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Types of Slots

There are 3 main types of slots games: basic slots (or the flat top slot machine), (progressive slots with accumulating jackpots), and video slots.

Effectively all online slot machines are video slots as this terminology originated from the huge slots halls of Las Vegas, (in the likes of The Bellagio, The Venetian and The Luxor), so we can effectively discard Video Slots as a category. Within these groups, there is a rich choice of multiple payline and multiple reel combinations just to add a bit of fun and complexity.

For an easy guide to the world of online slots- read on!

3 Reel Slots, Straight Slot Machines or Basic Slots
If a slot machine has a fixed jackpot that doesn't change with the amount of cash that is money played through it, it's a basic slot. Ther are many types of different rell combinations, but the important thing to remember is that these slots offer smaller but more frequent payout, perfect if you like to play for long periods on a limited bankroll.

The classic basic slot has a single payline running across the middle of three reels. Slot machine with additional paylines have a set of symbols above or below the center payline as another possibility for hitting a win. (So for example if 3 cherries don't come up on the centre but do line up on the sykbols above the normal payline, you can still win. Most multiple payline slots activate an additional payline for each additional coin you load into the slots machine. A punter who plays the maximum coinage will have all of the paylines in play.

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Progressive Slots
These machine have accumulating or progressive jackpots that are fueled by the amount of money that is going through the machine, often across hundreds of players playing in hundreds of casinos- the jackpot on progressive slots goes up and up until someone wins the big one, at which point it drops back down again. Progressive slots will show the current available jackpot number in large numbers at the top of the machine. This jackpot is usually building as you play, as people play the same game across a network of machines and pay in to a expanding jackpot. You'll need to play the maximum coins to be in with a shout of winning the big jackpots at progressives, which can run into millions of pounds.