A special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination is called Bonus. The player can choose from several items shown on a screen. A number of credits is revealed and awarded as the player chooses items. A mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel is used by some bonuses. The amount won is displayed with the help of it in conjunction with the bonus.
There is a light on top of the slot machine called Candle. It flashes when change is needed and hand pay is requested.
Slot machines in a circle or oval formation are usually called Carousel.
Coin hopper is a container where the coins that are immediately available for payouts are held. It rotates coins into the coin tray when a player collects credits. When a certain preset coin capacity is reached, a coin diverter automatically redirects excess coins into a drop bucket, or drop box.
To display the amount of money or credits on the machine Credit meter is used.
A a container located in a slot machine's base where excess coins are diverted from the hopper is Drop bucket or Drop box. Typically, a drop bucket is used for low denomination slot machines. A drop box can be found in high denomination slot machines. The difference between a drop box and a drop bucket is a hinged lid with one or more locks. There exists a scheduled basis for collecting and counting the contents of drop buckets and drop boxes.
Electronic Gaming Machine is called EGM.
A payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine is Hand pay. When the amount of the payout exceeds the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator a hand pay occurs. At the level where the operator must begin to deduct taxes the maximum amount is set. A hand pay could also be necessary as a result of a short pay.
A document used to record the replenishments of the coin in the coin hopper after it becomes depleted as a result of making payouts to players is Hopper fill. The are shown with the slip.
A stool is included into Low Level or Slant Top slot machines, so you can sit and play. Stand Up or Upright slot machines are played while standing.
The term Optimal play is used to denote a payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game.
The term Payline means a straight or zigzagged line that crosses through one symbol on each reel, along which a winning combination is evaluated. There are up to nine pay lines in classic spinning reel machines while there can be one hundred pay lines in video slot machines.
The process of dramatizing a win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won is Rollup.
If a partial payout made by a slot machine is less than the amount due to the player it is called Short pay. If the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players the short pay happens. In this case the remaining amount will be paid as a hand pay or an attendant will come and re-fill the machine.
The manufacturer for all slot machines provide them with a document called Theoretical Hold Worksheet. It indicates the theoretical percentage that the slot machine should hold based on adequate levels of coin-in. The reel strip settings, number of coins that may be played, the payout schedule, the number of reels and other information is indicated in the worksheet.
The dollar amount of coins or tokens removed from a slot machine's drop bucket or drop box and counted by the casino's hard count team through the use of a weigh scale is called Weight count.

Know what you are playing.
Always make sure that you insert the correct amount of coins into a machine. Your credits should be cashed out before you leave the machine.
Only if you have fun your gambling won't be stressful. Use money management. Increase your bets when you are winning, and decrease your bets when you are losing.