REEL GOOD ADVICE

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:58:54 +0000

Keep in mind that nudge symbols are just a psychological gimmick. You
may think you are getting a second chance, but the internal microprocessor had already determined the final position of the reels before they even started spinning.

Scatter Symbols
When certain symbols appear anywhere on the screen of a video game, a payout can occur. These scatter symbols do not have to be lined up on any payline, but there usually needs to be at least three of them showing. Also try the best video slots online.

Spin Till Win Symbols
When this symbol appears on a payline, the reels will respin by themselves and keep respinning until they stop on a winning combination. Which winning combination you end up with is an entirely random process.

Repeat the Win
Although there is no particular symbol involved, some machines will sometimes respin the reels after a win to repeat that win. Whether or not this occurs is supposed to be randomly determined.

Any Bar (on Paytable)
Many machines have single-, double-, and triple-bar symbols with separate payouts for each type. The Any Bar designation on the paytable means that, on a three-reel machine, you get a payoff for any mix of three bars, regardless of type.

Any Symbol (on Paytable)
This is similar to the Any Bar designation on the paytable, except that you will win with any mix of symbols, so long as there is no blank under the payline.

DID YOU KNOW…?

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:56:33 +0000

“Five Times Pay” and “Ten Times Pay” are machines with 5X and IOX multipliers. These multipliers operate on the same principle as doubling symbols. For example, if two iox symbols appear on the same payline, the amount of the payout is multiplied by 100!

Nudge Symbols

How many times have you been rankled because a payoff symbol appeared just above or below the payline? When you play free slots, you probably can’t count the times when the reels came to rest with two bars on the payline and the third bar just one stop above or below the payline. Exasperating, isn’t it?
Not missing a bet, some machines now have certain symbols that are nudged to the payline after the reels stop spinning.

The best example is “Double Diamond Deluxe,” which is a three-reel machine with Diamond-Bar nudge symbols. When the reels stop and a Diamond-Bar appears just above or below the payline, that reel will move one stop up or down, depending on which way the point of the diamond is facing. Since the diamond is superimposed over one, two, or three bars, this nudge symbol will complete a row of bars. Another example is the “Balloon Bars” game, in which a hot air balloon will float up to the payline if it landed one stop below.