Bonus is a special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination. The player can choose from several items shown on a screen. After choosing items a number of credits is revealed and awarded. There are bonuses that use a mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel. It is used in conjunction with the bonus for displaying the amount won.
Candle is a light on top of the slot machine. It alerts the operator that change is needed, hand pay is requested or there is a potential problem with the machine.
The term carousel is used to denote a grouping of slot machines, usually in a circle or oval formation.
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. There is a coin diverter used for redirecting 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 a container located in a slot machine's base where excess coins are diverted from the hopper. It is generally used 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 contents of drop buckets and drop boxes are collected and counted by the casino on a scheduled basis.
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. 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. At the level where the operator must begin to deduct taxes the maximum amount is set. 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 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.
Low Level or Slant Top slot machines are equipped with a stool for you to sit and play. Stand Up or Upright slot machines are played while standing.
A payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game is called Optimal play.
The term Payline is used to denote 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.
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. This occurs if the coin hopper has been depleted as a result of making earlier payouts to players. The remaining amount due to the player is either paid as a hand pay or an attendant will come and re-fill the machine.
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.