Types of slots
No matter what design or number of reels there are in a slot machine, there are basically two variations of slots games: straight and progressive. There are different variations of these two, but generally these are two types that you will find in any casino, be it online or in real world. The main difference between straight and progressive slots is the way the jackpot is calculated.
Progressive slot machines have a constantly increasing amount of jackpot, which results from the number of coins you have played. In case you are playing a linked slot machine, the amount of jackpot is comprised of the over number of coins played in the entire network (and there can be hundreds of machines there). The amounts of jackpot you can win playing progressive slots are impressive. On the other hand, the chances of you hitting the jackpot are very low, because there are many players in the same network competing for the prize.
Straight slots in that sense are much simper. You play all by yourself and the sum of jackpot is predetermined by the machine. Your chances of winning are fairly high if compared to progressive slots, but the jackpot itself is very low. |
