A special feature of the particular game theme activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination is Bonus. Several items on the screen are presented to the player to choose. A number of credits is revealed and awarded to the player when items are chosen. There are bonuses that use a mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel. The amount won is displayed with the help of it in conjunction with the bonus.
Candle is a light on top of the slot machine. It flashes to alert the operator that change is needed, hand pay is requested or a potential problem with the machine.
Slot machines in a circle or oval formation are usually called Carousel.
A container where the coins that are immediately available for payouts are held is coin hopper. It is used to rotate 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.
Credit meter is a visual display of the amount of money or credits on the machine.
A a container located in a slot machine's base where excess coins are diverted from the hopper is Drop bucket or Drop box. It is generally used in 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. The casino collects and counts the contents of drop buckets and drop boxes.
EGM is a short-hand for Electronic Gaming Machine.
To denote a payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine the term Hand pay is used. 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 short pay can also result in a and pay.
Hopper fill is a document used for recording the replenishments of the coin in the coin hopper after it becomes depleted as a result of making payouts to players. 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.
Playing Low Level or Slant Top slot machines you can sit as they have a stool. Stand Up or Upright slot machines are played while standing.
The term Optimal play means a payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game.
Payline is 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.
Rollup is the process of dramatizing a win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.
A partial payout made by a slot machine, which is less than the amount due to the player is called Short pay. This occurs if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. Then the remaining amount is paid as a hand pay or the machine is re-filled by an attendant.
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.