Objective
The first rule of thumb in playing the slot machines is to play the maximum coins. Players who wager one coin at a time are giving up at least one percent of the payback by not qualifying for the jackpot. If you can't afford to play five coins in a dollar machine, play the quarter machines or even the nickels, but play the maximum coins. It gives you the best chance of winning.
Jackpots are certainly a big thrill but don't miss the fun of slots by focussing only on jackpots, the smaller wins are a lot more common.
Terms
The 'payoff display' will tell you exactly how many coins you win when various symbols appear on a pay line.
'Maximum coin play' is indicated on the display pannel. The ususal number of coins varies from machine to machine.
The 'number of pay lines' on a standard slot machine is one, a center line , meaning that there is only one winning line and the symbols must all be on the center line to win.
Most machines have 'three reels' but there are exceptions. There are novelty machines with two reels, and the odd four reeler.
The 'symbols' on slot machines are just too many and various to detail them in any fashion. Suffice it to say, though there are many, the odds are precisely the same no matter what the symbols are. There are some symbols worth noting and they are the special ones. Wild symbols that represent any other symbol when appearing on the right line (s). There are symbols that represent double payoffs, triple payoffs and five times payoffs, there seems to be no end to the variations.
