Slot machines are found in every online casino, whether land based or online slots gambling. They are among the most prolific games around and come in lots of shapes and forms, all which invite exciting play and nerve-tingling action.

Although all different, they have several features in common and are all based upon one distinct group of rules and theme which utilmately governs the way they work and the way they pay out.

Here we will look at several of the terms used to describe slot machines and also the features they offer the regular slot machine player. It's often the terminology that puts players off taking part but there really is nothing difficult about playing and once you've tried a couple of machines, you can find that they are all basically the same.

The range of reels - These are the range of different sections of the game the spin or move after you've pressed start.