Slot Machine Types

Let's describe main types of online slot machines.

If you are passionate about playing slots then you certainly need to know more about slot variations. Learning about the variations will help you to select a slot game of preference or a slot game that suits your style of play. There are several online slot variations available and these include – classic slots, exclusive slots, bonus slots, and progressive slots.

Classic Slots

Classic slots are slot games that consist of 3-reel and a single or 3 paylines. This variation offers standard symbols such as the cherry, 3-bar, 2-bar, 1-bar symbols. Classic slots are also known as fruit machines and these where the first casino slots made available. 

Exclusive Slots

Exclusive slots is a variation of slots offering multi-paylines, multi-reels as well as a wide range of slot gaming features. 3D slots are also categorized as exclusive slots offering a wide range of payways. Exclusive slots are more similar to bonus slots but the only difference is that you can find an exclusive slot not offering any bonus round. 

Bonus Slots

Bonus slots are slot games that offer bonus rounds. Many slot games nowadays now offer free spins at which this is now the norm of a bonus round offered by a slot game and it is no longer classed as a bonus round. However, bonus slots can include various bonus rounds that can be activated making use of bonus symbols and the free spin bonus round can also be included in the bonus slots variation. But, the major difference of bonus slots when compared to all other slots is that it makes use of bonus symbols that are used to activate each bonus round during game play. 

Progressive slots

Progressive slots are slot games that offer progressive jackpots. A progressive slot is a network of slots connected together and the jackpot is interlinked at which the jackpot price increases gradually as players wager on each of the networked/interlinked slots. For each dollar wagered, a certain percentage is added to the progressive jackpot and the jackpot price is seen to increase every second as players keep playing the networked slots. 

However, progressive jackpots can be offered by all other variations and some slot software manufacturers such as Realtime Gaming offer random progressive jackpots on most of their slot games and very soon we may get to see each slot game offering a random progressive jackpot at which it will soon become a norm in each slot game.