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The Slots Machine Unraveled
Slots are the most popular gambling machines usually found in
casinos. Charles Frey of San Francisco, California is credited
with designing the first slots machine in 1887. He devised a
machine with three spinning reels containing a total of five
symbols – horseshoes, diamonds, spades, hearts and a Liberty Bell,
which also became the slots machine’s name.
Today, the modern slots game has three or more reels which spin
when a button is pushed. The British also call them as “the Fruit
Machine” and the Australians call them as the “Poker Machine”.
They are also known as “One Arm Bandits” because these were
previously operated via a lever usually located at the right side
of the cabinet. Moreover, slots machines are particularly
notorious for emptying the pockets of their players. Some of the
modern versions of slots still retain the side levers for
posterity in addition to the spin button.
The ultimate objective of the slots machine game is to hit the big
jackpot. This involves matching various symbols with a winning
pattern once the spinning reels stop. In modern machines, the
symbols appear on a video screen. Depending on the theme of the
machine, the symbols may include the traditional fruits and bells
or the more modern characters and icons in popular culture.
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There are several winning patterns or combinations per machine, allowing
players more opportunities to receive payouts. These paytables are usually
posted at the front panel of the slots machine. If the combination on the reel
or screen matches a pattern according to the paytable, the player gets
corresponding cash prizes or sometimes other items of value, like extra games
or other player benefits.
There are many variations of the slots machine. A great example, common in Las
Vegas casinos, is the “Video Poker” machine, which is also the most popular
kind. Players must get symbols corresponding to winning poker hands in order
to win prizes.
The machines that are gaining more popularity nowadays are the Multi-Line
Slots. These have more than one paylines, as opposed to regular reel machines.
Three or five paylines are common while there are some that have up to 9 or
more paylines.
Video slots machines are quite entertaining with impressive graphics and
music, with some based on popular movies or TV shows. Many of these machines
have bonus rounds.
There is a marked difference on how the payouts are calculated between video
slots and reel slots. With the reel slots, a player can only win the maximum
prize or jackpot by playing the maximum number of coins, which usually require
3, 4 or even 5 coins per spin. With video slots, the fixed payout values are
multiplied by the number of coins per line that is being bet.
In other words, on a reel slot, it is to the player's advantage to play with
the maximum number of coins available, while on video slots it is recommended
to play as many individual lines as possible. However, there is no benefit for
the player to bet more than one credit per line when it comes to calculating
the payout amounts.
There are some cases where a video slots machine would require the maximum
number of game credits per spin to win the largest payout, but those are the
exceptions rather than the rule. At any rate, a slots machine is more enjoyed
by many for the fun of it rather than for the hope for a huge windfall.
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