Bonus is a special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination. Several items on the screen are presented to the player to choose. After choosing items a number of credits is revealed and awarded. There are bonuses that use a mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel. To display the amount won it works in conjunction with the bonus.
A light on top of the slot machine is Candle. It alerts the operator that change is needed, hand pay is requested or there is a potential problem with the machine.
A grouping of slot machines, usually in a circle or oval formation are called Carousel.
A container where the coins that are immediately available for payouts are held is coin hopper. 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.
Drop bucket or Drop box is used for diverting exess coins from the hopper. Typically low denomination slot machines use a drop bucket. As for high denomination slot machines they use a drop box. There is a hinged lid with one or more locks in a drop box and there ais no such lid in a drop bucket. The contents of drop buckets and drop boxes are collected and counted by the casino on a scheduled basis.
EGM is a short-hand for Electronic Gaming Machine.
The term Hand pay means a payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine. A hand pay occurs when the amount of the payout is more than the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator. The maximum amount is set at the level where the operator must begin to deduct taxes. 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. There is the slip that indicates the amount of coins placed into the hoppers, the signatures of the employees involved in the transaction, the slot machine number and the location and the date.
Low Level or Slant Top slot machines are equipped with a stool for you to sit and play. Playing Stand Up or Upright slot machines you won't be able to sit.
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. Up to nine pay lines are contained by classic spinning reel machines and video slot machines contain up to a hundred ones.
Rollup is the process of dramatizing a win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.
If a partial payout made by a slot machine is less than the amount due to the player it is called Short pay. This occurs if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. 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. The theoretical percentage that the slot machine should hold based on adequate levels of coin-in is idicated in it. 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.
Weight count is an American term, referring to 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.