Some Money Making Slot Terms for New Players

We have below a list of slot terms that generally relate to making money or otherwise gaming related. New Players should be interested in these terms since these will generally relate to possible winnings in slots.

Static Jackpot: This term refers to a fixed amount of possible winnings that serves as a jackpot.

Payback Percentage: This term refers to the percentage of the money that a slot machine takes in the form of bets that it gives back to players in the form of winnings. For example, a slot machine with an 80% payback percentage will return $80 for every $100 that was wagered in it.

Payline: These are the lines across the screen that show where the slot machine symbols need to land on to make a hit. Slot machines are classified according to the number of reels and paylines they have.

Payout: This term refers to the amount of cash won by making a hit in a slot machine. There is usually a payout schedule that tells you how much you can win in a game.

Progressive Jackpot: This term refers to a constantly increasing amount of possible winnings that serves as the jackpot. This is the huge jackpot offered by progressive slot machines.

Progressive Slots: These are slot machines that are linked and they cumulatively accumulate small amounts of money into a single progressive jackpot. This is usually the slot machine that advertises a huge six digit jackpot prize.

Stop: This term refers to that section of a reel where the whole thing stops. These stops on the reel display the symbols you see on the screen.

Symbol: These are pictures that you see in the reel. A variety of symbols have been put to use in many different slot machines. Some symbols used are fruits, pyramids, animals etc. The symbols used in particular slot machine usually goes along with the theme of that slot machine.

Tight Slot Machine: This term is usually used for a slot machine that has a low payback percentage. These are slot machines where even if you roll so many times you won't even strike a single hit.

Video Slots: To make things really simple, this term refers to a slot machine that doesn't have mechanical reels. Instead, video slots have video screens that show a picture of spinning reels. All of the online slots you see are in fact video slots if you take into consideration this type of classification.

Loose Slot Machine: This term is the opposite of a tight slot machine. This is a term for a slot machine with a high payback percentage.