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Today the largest group of casino players are playing slots. It wasn't always this way, as late as the mid-seventies slots were not thought of serious games of chance. They were often played
by the female companions of male table players, husbands were often seen giving their wives money to play the slots with while they went off to play the more serious table games. In those
days a "respectable" table player wouldn't be caught playing the slots.
The original slot machines were mechanical devices and some cheats tried various ways to beat the house. People tried everything from the use of magnets to drilling a hole through the
side of the machines, all in an attempt to influence the mechanism. There was even a legal method discovered by a few that involved a style of pulling the handle that controlled the drop of
one or more of the reels. This increased the players odds greatly, and caused the casino operators some concern until a method was devised to remove this advantage. The manufacturers
have kept modifying and refining the machines to keep the games honest.
Today the vast majority of slot machines are electronic and computer controlled so that outside manipulating of the machines by cheaters is now just a part of slot machine history.
It was the introduction and rapid acceptance of video games that changed the slot machine forever, the casino operators developed a new line of electronic slot machines, ones that offered
vivid graphics and exciting sound effects. The casino operators also added further refinements such as connecting several machines together and taking a small percentage of every play and
adding it to a jackpot total. If no one hits the jackpot for some time it can grow into a huge amount, and although the odds are small it will payoff and one lucky player will win big. These
"jackpots" also helped to increase slot popularity to where it is today.
Today slots are the most popular form of casino gambling, with up to 40% of casino revenue originating from these "one armed bandits".
Red Sands is a 5 reel and 20 payline video slot with an Australian Marsupial theme. The Kangaroo is a substitute symbol while a breathtaking Moonscape is the scatter symbol and triggers a respin feature whenever 2 or more appear left to right or right to left. The triggering Moonscape reels are held during the respin round, up to 10 respins. Only scatter pays are awarded during the re-spin round. During the respin round, the Kangaroo can substitute for a Moonscape. The prize is doubled when one or more Kangaroos appear in a winning combination.
HARBOUR MASTER
is a single pay-line slot machine, which means that payouts occur
on the center pay-line only. The CLOCK is a wild symbol and if
it lands ANYWHERE on the reels you win. Harbour Master Slot has
an auto play feature where you can set the slot to play up to
500 spins and select the number of seconds between spins. For
every coin that you put in you increase your payout. When the
reels stop spinning the symbol combinations along the center
pay-line are checked. You get paid out for any winning combination
falling on the pay-line.
Crazy Crocodile. is a three reel, one
payline, and three coin slot machine.
It has a wild, scatter symbol and the maximum payout is
4,000 coins.
The Crazy Crocodile. symbol is wild and substitutes
for any other symbol to complete winning combinations.
The Crazy Crocodile. symbol is also a scatter symbol.
This means you are paid out if it appears in any position
on all three reels.
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