Slot

Slot is a popular casino game which is played on a machine called the slot machine. Slot machines normally have a lever on its side which spins two or three reels when it is pulled. . The machines also include a currency detector that validates the coin or money that’s needs to be inserted to play

History of slot machines?
Sitman and pitt two innovators from brooklyn new York are considered to be the inventors of the slot machine in the year 1896.that machine was a primitive version of slot machine used nowadays but the basic essence still remains the same. It contained 5 drums holding a total of 50 card faces and was based on poker. This experiment was an instant hit and soon there was hardly a bar in the city that didn't have one or more of those machines. People were normally required to insert a nickel and press a lever, which would spin the drums and the cards they held, the player hoping for a good poker hand. These machines did not had a payment mechanism, so a pair of Kings had free beer as a prize, whereas a Royal Flush could pay for cigars or drinks, the prizes wholly dependent on what was on offer by the owners of those machines. In order to make the odds better for the house, two cards were typically removed from the "deck": the Ten of Spades and the Jack of Hearts, which cut the odds of winning a Royal Flush by half. The drums could also be re-arranged to further reduce a player's chance of winning. Another person called Charles Frey replaced ten cards with symbols and also had only three drums instead of the normal five. He did this due to the fact that the vast number of possible wins with the original poker card-based game, made it practically impossible to come up with a way to make a machine capable of making an automatic pay-out for all possible winning combinations. This game was called the liberty bell as three bell symbols on the three drums would mean that the person won the maximum money available which is ten nickel. However modern touch screen slot machines donot use coins. They have a smart card which works more or less like a credit card.these gives the players unlimited hours of playing without worrying about the coins. Also the security features of a smart card are far much better.

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How to play?
A person who wants to play the game is required to insert cash or coins into the machine in order to make himself eligible to play that game. He than has to press the liver and then the lights and the ringing bells in the machine will tell him whether he had hit the jackpot or not. If you have a question or are unsure of something, simply ask a slot attendant for assistance.

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Variety of slot machines
slot machines now come in a few varieties .they are mechanical, electromechanical and some high end casinos even have touch screen slot machines There are also three to nine reels, criss-crosses, multiples, progressives, and specialty machines such as 21, Keno, Videopoker, Poker Bingo, and Video Horse Racing and Dog Racing. Modern slot machines are completely electronic. Symbol combinations come up randomly and machines are pre-programmed to return a certain percentage to the players so that he doesn't gets disheartened and keeps on coming to play.normally a slot machine returns on average between 85% and 98% of its gain back to the player Some of the most popular machines in the casino are video slot machines, in which players hope to obtain a set of symbols corresponding to a winning poker hand. There are standard 5-card draw machines, all the way up to 100-play machines, where you can play 100 hands at a time.another contemporary slot machine is the nine line slot machine which are themed with lights and music from popular tv shows

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Type of credits
Most of this accept variable amounts of credit to play with 1 to 5 credits per line being typical. The higher the amount bet, the higher the payout will be. They have fixed payout values which are are multiplied by the number of coins per line that are being bet. Also they have a multi denomination option which gives the player to select the amount to be wagered among the optionsthe. The slot machine than automatically calculates the number of credits the player receives in exchange for the cash inserted and displays the amount of available credits to the player. This help the player to play on any machine and with any kind of denominations of his coins

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Slot jargone
some of the common terms used while playing slot are

· Bonus it’s a feature which is activated when certain set ofsymbols appear in a winning combination. In the bonus, the player is presented with several items on a screen from which to choose. With the player making his choice, a number of credits is revealed and awarded. Some bonuses use a mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel, that works in conjunction with the bonus to display the amount won.

· Candle it’s a bulb at the top of the machine which alerts the player when there is any malfunction

· Carousel . The hopper is a mechanical device that rotates coins into the coin tray when a player collects his payout. . When a certain preset coin capacity is reached, a coin diverter automatically redirects, or "drops", excess coin into a "drop bucket" or "drop box".

· Credit meter it is a visual display of the amount of money or credits on the machine.

· Drop bucket it’s an extra container where all the excess coins are kept. Typically, a drop bucket is used for low denomination slot machines and a drop box is used for high denomination slot machines. A drop box contains a hinged lid with one or more locks whereas a drop bucket does not contain a lid. The contents of drop buckets and drop boxes are collected and counted by the casino on a scheduled basis.

· EGM is an acronym for "Electronic Gaming Machine".

· Hand pay refers to a payout made by a casino attendant rather than the slot machine. A hand pay occurs when the amount of the payout exceeds the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator.

· Low Level or Slant Top slot machines include a stool so you can sit and play. Stand Up or Upright slot machines are played while standing.

· .Payline is a straight line that crosses through one symbol on each reel, along which a winning combination is determined. Classic spinning reel machines usually have up to nine paylines, while video slot machines may have as many as fifty.

· Rollup it’s a process of celebrating a win by flashing bulbs and playing music while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.

· Short pay refers to a partial payout made by a slot machine, which is less than the amount due to the player. This occurs if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. The remaining amount due to the player is paid as a hand pay.

· Tilt In the old mechanical days, slot machines had tilt switches. While modern machines no longer have tilt switches, any kind of mechanical failure is still called as a tilt.


One factor that has really given a boost to its popularity is the introduction of bonus games Bonus slot games can be started by getting three bonus symbols on a pay-line or on some slot games three bonus symbols on in the pay-field. Online casinos have utilized the power of computer software to create some of the most exciting versions of bonus games and the crowds in the casinos simply love it.

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