Slots
13 terms in this category
Buy Bonus — feature letting you pay a fixed cost (50–100x stake) to enter the bonus round/free spins without waiting…
Cluster Pays — payout system where wins are formed by 5+ matching symbols touching each other, instead of paylines. Popular…
Hit frequency — % of slot spins that produce a win (any size). 25% means a win on 1 in…
Hold and Win — popular mechanic where bonus symbols stick on reels and only empty positions respin. Usually 3 respins,…
Megaways — Big Time Gaming mechanic where each reel can show 2 to 7 symbols, generating up to 117,649 ways…
RTP (Return To Player) — the percentage of wagered money a slot returns to players over time. RTP of 96%…
Scatter — a symbol that pays out regardless of position on reels. Usually 3 or more Scatters trigger bonus features…
Sticky Wild — wild symbol that stays on reels for multiple spins. Often activated in free spins. Boosts chance for…
Wild — a symbol that substitutes for others to form winning combinations (except Scatter). Variants: standard, expanding, sticky, walking.
Reel — a vertical strip of symbols that spins each round. Standard slot has 5 reels × 3 rows. Megaways…
Bonus game — a special mode with enhanced payouts, triggered by Scatter or trigger symbols. Types: pick-and-click, free spins, wheel…
Volatility (variance) — how often and how large a slot pays out. Low: frequent small wins. High: rare big wins.…
Paylines — fixed paths across reels where matching symbols form a win. Classic slots: 1–25 lines; modern: 243 or 1024…