General Slot Features

For many people who have developed an inclination towards playing the game of slots recently, it might seem to be difficult to learn slots, however it is one of the easiest games out there. The popularity of slots can be attributed to many factors, but most of it is due to the fact that they are the simplest machine games which can be easily learned and secondly they have a great variety of themes which makes them interesting for the players, with each slot being different from the other.
The following are few of the features of slots discussed in little details:

1. Wild Symbol
This is a favourite symbol amongst players as it plays a significant role in winning a game because of its feature of replacing many of the other symbols that might appear on a payline. The details of the payouts and the symbols that a wild symbol can replace can be found on the paytable; usually all symbols except the trigger and the scatter are replaced by the wild symbol.

2. Scatter Symbol
The greatest feature of the scatter symbol is that it need not appear on an active payline on a slot machine, ie it can be ‘scattered’ anywhere across the reels. The player just has to spin the required number (generally two or more, but it varies by machine) on the screen and the payout can be claimed without worrying about the activated play lines on the slot but the increased number of activated play lines raises the chances of winning.

3. Free Spins
If you initiate the free spins feature, you don’t need to worry about paying for the next few rounds - the reels will spin for a pre-determined number of times for free. This feature is triggered by a particular combination of symbols and the free spins are played at the level at which the coins were set when it was triggered.

4. Bonus Games
One of the most popular features is the bonus game in slot machines as it is the most intricately-designed aspect of slots. It completely embodies the theme upon which it has the slots have been designed, for instance if a slot has football as its theme, the bonus game might be based on a football ground where the player has to kick the ball in the net to earn points.

The triggers for bonus games might just be a combination of bonus symbols or any other symbols that appear on the play line. But sometimes the bonus games might be triggered randomly.