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Slot Machines - 4 - Types of Machines-Slot Display-Payout Display- Credits Paid Display 
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Types of Machines
There are basically two types of slot machines. The first type, the Straight Slots., pays winning combinations according to the schedule listed on the machine itself. These payoffs never vary. The second type, the progressive, features a jackpot that gets progressively larger as every coin is played. This jackpot total is posted above the machine and can accumulate to enormous sums of money.
Slot Display
There are various displays on the machine that give you information about what is happening on your machine. We’ll take a brief look at some of the more relevant ones.
Payout Display
This is the most important display on the machine because it shows you what combinations are needed to have a winning spin and how much each of these winners will pay. On a straight slot machine, all winning amounts will be posted on the display itself.
These are typically expressed in number of coins to be won as opposed to dollar amounts. (Now and then, some displays will give you a dollar amount that can be won for a specific combination.)
For example, a winning combination might show a payment of 50 coins or 100 coins.
On progressive machines, "Progressive" might be indicated next to the payout for the big jackpot hand. That progressive jackpot total won't be posted on the machine itself but on a lighted display above the bank of machines. You'll notice that the progressive jackpot amount constantly rises when machines in a bank of progressive slots are getting heavy play.
Credits Played Display
The Credits Played or Coins Played display shows how many coins are being wagered on the current spin. If three coins are played, the display would indicate the number "3" in the area provided.
The Credits indicator shows how many credits you, have accumulated either through winning spins or through money entered into the machine. For example, placing a $20 bill into a 25~ ma- chine will enter eighty 25~ credits into your account. The indicator in Credits will display the number "80." Playing the PLAY ONE CREDIT or PLAY MAX CREDITS but- ton will automatically deduct one credit in the first case, or the max credit amount, whatever that might be on the particular machine being played, from your credits. You can use your credits by either playing them through until the total is down to 0 (which means you've lost them all!), or hitting the CASH OUT button, which will convert credit into actual coins and send them tumbling into the well below. Be prepared for lots of noise when the coins start dropping. But that's part of the fun!
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Slot Machines - 3 - Wild Symbols Rate It [ 0.00 / 0 Votes ]
Some machines designate a particular symbol as “wild”. The wild symbol can be used as any symbol on the machines to create a winning combination.
For example, BAR BAR WILD might payout for three bars, and LEMON WILD LEMON and 77 WILD might give you winning combinations as well, to be paid according to the payout schedule on the front of the machine.
Some machines use symbols to multiply a payout line. For example, the diamond on IGT's Double Diamond machine, when lined up to form a winning combination, will double the payout. Two diamonds are even better. They will double each other for four times the payout.
You'll sometimes see a winning combination noted as ANY BAR. What this means is that anyone of the single, double or triple bar symbols on the reels can work as a paying symbol for the combination listed. Thus, you might have CHERRY CHERRY ANY BAR as the three symbols needed for a winner.
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