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SLOT MACHINE TERMINOLOGY
You can’t be a decent slot machine player without knowing some slot machine terminology. Below you will find the most common terms and what they mean in the slot machine community/industry. If you are ever confused on this site or while gaming, please feel free to refer back to the terminology for clarification. Most slot machine jargon/terms used in the definitions can be found defined on the corresponding Web page. A-D >>> E-H >>> I-P >>> Q-S >>> T-Z SLOT MACHINE TERMS I THROUGH P *Jackpot: A slot machine’s highest payout , or can references the top prize in any gambling game. Load: Used as a verb. To play the maximum number of coins or tokens allowable in a specific slot machine. Loose Slot: Basically, a slot machine that is liberal with its payouts is a “loose slot”. The opposite is a tight slot. Low Level: Also known as a “Slant Top” slot machine, this type of slot includes a stool so that players can sit while they play. Max Bet: The maximum amount a player can bet on one spin. Mechanical Slots: This refers to the traditional slot machines that operate with mechanical reels. Money Management: Strategies a gambler uses to manage their bankroll. Techniques to avoid loosing the bank roll include: play only a percentage of winnings, divide the bankroll into different sessions, etc. Multiline: Slots that have at least two different paylines. Multiple Coin Slot Machine: A slot machine that requires two or more coins/tokens to play the machine. Multiplier Slots: Pay out on a graduated scale depending on the amount used to bet. The more a player bets with on the slot machine, the more the potential payout—essentially the slot offers multiplied payouts for winning combinations. Odds: The probability of an event. Odds are traditionally expressed as a ratio. One-Armed Bandits: The nickname give to slot machines because of the lever on the side of the machines. Onesies: Also known as "flying solo." Slot players who play one coin per spin. Online Fill: This term is essentially the same as the person who empties the coin hopper in land casinos. Online fill replenishes a players account as they win in online gaming. Optimal Play: This is the payout percentage if a player uses the optimal strategy on a skill based slot machine. Payback Percentage: This is the amount of money the slot machine eventually pays back to its slot players. This number is not over a few spins, but rather, covers tens or even hundreds of thousands of spins. This term is often misunderstood. The payback percentage applies to total dollars run through the machine and not the money you personally have entered. Pay Cycle: This refers to a belief among slots players that a machine might be due to payout in order to meet the payout percentage. It is important to understand that the payout percentages work over the course of thousands of plays. Pay-line: The pay-line is the line drawn on the glass or screen where the symbols must line up to create a payoff. Many newer slot machines, especially video slot machines have many V-shaped pay-lines that go up, down, across, and diagonally. Pay Table: This is the payoff schedule. It tells you what symbols you need to line up to win and how much you will be paid if you get the right order. Many slot machines have the pay table printed directly on the machine. However, most video slot machines have opted to hide the pay table. For these, you simply need to hit a button to bring it up. Online slots usually have the pay table posted on the same screen or via a button on the machine. Poker Machine: Also know as “pokie.” The name for a slot machine in Australia. Pokie:* Also known as Poker machine. The name for a slot machine in Australia. *Progressive Jackpot: The jackpot on a slot machine grows as each bet is played. There are two types of progressive jackpots: individual progressive jackpot and multiple progressive jackpot. Individual jackpot is a progressive jackpot that only builds on the bets of one slot machine. Multiple jackpots build as bets are placed on multiple slot machines. More than one slot machine is linked to a single progressive jackpot; jackpots grow very quickly on multiple progressive jackpots. Progressive Ticker*: Also known as a Progressive Meter. This shows how much a progressive jackpot is worth. Back to Slot Terms>>> Index of terminology >>>

SLOT MACHINE TERMINOLOGY

You can’t be a decent slot machine player without knowing some slot machine terminology. Below you will find the most common terms and what they mean in the slot machine community/industry. If you are ever confused on this site or while gaming, please feel free to refer back to the terminology for clarification. Most slot machine jargon/terms used in the definitions can be found defined on the corresponding Web page.

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SLOT MACHINE TERMS I THROUGH P

Jackpot: A slot machine’s highest payout , or can references the top prize in any gambling game.

Load: Used as a verb. To play the maximum number of coins or tokens allowable in a specific slot machine.

Loose Slot: Basically, a slot machine that is liberal with its payouts is a “loose slot”. The opposite is a tight slot.

Low Level: Also known as a “Slant Top” slot machine, this type of slot includes a stool so that players can sit while they play.

Max Bet: The maximum amount a player can bet on one spin.

Mechanical Slots: This refers to the traditional slot machines that operate with mechanical reels.

Money Management: Strategies a gambler uses to manage their bankroll. Techniques to avoid loosing the bank roll include: play only a percentage of winnings, divide the bankroll into different sessions, etc.

Multiline: Slots that have at least two different paylines.

Multiple Coin Slot Machine: A slot machine that requires two or more coins/tokens to play the machine.

Multiplier Slots: Pay out on a graduated scale depending on the amount used to bet. The more a player bets with on the slot machine, the more the potential payout—essentially the slot offers multiplied payouts for winning combinations.

Odds: The probability of an event. Odds are traditionally expressed as a ratio.

One-Armed Bandits: The nickname give to slot machines because of the lever on the side of the machines.

Onesies: Also known as "flying solo." Slot players who play one coin per spin.

Online Fill: This term is essentially the same as the person who empties the coin hopper in land casinos. Online fill replenishes a players account as they win in online gaming.

Optimal Play: This is the payout percentage if a player uses the optimal strategy on a skill based slot machine.

Payback Percentage: This is the amount of money the slot machine eventually pays back to its slot players. This number is not over a few spins, but rather, covers tens or even hundreds of thousands of spins. This term is often misunderstood. The payback percentage applies to total dollars run through the machine and not the money you personally have entered.

Pay Cycle: This refers to a belief among slots players that a machine might be due to payout in order to meet the payout percentage. It is important to understand that the payout percentages work over the course of thousands of plays.

Pay-line: The pay-line is the line drawn on the glass or screen where the symbols must line up to create a payoff. Many newer slot machines, especially video slot machines have many V-shaped pay-lines that go up, down, across, and diagonally.

Pay Table: This is the payoff schedule. It tells you what symbols you need to line up to win and how much you will be paid if you get the right order. Many slot machines have the pay table printed directly on the machine. However, most video slot machines have opted to hide the pay table. For these, you simply need to hit a button to bring it up. Online slots usually have the pay table posted on the same screen or via a button on the machine.

Poker Machine: Also know as “pokie.” The name for a slot machine in Australia.

Pokie: Also known as Poker machine. The name for a slot machine in Australia.

Progressive Jackpot: The jackpot on a slot machine grows as each bet is played. There are two types of progressive jackpots: individual progressive jackpot and multiple progressive jackpot. Individual jackpot is a progressive jackpot that only builds on the bets of one slot machine. Multiple jackpots build as bets are placed on multiple slot machines. More than one slot machine is linked to a single progressive jackpot; jackpots grow very quickly on multiple progressive jackpots.

Progressive Ticker: Also known as a Progressive Meter. This shows how much a progressive jackpot is worth.

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