Slots Variations at Online Casinos

CLASSIC SLOTS GAMES

Most online casinos will have a classic slots section. These slots are the simplest form of slot game you can play online. They are very much like the original land based slot machines with three mechanical reels and a single payline.

Bet one, two or three coins and match the symbols to the paytable to win cash. Very simple and very popular.

MULTI LINE CLASSIC SLOTS

Three reel classic slots based on the original slots machines but with more than 1 payline. Classic slots generally have a single payline horizontally across the centre of all three reels.

Multi line slots still have three mechanical style reels. They often allow you to bet up to 5 coins and in addition to the payline across the centre of the reels they also have 4 other paylines to allow for bigger wins.

MEGA SPIN / MULTI SPIN SLOTS

Playtech and Microgaming offer a variation of the classic 3 reel slots games. These are known as multi game or multi spin slots. Microgaming Mega Spin slots are a simple classic slot but multiple machines. You have the choice of playing 6 or 9 games at once.

At the best Playtech casinos you have Multi Spin slots. Like multi hand video poker, you spin the first reel and see what you get. You can then choose to hold none, 1 or more reels. you then spin again and the remaining reels will spin. You have the choice of 3, 5 or 10 reels to spin.

VIDEO SLOTS

Video Slots are the new breed and have quickly become the most popular casino games on the internet. Not only available in online casinos you can also play them whilst enjoying online bingo or poker.

There are so many varieties of online video slots and here we will give a brief overview.

Generally video slots are 5 reel games with multiple paylines. Earlier versions started with 9 paylines and multiple coin bets. The graphics are much better quality than classic slots and these games often offer great sound effects and music. The 9 paylines soon increased and now you can get varieties offering 15, 20, 25, 30 and 50 paylines. You bet a number of coins per line and then choose how many lines you want to play. Your total stake per spin is then number of coins times the nummber of lines.

Video slots nearly always have special symbols such as wild, scatter and bonus. These allow you to win more money. For example 3 scatter symbols anywher on the reels will often win you extra free spins. 3 bonus symbols on an active payline will gain you entry to a bonus round of either skill or chance.

The very latest video slots such as Iron Man 2 offer free spins, bonus games, multiple paylines, wild symbols and great movie style graphics. There is also a new feature known as "stacked" symbols. These are often wild and make the whole reel a big single wild symbol which dramatically increases your winnings.

New video slot versions include the "All Ways Wins" video slot. These slot games do not have the traditional fixed paylines but instead offer winning combinations of symbols on any adjacent reel/symbol. This leads to the new 243 WAYS video slot, such as Lord Of The Rings.

PROGRESSIVE SLOTS

A lot of online casino slots players enjoy the buzz of progressive slots.

Progressive slots are much the same as the regular slots we talk about above. They come in classic and video slots varieties. You can have multi reel and multi payline versions.

The difference is that every time you spin the reels a small amount of your stake goes into a jackpot fund. This jackpot fund increases with every spin made by any player that is playing that game. The fund also spans across many casinos that offer the same game. This means that the jackpot fund can rise to millions of euros.

A progressive slot will payout from the jackpot fund to players that hit certain criteria. There will be certain symbol combinations that will trigger the jackpot, and once triggered you will be paid out according to the number of lines and the bet per line that you are making.

When playing progressives it is therefore best to always play on max bet, that is all lines with maximum number of coins. This way if you hit the jackpot you will get all of the progressive jackpot fund. Progressives can be quite expensive t play this way, but the reward of the jackpot is huge.

All the big slots jackpot winners there have ever been has been acheived playing max bet on a progressive slot machine game.