A special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination is called Bonus. In the bonus, the player is presented with several items on a screen from which 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.
There is a light on top of the slot machine called Candle. It flashes when change is needed and hand pay is requested.
Carousel refers to a grouping of slot machines, usually in a circle or oval formation.
Coin hopper contains the coins that are immediately available for payouts. It is used to rotate coins into the coin tray when a player collects credits. A coin diverter automatically redirects excess coins into a drop bucket, or drop box when a certain preset coin capacity is reached.
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, a drop bucket is used for low denomination slot machines. 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. There exists a scheduled basis for collecting and counting the contents of drop buckets and drop boxes.
EGM is used as 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.
There is Hopper fill 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 exists to indicate 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.
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.
A straight or zigzagged line that crosses through one symbol on each reel, along which a winning combination is evaluated is called Payline. 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. 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. 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.