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. A number of credits is revealed and awarded as the player chooses items. A mechanical device, such as a spinning wheel is used by some bonuses. 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 when change is needed and hand pay is requested.
Carousel refers to 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. 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.
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. 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.
A payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine is Hand pay. When the amount of the payout exceeds the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine's operator a hand pay occurs. 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. 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.
A stool is included into Low Level or Slant Top slot machines, so you can sit and play. Stand Up or Upright slot machines are played while standing.
Optimal play is 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.
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. An attendant will come and re-fill the machine or the remaining amount will be paid as a hand pay.
The term Theoretical Hold Worksheet. Is used to denote a document provided by the manufacturer for all slot machines. 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.