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Truck Stop is a five reel, nine payline, and nine
coin slot machine. The multiple paylines increase
your chances of winning.
Truck Stop has a wild symbol, and a scatter symbol.
For every coin that you bet, you enable another payline.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for Scatter wins. The Scatter
Horn symbol can appear in any position on any of the
reels.
The Wild Beer symbol does not complete a scatter symbol
combination.
Winnings are paid out on the highest combination
on each enabled payline only, except for scatter wins.
Scatter wins are added to payline wins.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for scatter wins. The Scatter
Horn symbol can appear in any position on the reels.
The Wild Beer symbol does not substitute for a Scatter
Horn symbol.
Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
The Wild Beer symbol is a wild symbol. This means
that it substitutes for any other symbol to complete
winning combinations, except the Scatter Horn symbol.
The Wild Beer symbol only appears in reels 2, 3
and 4.
Only one winning combination is paid out per payline.
If there is more than one possible winning combination
on a payline, you are paid out the value of the highest
combination only.
The Wild Beer symbol does not complete a Scatter Horn
symbol combination.
Example:
1. One Wild Beer symbol on reel 2, and two Scatter
Horn symbols scattered anywhere on the five reels,
do not complete a winning combination.
The Wild Beer symbol cannot substitute for a Scatter
Horn symbol, and three or more Scatter symbols must
be displayed to complete a scatter winning combination.
2. Two Wild Beer symbols displayed on reel 2 and
3 of the third enabled payline, and a Sign symbol
displayed on reel 1 of the third enabled payline,
completes a winning combination of three Sign symbols,
and pays out 20 coins.
If you selected a 0.50 coin size and bet on 9 paylines,
your total bet amount is, 0.50 credits x 9 paylines
= 4.50 credits.
Therefore your total payout is, 0.50 credits bet
per payline x 20 coins = 10 credits.
The Scatter Horn symbol is a scatter symbol. This
means that it does not need to appear in a line on
an enabled payline to win.
It can be scattered anywhere on the five reels, provided
three or more Scatter Horn symbols appear.
Scatter wins are calculated by multiplying the Scatter
Horn symbols payout, as shown in the Payout Schedule
by the total number of credits bet.
If you have a scatter win and a regular win, you
are paid out for both wins, as the scatter symbol
does not need to appear on an enabled payline to win.
The scatter win is added to the payline win.
Example:
1. One Scatter Horn symbol scattered anywhere on the
five reels, and two Wild Beer symbols displayed on
reels 2 and 3 do not complete a winning combination.
The Wild Beer symbol does not substitute for a Scatter
Horn symbol, and a minimum of three Scatter Horn symbols
complete a winning scatter combination.
2. Three Scatter Hornsymbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, completes a scatter winning combination
as shown in the Payout Schedule. Three Scatter Horn
symbols pay out the total number of credits bet multiplied
by 10.
If you have selected a 0.25 coin and bet 1 coin on
each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is 0.25
x 1 coin = 0.25 credits per payline x 9 paylines =
2.25 total credits bet.
Therefore your total payout is 2.25 total credits
bet x 10 = 22.50 credits.
3. Three Scatter Hornsymbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, and three Ten symbols displays
on reels 1, 2 and 3 on an enabled payline, complete
two winning combinations as shown in the Payout Schedule.
If you have selected a 0.25 coin and bet 1 coin on
each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is 0.25
x 1 coin = 0.25 credits per payline x 9 paylines =
2.25 total credits bet.
The three Scatter Horn symbols complete a scatter
winning combination and pays out the total number
of credits bet multiplied by 10. So, you are paid
4.50 total credits bet x 10 = 45 credits.
The three Ten symbols complete a 3 Ten symbols winning
combination and pays out 10 coins. As you selected
a 0.50 coin size, you are paid 0.50 x 10 = 5 credits.
Therefore, your total payout is 45 credits for the
scatter win + 5 credits for the regular win = 50 credits.
Yes - Mermaids Millions has a wild symbol,
a scatter symbol.
The Neptune symbol is a wild symbol, this means it
substitutes for other symbols to complete winning
combinations.
The Neptune symbol does not substitute for the Mermaid
symbol to complete scatter winning combinations. Or
the Treasure Bonus symbol to trigger the bonus game.
