Bonus is a special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a winning combination. The player is presented with several items on a screen from which to choose. A number of credits is revealed and awarded as the player chooses items. 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.
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.
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. 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.
Credit meter is used for displaying the amount of money or credits on the machine.
Drop bucket or Drop box is used for diverting exess coins from the hopper. 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 contents of drop buckets and drop boxes are collected and counted by the casino on a scheduled basis.
EMG is Electronic Gaming Machine.
A payout made by a slot attendant or cage, rather than the slot machine is Hand pay. 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.
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 is Hopper fill. 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.
Low Level or Slant Top slot machines are equipped with a stool for you to sit and play. You can only stand playing Stand Up or Upright slot machines.
Optimal play is a payback percentage based on a gambler using the optimal strategy in a skill-based slot machine game.
The term Payline means a straight or zigzagged line that crosses through one symbol on each reel, along which a winning combination is evaluated. Up to nine pay lines are contained by classic spinning reel machines and video slot machines contain up to a hundred ones.
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.
If a partial payout made by a slot machine is less than the amount due to the player it 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.