Slot Machine Terms

AWP is the abbreviation for Amusement with Prize, a sort of slot machines. An AWP slot usually has 3 reels and 1 payline, but the most attractive thing that it has is some exciting bonus features including Hold, Nudge and Shifta! features.

Bet is a wager placed on each spin.

Bonus is money credits and other things which the casino gives its players for free in order to encourage them to go on playing at that casino.

Bonus Feature is an extra game in a slot which is triggered by a special symbol or a combination of symbols. Bonus games give anyone an additional opportunity to win money.

Bonus Slot Machine is a type of slots with a bonus feature.

Buy-in (also an Entry Fee) is a fixed amount of money which is required to take part in a tournament.

Casino Advantage (also House Edge) is the advantage the casino has over the player on a particular bet.

Classic Slot is a type of slots machines. As a rule they have 3 reels and 1 payline.

Coin Size is the size of a wager per spin.

Comp Points are points that the player can earn while playing games at a casino. Then comp points can be converted in extra credits.

Entry Fee – see Buy-in.

Free Spins are a type of a bonus game in the main game which allows a player to make a fixed number of spins free of charge. Free Spins are also a type of a bonus given by a casino.

Freeroll is a type of tournaments which has no entry fee.

Fruit Machine is a name meaning a slot machine mainly in the UK.

Gamble Game is a bonus feature played on the second screen which becomes available after every effective spin and allows increasing the payout.

Hit means getting a winning combination on a slot.

Hold is a bonus feature that allows freezing a selected reel or reels while others are respinning.

House Edge – see Casino Advantage.

i-slot is a type of slots developed by Rival Gaming. The i-slot has a story line, various bonus rounds and alternate endings.

Jackpot is a prize given for a definite combination of symbols.

Match bonus is a type of a bonus that matches the player’s deposit with a settled percentage of the total deposit.

Maximum Bet is the biggest number of coins which the player can wager on a single spin.

Multiline slots are slots which have more than 1 payline.

Multi Spin (also Mega Spin) Slot is the game which includes 3 through 9 slots.

One-Armed Bandit is the nickname of slots.

Nudge is a bonus feature that allows the player to spin a chosen reel or reels to show the next symbol.

Progressive Jackpot is a maximum payout which grows with every spin played until it is hit.

Progressive Slot is a slot which has a progressive jackpot as the max prize.

Payline is a line on a slot on which a player makes a bet to win.

Payout is the prize given if the player hits any winning combination of symbols.

Payout Percentage is the part of each bet made on a slot machine and given back to a player as a win.

Paytable is a table attached to a slot machine which shows all possible winning combinations.

Penny Slots are slots which have the minimum bet of $0.01.

Prize pool is the total prize amount which is shared between the winners.

Random Number Generator (RNG) is a special computer program which randomly selects symbols to land on the paylines. RNG guarantees a fair game.

Re-buy is an option that allows players to take additional credits in order to continue taking part in a tournament.

Reels are slots wheels which spin to reveal whether the player has won or lost.

Scatter is a special slot symbol that gives a payout when 2 or more symbols stop somewhere on the reels.

Second screen is an extra screen to play a bonus feature.

Shifta! is a bonus feature that spins to show a winning combination.

Sign up bonus (welcome or first deposit bonus) is a casino promotion given when the player signs up the casino.

Sit ‘n’ Go is a type of a tournament played within a definite period of time by a limited number of participants.

Sticky bonus is a bonus which the casino gives only for wagering purpose.

Symbols are pictures on the reels which help create winning combinations.

Video Slot is a type of slots with state-of-the-art graphics and a number of paylines.

Welcome Bonus is a sign up bonus.

Wild is a special symbol which substitutes for any other symbol in a winning combination to give a payout.

Winning Combination is a combination of symbols which gives a payout. All the winning combinations can be found in the slot paytable.