Slots Lingo

Below, you will find a comprehensive listing of terms frequently associated with playing this very popular casino game.

Arm: The lever attached to to the side of a slot machine that starts the wheels spinning. While not typically used when playing slots online, sometimes you will see them pictured on the slot machine at online casinos. These days, it is a click of the mouse that will get thing going.

Bank: A section of machines that are of the same variation most of the time. This term mostly refers to a section of slot machines at land casinos.

Coin-in: This is the amount of money you have put into the machine. Many online casinos offer bonuses to slot players based on coins waged.

Flat-top: This is a type of slot machine that has a fixed, non-progressive amount as its top pay-out.

Payline: This is the line on which the symbols must line up in order to be considered a winning spin.

Payoff or Pay back: This is your expectation expressed as a percentage for a certain slot machine.

Progressive Jackpot: Besides being what every online casino slot player wants to win, this is the ever-growing sum of money offered on linked slots machines. Almost always, you must be wagering the maximum wager in order to qualify to win this jackpot.