Before spinning the reels of any slot, do you know each of these commonly used slot terms?
Auto-spin: Selecting the auto-spin feature lets you automatically spin the reels a set amount of times. You can set the number of spins according to win limit, loss limit and stake limits.
Bonus features & spins: Bonus features come in all shapes and sizes and can be triggered in many ways. Often, they include free spins, multipliers or pick-and-win bonuses. Before playing, take a moment to explore the slots paytable and a bonus guide.
Fixed jackpot: Fixed jackpots don’t grow like progressive jackpots, they’re set in stone. They’re often the highest amount of money a non-progressive slot machine can payout.
Multiplier: A multiplier increases your win amount and can be awarded in the base game or during a bonus round.
Maximum and minimum bet: Before each spin, you can choose your bet size. The lowest amount you can bet per spin is the minimum bet size, and the highest amount is the maximum bet size. Bet sizes range greatly from slot machine to machine so always check before playing.
Return to player (RTP): A game’s RTP is a complex calculation that takes place after recording millions of spins and can give you an idea the percentage of total wagers returned to the player after a gaming session.
Grid Vs. Payline: To win a payout on a payline slot, you need to line up matching symbols on at least one of the paylines. Grid slots don’t have paylines, instead, line up symbols on adjacent reels.
Payout: The total sum of money earned after a winning spin.
Reels: Reels in a slot are the vertical positions, similar to columns on a grid. A 5-reel slot machine has 5 columns of symbols.
Scatter: Special symbols that don’t need to land on paylines to form a winning combination and often used to trigger the bonus round when enough appear on the reels at once.
Volatility: The frequency which a slot machine pays out can vary from low, medium to high. Low volatility slots trigger payouts regularly but amounts are smaller, where-as high volatility slots payout less regularly, but the payout rewards are higher. Medium volatility slots are in the middle.
Wild: These special symbols can substitute for all regular symbols on the reels to help you form winning combinations. Sometimes they can trigger symbols to expand, multiply your win, stick to the reels, or even expand up and down to fill the reel.