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Glossary For Slots:

 

• Carousel - a group of slot machines.
• Hopper - This is where the money is stored inside the machine.
• Low Level - Slot machines you can sit at to play.
• Multi-line - A slot machine with more than one pay line. Slot machines may have several pay lines.
• Max Bet - The maximum amount of coins that you can play per spin. It is of the most importance when playing progressive slots because usually the max bet must be played to qualify for the big jackpot.
• Payback - The percentage of winnings a machine will payout in relation to the amount put in.
• Pay for Play Machines - These are generally one-two-three coins option slot machines with staggered payoffs. The more coins you put the better the payoffs.
• Payline (or Pay Line) - The line at which the symbols must align to win.
• Pay Table - The section of the slot machine which shows the payoffs for each type of winning combination. The pay table will also tell you if there are bonus features and if playing the 'Max Bet' will reward you with a top bonus prize.
• Progressive Slots - A group of slot machines called a Carousel linked together to pay one common big jackpot.
• Progressive Jackpot - The big jackpot that grows progressively as people play. For each spin/hand played the machine adds a small credit to the running jackpot total. Sometimes several machines are linked up together to form a combined large jackpot, and also several casinos may join together to form an inter-casino progressive jackpot that can generate very large sums.
• Reels - The rotating narrow barrels on which the symbols appear. Modern slot machines can have from 3 to 5 reels.
• Stand Up - Slot machines where you play standing up.
• Symbols - The pictures or graphics that line up on the payline to score a win.
• Take/Pay Cycle - Based on the assumption that most slot machines work on cycles, it is when to expect a machine to pay out following a certain amount of coins fed into it.
• Tilt - When a machine stops operation, usually following a malfunction.
• Wild Symbol - This is like a joker and will act as 'the desired' symbol to make up a winning combination on the payline.

Video Poker

• Boat - Another name for a full house.
• Catching Cards - Getting favorable cards.
• Cowboys - Kings.
• Fishhooks - Jacks.
• Flush - Five cards of the same suit.
• Four of a Kind - Four cards of the same rank.
• Full House - A hand consisting of three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank.
• Joker - (Also, Wild Card) A card that can be labelled whatever suit and rank the possessor wishes to.
• Ladies - Queens.
• Max Bet - The maximum amount of coins that you can play per spin. It is of the most importance when playing progressive slots because usually the max bet must be played to qualify for the big jackpot.
• Progressive Jackpot - The big jackpot that grows progressively as people play. For each spin/hand played the machine adds a small credit to the running jackpot total. Sometimes several machines are linked up together to form a combined large jackpot, and also several casinos may join together to form an inter-casino progressive jackpot that can generate very large sums.
• Quads - Four of a kind.
• Rainbow - Three or four cards of different suits.
• Royal Straight Flush - An ace high straight flush. Also called a Royal Flush, or simply a Royal.
• Straight - Five cards of consecutive ranks or in sequence.
• Straight Flush - A hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks and of the same suit.
• Suit - Any one of the four types of cards: clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades.
• Trips - Three of a kind.


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