coin Size
The size of each bet

Coins Per Spin
The maximum number of coins that can be played for each spin

Hold

Coins that are kept by the machine and not paid back

Payline
The combination of symbols that will result in the player getting paid off

Payout line:

The payout line is the row of symbols that triggers a win. Payout lines can be horizontal or diagonal and there can be more than one payout line per game - depending on which Online Slots rules you�re playing!

Payout Percentages
What a slot machine pays out. So, for instance, if a slot machine pays out 99%, that means that for every 100 dollars that is taken in by the machine, 99 dollars gets paid back out. Meaning that the machine will "hold" one dollar for every hundred.

Pay Table
Winning combinations. You will find these listed on the slot machine or close by

Progressive Jackpot
A jackpot that continuously grows

Top Prize
The maximum payout playing the max. amount of coins

Wild Symbol
Like a wild card; it's a symbol that counts as any other symbol

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