Five-reels: A slot machine terminology for a game with five-reels that spins vertically.
Fixed Jackpot: A jackpot that gives a fixed amount when you win.
Fixed Value Slots: When a player is unable to alter the coin size or bet amount of a slot machine is called fixed value slots.
Free Play:Slot machine term for a chance to play a free slot game to win real money.
Free Spins: A slot game feature that allows bettors/wagers to spin for free
Free to Play: A scenario where the punters/players play the slot game without spending cash or credits.
Fruit Machine: A fruit theme-based slot machine game OR a slot game that has fruit symbols
Fill: A slot game type of drawing a card to complete a 5-card hand in video poker.
Five-liner: A five-liner is a slot machine with 3 reels that offers players the opportunity to win on up to five different payout lines.
Gamble:As per the slot machine terminology, it is a term for betting money or something valuable on a predicted outcome of an event with the hope of winning.
Games per Hour:The number of games a player can play in one hour.
Hammer a Machine: A slang term mainly used when a punter plays a specific slot game for a long time.
High Volatility: When the difference between maximum winning and minimum winning is higher than the average difference.
Hold Percentage: The percentage amount taken by the casino from the bettors/wagers money.
Hot Machine: A slang term for a slot game machine with a higher probability of paying out.
Hot Slots: A slang term for slots that have a higher probability of paying out.
Hopper: This feature allows players to hold one or more reels while spinning the others, in an effort to improve their results and increase the chances of a winning combination.
Icons: Slot machine term for symbols in the slot game.
Instant Winner: A jackpot that pays the winning amount instantly rather than the jackpot that pays over a specific period of time.
Jackpot: A known slot machine term for the top winning prize in a slot game
Lever: An arm attached to the right side of the slot machine, which is used to spin the reels by the bettors.
Line: Also known as payline and money line in slot machine lingo, It is a combination of symbols to form a winning combination.
Line Bet: The slot machine’s active payline.
Loose Slot: Loose slot is a slang term for slots that assume to pay high rewards.
Low Volatility: A feature of slot machine payout frequency. In low volatility, the slot machine pays more often, but the payout reward is low. The risk factor is lower in low volatility.
Linked Progressive slots: A slot machine terminology used for two or more slot machines which has its progressive jackpot linked together.
Maximum Bet: The highest amount a bettor can bet in a slot game.
Mechanical Slots: A mechanically configured slot machine available in casinos where players/punters visit and play slot games.
Mega Bucks: According to the slot glossary, it is a traditional three-reel slot machine with a single pay line. In Megabuck, punters can bet $3 to win a progressive jackpot. The $3 bet is the maximum bet amount the megabuck accepts from the bettors.
Mega Ways: A slot machine design with 117,649 ways to form a winning combination.
Minimum Bet: Minimum amount a punter can bet.
Mobile Slots: Slot games available on mobile phones are called mobile slots.
Multi-line Bonus Slot Machine: A video slot machine with at least one bonus feature and more than one payline.
Multi-line Slots: Slot machines with more than one pay-line are called multi-line slots.
Multiplier: A bonus feature in slot games that allows the punters to multiply their winnings.
Multi-way: A video slot machine with multiple ways of forming a winning combination.
Near Miss: A slang term that means a winning combination lands almost on the payline.
Nudge: A feature that allowed the punters to move the reels up or down one more position to make a winning combination.
One Arm Bandit: A slang term slot players often use for slot machines (slot machines with levers).
One-liner: A slot game type with a single payline. In a one-liner slot game, players must line up three symbols to make a winning combination.
Onesies: A slang term slot player uses to bully or describe another slot player who spent one credit at a time.
Online Slots: Slot games are available online as video slots.
Payback Percentage : The percentage of money the slot machine returned to the bettors in the specific period as per slot machine terminology.
Pay line: Pay line is a number of active patterns in the reels. The punter wins if the symbols make a winning combination on the pay line.
Pay Table: A pay table indicates the winning combinations and their values for the player’s understanding.
Payout: The amount punters can receive after winning in slot games is called payout. It is in the form of credit, redeemable tickets, or coins.
