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Slots Game Rules
Three coins...one arm...three matching bananas...millions. Who in the world does not know about slots? It is arguably the most popular casino game worldwide, and the most recognizable both by name and appearance. Slot machines are some of the few game types in casinos you do not play at a table, along with video machine and keno games.
And for a game so simple it practically has no rules and requires the smallest minimum wagers, slot machines promise some of the biggest payoffs in casino gambling history. No wonder too many people are hooked on slots.
The Object of the Game
Whether it's reels or a video screen staring you in the face, slots follow the same basic idea. You have a viewing window showing different symbols lined up vertically by columns, such as lined up by three or five vertical reels. Typically, a line marks the horizontal middle of the viewing window, known as the payline. A game begins once you have the reels start rotating, which in effect shuffles all the symbols.
The object of the game is for the rotation to stop at a point when the symbols have created a certain pattern falling along the payline. 
Easily the best example of a slots pattern is a series of three matching symbols in a three-reel interface, or five matching symbols in a five-reel interface. Different payouts are offered for different patterns—say, two matches out of three symbols, or sometimes even just a single picture stopping along the payline. Wins and losses are based on
what specific pattern of which specific symbols are along the payline once the rotation comes to a halt.
Slots are games of chance. The player has no influence whatsoever on where and when the reels stop rotating. The picture symbols are all spun and shuffled randomly.
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