How to play slots

In the early days of slot machines, all games used mechanical reels. But now most display the reels on video screens, and they usually accept and distribute payments using bills, vouchers and tickets, rather than coins or tokens.

Features of modern slot machines

Slot machines offer several denominations. These refer to the value of each credit played. There are penny, 2-cent, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar and even $100 games, and some slots allow players to choose which denomination they want to use.

Once the machine is paid for, the money is converted into credits. Slots can accept 45, 90 and even 500 credits at a time. Once a payment is inserted into the currency receiver, the corresponding amount of credits is visible on the counter.

In slot machines equipped with spinning reels, you have to press the ‘Play for one credit’ button until the number of coins you want to play is reached. Then the “spin reels” button is pressed, or the knob is pulled on those few machines that still have similar levers.

You can also press the button labelled “play maximum credits” or “maximum bet”, which will play the maximum number of credits allowed to spin on the selected machine.

Video Slots

In video slots you need to click on one button for the paylines you wish to activate, and on the second button for the set of credits that are placed on the selected lines. The most common configuration has 9 paylines, on which you can bet 1-5 credits.

There are still slots with 5, 15, 20, 25 and even 50 or more paylines, taking up to 25 credits per line. The symbols that stop at the right places in the game determine whether or not the user wins.

The classic symbols are cherries, bars, double bars (two bars on top of each other), triple bars and sevens. But there are many others, such as fruit, playing card symbols and images based on the theme of the game.

Slots in video format are usually five reels spinning on the screen, but there are slots with more reels. Not only do paylines run straight through the reels, but they also run in V-shapes, inverted V-shapes, zig-zags and other configurations on the screen.

In addition, video slots usually have bonus rounds and ‘scatter payouts’. Designated symbols trigger a scatter payout if two, three or more of them appear on the screen, even if they are not on the same payline. Similarly, special symbols trigger a bonus event.

Slot machine etiquette

Many slot machine players invest in two or more adjacent machines at the same time, but if the casino is overcrowded and others find it difficult to find room to play, you should limit yourself to one machine. From a practical point of view, even in a small crowd, it is wise not to play more machines.

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