If you’ve visited online casinos before, you’ll know that they have hundreds, if not thousands, of games. The most common type of game you’ll find at a typical casino site is the slot. This is because slots have a huge amount of variety when it comes to both their themes and their features.
Slots are great fun to play and can be very entertaining. If you’re looking to play online casino games for real money, you might want to focus on slots first of all. They don’t require skill or strategy like some games (namely blackjack and poker) and they’re very easy to understand.
The themes that slots can have are endless. There’s pretty much no limit to what a slot’s theme can be. Some of the more popular ones include Ireland, ancient Egypt, fantasy, outer space and under the sea, to give some examples.
While the theme can enhance the gaming experience, a slot’s features are what make it worthwhile. Below are some of the best features that today’s slot games have. The next time you want to play slots, find some with these features and you’re bound to have a great gaming experience.
Megaways
Look through a casino’s collection of slots and there’s a high chance you’ll see some with Megaways in the title. Megaways is a special slot mechanic developed by the provider Big Time Gaming. What it does is it randomises the number of symbols that appear on each spin.
In Megaways slots, all possible paylines across the reels are always active. This means that the more symbols there are, the more ways to win you have. In a standard Megaways slot, there are six reels and each of them can have up to seven symbols. If all six reels have the maximum number of symbols, you’ll have 117,649 ways to win.
Part of what makes Megaways slots appealing is unpredictability. Every time you spin the reels, there’s no telling how many symbols will land on each reel and how many ways to win there will be. You could have around 1,000 on one spin, then over 10,000 on the next and close to 100,000 on the spin after that.
Progressive Jackpots
Some online slots have a progressive jackpot, which is a special prize fund that you have to be incredibly lucky to win. The progressive jackpot starts at a minimum amount (its seed value) and grows whenever someone places a real-money bet on the slot. It keeps rising until someone wins it.
Progressive jackpots can be very rewarding. In fact, there are some that can turn people into millionaires. The Mega Moolah series from Games Global is a prime example. All Mega Moolah slots share four progressive jackpots. The largest of these, the Mega Jackpot, has a seed value of $1 million. This means that whoever wins it is guaranteed to earn a seven-figure payout.
In some slots, everyone has an equal chance of winning a progressive jackpot prize. In others, you can increase your chances by placing bigger bets. Even if you do this, the likelihood of winning is still very low.
Free Spins
This is one of the most common slot features, and for good reason. When you play a free spins round, every spin is completely free. You don’t pay for any of the spins, and yet you still have a chance to win real money.
Free spins rounds vary a lot in how they’re triggered, how many spins they last, what enhancers they include and whether or not they can be extended. Some of them are exactly the same as the base game, with the exception that you’re not paying for the spins. Others have one or more features that make them more enjoyable or potentially rewarding than the base game.
Some slot games have an option to purchase the free spins round. This might sound like it’s defeating the object, but it can be worthwhile if you’re lucky. Simply pay the cost and your next spin will be guaranteed to trigger the feature. Of course, you’ll want to recoup the cost during the round and make a profit, though there’s no guarantee this will happen.
Respin Rounds
Respins aren’t as common as free spins, but they can still be rewarding. Quite a few online slots have a respin round that gives you the chance to earn some extra cash prizes. There are sometimes a number of fixed jackpot prizes up for grabs too.
During a respin round, only certain symbols appear. Cash symbols are the main ones you’ll see, though there can be jackpot symbols and others as well. You start with three respins and whenever a symbol lands, the number of respins resets to three. If you’re lucky, the round can last a lot of spins and you can end up with many symbols on the reels.
Many slots have respins in the base game too. For example, there might be a special symbol that causes a respin to take place whenever it lands and once any wins have been paid. These respins are capable of turning a non-winning spin into a winning one. They can also increase your payout for the current spin by adding more winning symbols or creating new winning combinations. As always, you have to be lucky to benefit from respins.
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