These terms describe the classic 3-reel games on Slothill. Awards are entertainment credits, not cash.
Payline
The line across the three reels where a win is scored. Every Slothill game uses one payline. A paying combination has to land on that line. See it on Lucky Seven.
Reel strip
The ordered list of symbols a reel can stop on, including blanks. The server picks a stop on each reel’s strip. Symbols are not equally likely: a jackpot symbol appears fewer times than a blank or a bar. Live Wire is a clear example, with rare bolts and many blanks.
Blank
A stop that pays nothing by itself. Blanks are why many spins miss. They are part of the strip, not a malfunction.
Wild
A symbol that stands in for other symbols to complete a line. On most Slothill games the wild also multiplies that win. The diamond on Triple Diamond is a 3× wild. The Ten on Ten Times Pay is a 10× wild.
Any bar
A pay that accepts a mix of single, double, and triple bars instead of three identical bars. It usually pays less than three matching bars. The paytable on Triple Peppers shows both.
Max-coin bonus
A larger award that appears only when you bet the maximum. Lower bets on the same symbols pay less per coin, or sometimes nothing. Blazing 7s is built around this: some seven combinations stay at zero until you raise the coin.
Jackpot
The top fixed credit award on that game’s paytable. Slothill jackpots do not grow. They are not linked to other machines. Three wilds at max bet on Ten Times Pay pay 25,000 credits, every time that line hits.
Hit frequency
How often any paying line shows up, including a small bar pay. A game can hit often and still return fewer credits if those hits are small. Frequency is not the same as how much a machine pays back over time. Slot tips separates the two.
RNG
The random number generator that chooses each reel stop when you press Spin. The next spin does not remember the last one. Nothing is “due.” Read how a spin is chosen.
Bonus
An extra feature that starts after certain symbols land, such as a pick screen or a wheel. Slothill’s 3-reel games do not use that kind of bonus round. The extra value is on the payline: a wild multiplier or a higher award at max bet.
Credit meter
The number that shows how many play credits you have. On Slothill it is the Credits counter on the cabinet. It goes down by your bet and up by a win. Those credits are not money.
Rollup
The count-up after a win, when the paid amount ticks onto the meter instead of jumping there at once. It is presentation. The award is already decided when the reels stop.
EGM
Short for electronic gaming machine: a slot whose result comes from software rather than spinning mechanical reels by themselves. Every Slothill game is this kind of machine, running in the browser.
Optimal play
On a skill game, the return you get only if you play the best strategy. Slothill slots have no decisions after you choose a bet. Pressing Spin is the whole play, so there is no optimal strategy to learn.
Tilt
On old cabinets, a switch that stopped the game if the machine was shaken or a door was open. People still say “tilt” for any fault that halts play. A normal miss on Slothill is not a tilt. It is a blank or a non-paying stop.
Hand pay
A win paid by an attendant instead of the machine, usually because it is larger than what the hopper can dispense. Slothill has no attendant and no cash. Every award stays on the credit meter.
Short pay
A partial coin payout because the hopper ran empty. The rest was paid by hand or after a refill. That cannot happen here. A listed win is added in full as credits.
Coin hopper
The bin inside a coin slot that held coins ready to drop into the tray. Slothill does not take or pay coins. Bet and win amounts are credits only.
Drop bucket and drop box
Containers under a coin machine that caught coins once the hopper was full. Staff emptied and counted them. There is no drop on a free-play browser game.
Hopper fill slip
The paper record casinos used when employees refilled a hopper: how many coins, which machine, and who signed. Slothill has no hopper and no fill slip. Guest credits are already on the game when you open it.
Weight count
A casino count of coins taken out of drop buckets, often by weighing them instead of counting each coin. It is a cash-handling term. It does not apply to play credits.
Candle
The light on top of a casino slot. It called staff for a fill, a hand pay, or a fault. Browser games have no candle. A problem on Slothill shows on the page, not as a tower light.
Carousel
A ring or oval of cabinets on a casino floor. Slothill’s games sit in a grid on the home page. You open one, play it, and go back for another. There is no shared floor jackpot between them.
Slant top and upright
Cabinet shapes. A slant top, sometimes called low level, is built to play sitting down. An upright is played standing. On Slothill the “cabinet” is the picture around the reels. The same game runs on a desk or a phone.
Theoretical hold worksheet
The maker’s sheet for a casino machine: reel layout, bets, paytable, and the share of play the game is built to keep. Slothill does not publish a hold percentage. The paytable on each game is the list of credit awards, and nothing is held as cash.