Slot machine game is a popular casino game. It is popular with the casino goers, tourists and visitors who come to Las Vegas, Atlantic City or Monte Carlo. In the casinos, slot machine games are always installed. Slot machine games have gained popularity not only among casino goers but it is also preferred by the customers in other places. Slot machine games attract a large number of people especially those who love to play casino games and do not have time to visit any land-based casinos.
Slot machine, by name one-eyed jackpot, popularly called in Great Britain as the fruit machine, casino machine, gambling device, operated by dropping one or many coins or currency into an open slot and pulling a handle, or pushing a key to activate one or many reels, marked in vertical lines by varying colored dots on reels, to produce an outcome like jackpot, winning ticket and losing ticket. Jackpot in slots is the amount that is multiplied when a player wins. There are various types of casino slot machines available in casinos; progressive slots, direct slots, combo machines, progressive slots with spin and direct slots without spin.
Progressive slots are the best known ones in UK and they are also known as the double-sided slots, because while playing in a progressive slots you get to switch your bets from regular to progressive mode so that when the jackpot prize is won; your winnings will be doubled. The odds of winning in a progressive slots are comparatively better than the normal slots. They have better chances of winning the jackpot prizes.
Some of the casinos keep two kinds of slots, the ordinary slots and the progressive slots. In some of the casinos there are combinations of the two, for example, in the Shar Pei casino there is a progressive slot machine for roulette, blackjack and craps. The slot machine odds of these kinds of casinos are same. Slots are categorized into four types: video slots, crane, magnetic reels and video magnetic reels. Video slots have the best slot machine odds in UK.
A video slot machine is a device that produces a sound, image or light at the time it is operated and when a player wants to play a game, he clicks his fingers on a particular machine and this creates a reaction in the machine which produces an action like dropping a coin. If this particular machine has a maximum credits bet, then it attracts more players to play. When the player wins, he gets maximum credits and this increases his winnings. The slot machine game in UK comprises of spins, and the main feature of this type of game is that the player has to wait for the machine to stop and count the spins and if the machine stops for more than a few seconds then the game is a complete loss.
It is important to understand the payout percentages and the parable of UK slot machines. The payout percentages refer to the percentage of each bet you will receive. It is possible to get a lower payable for the same bet as you can get higher odds. UK casino sites offer different paytable for different game varieties.