Online Slot Machines
Online slot machines are wildly different than classic slot machines in many ways:
1. For one thing, there’s no handle to pull, as there are no actual physically reels to pull. Know that all online slots machines are actually video slots.
2. Another reason that online slot machines are so popular is due to the bonuses that they offer players. During a bonus round, a player is eligible to win extra credits by undergoing a series of new tasks and / or challenges.
3. There’s the potential to hit larger jackpots, especially when you consider progressive jackpots.
4. The variety of online slot machines is impressive. The online slot machines can realistically emulate the traditional 3-reel machines along with offering a plethora of 5, 7 and beyond-reel machines. Winning combinations become virtually endless, due not only to number of reels, but also because of the various number of payout lines and coin denominations you can choose.
Another reason why online slots rock is because of the immense variety of different themes that players can hook into. If you’re a fan of Marvel comics, there’s a slot for that, and if you love ancient Egyptian culture, you can find Cleopatra slots out there as well.
Let’s look at 5-reel online slot machines, probably the most popular variety of them all:
A 5-reel online slot machine has 5 rotating reels that randomly shows symbols in a grid arranged in rows and columns. Of course, the rotating effect is just that, a visual effect. Hopefully, the arrangement of symbols when they land will hit a winning combination.
A 7-reel online slot machine is similar, but instead of 5 reels as above, it features 7 reels. And so on.
Regardless the number of reels that an online slot machine might have, there are several varieties:
Progressives
Progressives are all connected to one central network, which can be restricted to that particular casino, or could include a number of different casinos. A small portion of every player’s wager goes into one large, ever-accumulating jackpot until someone hits the right combination to win the pot. If no one has won the jackpot in the while, it can reach in the millions of dollars. As a real-world example, in the 2nd quarter of 2009, a man won $8.6 million playing a progressive online slot machine, Mega Moolah, at the Riverbelle Casino.
Mega Moolah is a perfect segue to my next point. If you’ve ever seen The Lion King, the characters and ambiance of Mega Moolah will already be familiar to you. Many of the video slots are theme-specific, and there’s something for everyone. Wheel of Chance is a knockoff of television’s Wheel of Fortune, and you’ll find that Baywatch and Deal Or No Deal has gotten the online treatment as well.
Progressive machines are for those that are in it for the long haul, with a healthy bankroll to start off with. The only way to qualify for the big jackpot on most progressives is to play the maximum coins possible. Also know that the odds of hitting the jackpot on one of these machines is around 40,000,000 to 1!
Multiple Payline Slots (als known as multi-line slots)
True to their name, multiple payline slots have multiple paylines. These multiple paylines enable a variety of combinations that could make you a winner – for example, if you choose to play three paylines, if any of those three paylines hit a combination, then you win. However, if you hit a winning combination on another of the paylines that you didn’t select, you won’t win anything.