Payout Percentage: The payout percentage is the money a slot machine pays as winnings to the players in a particular time frame.
Penny Slots: A slot game type that allows betters to bet with a minimum of 1 cent.
Pick Me: Pick Me is a type of bonus feature that allows players to choose from different options to receive special bonuses or multiplier symbols.
Pookies: A slang slot machine term that Australian people use for slot machines.
Primary Jackpot: The primary jackpot shows the highest amount of money a punter can win on a particular slot machine.
Progressive Jackpot: A jackpot prize that keeps increasing after every game if a player doesn’t win.
Progressive Slot Machine: A slot machine that increases the prize money until the player wins.
Random Number Generated (RNG): A software that generates random/unpredictable numbers in all slot game types.
Return to Player (RTP): A percentage amount of the total betted money returned to the players as winning is called RTP.
Rows : A slot machine term for an arrangement of slot game symbols in a horizontal line called a row.
Scatter: Scatter is a symbol in the slot game phase that lands anywhere on the slot machine and still makes a winning combination.
Scatter Pay: Scatter pay is a feature in the slot game. A slot game with a scatter pay feature pays out cash even if the symbols don’t match.
Select Lines: In a particular slot game, the number of payline selected are called select lines.
Short Pay:Sometimes the slot game machine pays less than the amount of winning because the winning amount is higher than the slot machine’s payout limit, which varies from casino to casino.
Short Win : A slot machine slang or term that means a player wins a jackpot in a short gameplay.
Skill Bonus: According to the slots terminology, it is a slot game bonus feature based on the bettor’s betting skills.
Skill Stop: A feature that allows the slot players to stop the spinning reels anytime.
Slant Top: Also known as low level. The slant-top slot machine has a stool for the players. So, they can relax or sit while playing slot games.
Slot Host: A person who welcomes and assists slot players.
Slot Talk: A slot machine lingo that means a discussion between slot players about slot machines or slot games.
Slot Testing: An evaluation process of particular online slot platforms to find the percentage return to the player.
Slot Tournament: A competition between online slot game participants for specific prize pools.
Slot Type: A type of slot game terminology that slot players can choose based on their preferences.
Slots: A type of casino game that has multiple symbols and spinning reels.
Slots Drop: Slots drop is an amount of coins and credits in the slot machine drop box or bucket.
Slots Hold: The amount or percentage of money the slot machine holds or does not pay back.
Sound of Rain: A slot machine phrase for the sound of dropping coins when the player wins.
Spin: Players pull the lever or press the spin button to spin the slot game’s reels.
Stacked Symbol: Symbols of slot games take more space in the reels to form a winning combination.
Stacked Wilds : A slot machine lingo for wild symbols that land on top of one another in each game.
Streaky Slots: A slang for slot machines that are popular for having cold and hot moments.
Symbol: Icons or illustrations shown in a slot game reel.
Taste: Players receive a payout of a nominal/small amount in return for the encouragement in a slot game. It is a slang used by the bettors.
Three-reel: A slot game that features three-reels only.
Tight Slots: A slot machine term for offering a frequently less payout than other slot machines.
TITO (Ticket In Ticket Out): A modern slot machine technology provides a barcode-printed ticket to punters as their payout.
Total Bet: The amount of money a bettor spent on a slot game at a go.
Trail: A slot game feature that requires unlocking levels to win the final prize.
Two-reel: A traditional slot game that has two reels only.
Video Slots: Slot games in the form of computerized video games.
Virtual Reels : Playing slot gaming on slot machines using an emerging technology, where the outcomes are much more than traditional slot games.
Wager: Money bet on a casino or slot game.
Wager Management: A method for managing the slot player’s bankroll.
Volatility: The amount of risk associated with a slot game.
Wild Multiplier: A multiplier value attached to the wild symbol.
Wild Symbol : A famous slot machine term for a symbol that substitutes with other symbols to form a winning combination except for scatter symbols.
Win Both Ways: Slot games that form a winning combination from both ways: left to right and right to left.
Winning Combination : Combination of symbols that trigger a win in slot games in a slot machine.
Zig-Zag : A slot machine lingo for a zig-zag pattern is a winning combination formed on a multi-line slot game.