A special feature of the particular game theme activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination is Bonus. The player can choose from several items shown on a screen. After choosing items a number of credits is revealed and awarded. A mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel is used by some bonuses. It works in conjunction with the bonus to display the amount won.
A light on top of the slot machine is Candle. It flashes when change is needed and hand pay is requested.
The term carousel is used to denote a grouping of slot machines, usually in a circle or oval formation.
Coin hopper is a container where the coins that are immediately available for payouts are held. When a player collects credits this mechanical device rotates coins into the coin tray. 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.
There is a container located in a slot machine's base that is used to divert excess coins. A drop bucket can usually be found in low denomination slot machines. And a drop box is used for high denomination slot machines. 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 casino collects and counts the contents of drop buckets and drop boxes.
Electronic Gaming Machine is called EGM.
The term Hand pay means a payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine. When the amount of the payout exceeds the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator a hand pay occurs. Usually, 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 slip is 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. The slip 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. You will have to stand while playing Stand Up or Upright slot machines.
A payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game is called Optimal play.
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.
The term Rollup is used to mean the process of dramatizing a win by playing sounds while the meters count up to the amount that has been won.
The term Short pay is used to mean a partial payout made by a slot machine, which is less than the amount due to the player is called Short pay. It can happen if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. An attendant will come and re-fill the machine or the remaining amount will be paid as a hand pay.
A document provided by the manufacturer for all slot machines is 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.