The Mermaid symbol is a scatter symbol. This means
that it does not need to appear in a line on an enabled
payline, to win. It can be scattered anywhere on the
five reels, provided that two or more Mermaid symbols
appear.
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These machines are a lot like a legal brief: You'd better push the help button
on these machines and read all the information available. These machines want
you to know that each coin played to get in on the biggest jackpot. For example,
you can collect the winning by playing one or two coins - small amounts. If
you hit the jackpot playing one of these machines with only one or two coins,
you don't win a thing. Play these machines only with maximum coins. Again, read
the slot machine, all of it.
PLAYING IT SMART by ALAN KRIGMAN
Multi-line Machines Add a Meaningful Choice to Slot Play .
The slot machines dominant in the '90s gave players little flexibility for tailoring games to meet meaningful personal preferences. Differences like symbols on the reels were cursory, and serious options were accordingly limited. True, there was a pick of denomination -- $0.25, $0.50, $1, and so on. Another choice was giant jackpots with infinitesimal chances of hitting, modest meed with merely minuscule prospects of prosperity, or somewhere in between. And there were alternatives that few folks ever fathomed, like machines where extra coins bought more confusing ways to win as opposed to bigger returns and bonuses.
The nickel and other multi-line machines now proliferating at punting palaces across the ever-widening wagering world offer solid citizens additional diversity. This, more significant in shaping session performance than most slot fans yet fathom. For a particular amount dropped into the hopper of hope per round, it's the trade-off between more money on fewer lines or the converse.
Slot machines differ among games, to the extent that two devices may look identical, yet don't necessarily have the same inner workings. Further, the relationship between what players do and what they get involves the unpredictable intervention of chance rather than the certainty of cause and effect. So a painstakingly precise analysis entailing the probabilities and payoffs of one particular machine won't apply exactly to another. Intuitive understanding of what to expect, among any proficient gambler's greatest talents, is far better served using a simplified model.
For this purpose, picture a hypothetical five-line nickel machine. Make believe it takes up to five coins per line and has only one return level -- $0.15 for every $0.05 bet on a winning line. Experienced bettors know this means you win 2-to-1, a nickel earns you a dime, since the $0.15 includes your own money -- the $0.05 bet you didn't lose. Say you're comfortable risking $0.25 per spin. You could do it in various ways, the extremes being a quarter on one line or a nickel on each of five lines.
If the chance of winning were 31 percent, this game would have a payback of 93 percent. About average for the nickel slots.
The 93 percent return isn't affected by your decision to play one line at quarter or five at a nickel each. But, the net wins and losses per spin, and the chances associated with them, do change.
Betting $0.25 on a single line, you have 31 percent chance of winning $0.50 and the complementary 69 percent chance of losing your quarter. Betting $0.05 on each of five lines, probabilities and profits are as shown in the following list.
Chances of various wins and losses on hypothetical machine, betting $0.05 on each of five lines
no of probability net profit hits or loss
0 15.64% lose $0.25
1 35.13% lose $0.10
2 31.57% win $0.05
3 14.18% win $0.20
4 3.19% win $0.35
5 0.29% win $0.50
These figures demonstrate how distributed bets dampen expected ups and downs. Shifting the total from one bet to five drops forecast $0.25 losses from 69 to 15.64 percent, and only 50.77 percent of all spins are projected to lose anything. Big wins are also fewer -- the chance of earning $0.50 is below one percent with $0.05 per line, versus 31 percent betting all-or-nothing. But, a nickel win in the multi-line mode is expected slightly more often than $0.50 going for broke, and the other payoffs bring the overall shot at winning something to 49.23 percent.
Smaller bankroll swings characterizing each round of multi-line play ultimately keep players in the game longer on a given stake. Say you start with $50 and bet $0.25 per spin. The chance of being in action for at least 2,000 spins, about three hours of fast fingering, is 78.8 percent with a quarter on one line. It's higher, 98.5 percent, with a nickel on each of five lines. Sumner A Ingmark, celebrated songster of the slots, said it like this: You cannot win if you don't play, So temp'ring risk may save the day
(c) 2001, ICON/Information Concepts Inc.
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