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Vinyl Countdown is a five reel, nine payline, and
nine coin slot machine. The multiple paylines increase
your chances of winning.
Vinyl Countdown has a wild symbol, and a scatter
symbol.
You are paid out for winning combinations on enabled
paylines only, except for scatter wins. The Scatter
Glitter Ball symbol can appear in any position, on
any of the reels.
The Wild Jukebox 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
Glitter Ball symbol can appear in any position on
the reels.
The Wild Jukebox symbol does not substitute for a
Scatter Glitter Ball symbol.
Malfunctions void all plays and pays.
The Wild Jukebox symbol is wild. This means that it
substitutes for any other symbol to complete winning
combinations, except the Scatter Glitter Ball symbol.
The Wild Jukebox symbol only appears in reels 2,
3 and 4.
Only one winning combination is paid out per enabled
payline. If there is more than one possible winning
combination on a payline, you are paid out the value
of the highest combination only.
Example:
1. One Wild Jukebox symbol on reel 2, and two Scatter
Glitter Ball symbols scattered anywhere on the five
reels, do not complete a scatter winning combination.
The Wild Jukebox symbol cannot substitute for a Scatter
Glitter Ball symbol, and three or more Scatter Glitter
Ball symbols must be displayed to complete a scatter
winning combination.
2. One Wild Jukebox symbol and two Wingtip Shoes
symbols displayed on reels 1, 2 and 3, on the third
enabled payline, completes a three Wingtip Shoes symbols
combination and pay out 10 coins.
The Scatter Glitter Ball 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 three or more Scatter Glitter Ball symbols appear.
Scatter wins are calculated by multiplying the Scatter
Glitter Ball 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 Glitter Ball symbol scattered anywhere
on the five reels, and two Wild Jukebox symbols displayed
on reels 2 and 3 on an enabled payline do not complete
a winning combination. The Wild Jukebox symbol does
not substitute for a Scatter Glitter Ball symbol,
and a minimum of three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols
complete a winning scatter combination.
2. If you have selected a 0.50 coin and bet 1 coin
on each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is
0.50 x 1 coin = 0.50 credits per payline x 9 paylines
= 4.50 total credits bet.
Three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, complete a scatter winning combination
as shown in the Payout Schedule. Three Scatter Glitter
Ball symbols pay out the total number of credits bet
multiplied by 10.
Therefore your total payout is 4.50 total credits
bet x 10 = 45 credits.
3. If you have selected a 0.50 coin and bet 1 coin
on each of the 9 paylines, your total bet amount is
0.50 x 1 coin = 0.50 credits per payline x 9 paylines
= 4.50 total credits bet.
Three Scatter Glitter Ball symbols, scattered anywhere
on the five reels, and three Wintip Shoes symbols
on an enabled payline, complete two winning combinations,
as shown in the Payout Schedule. The three Scatter
Glitter Ball symbols complete a scatter winning combination
and pay out the total number of credits bet multiplied
by 5. So, you are paid 4.50 total credits bet x 10
= 45 credits.
The three Wingtip Shoes symbols complete a 3 Wingtip
Shoes winning combination and pay 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 + 5 credits
= 50 credits.
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
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The number of games and manufacturers of coin-operated machines are
almost end less. Choose from slot, gumball, cigar, music, clocks, cash
registers, pinball, gun, and weigh machines, horse gaming and golf,
to name a few. Slot authoritarian, Marshall Fey, author of "Slot
Machines:
A Pictoral History of the First 100 Years," said the slot machine
mushroomed into a premier collectible after 1976, the year that California
legalized antique slot machine collecting. Many states have since followed
suit.
Robert Levy of Pennsauken, N.J., who has more than 250 antique slots,
said he collects because "they increase in value every year. They
are a good investment, very entertaining, they make wonderful banks,
and they will never be made again." His oldest is dated 1893. Levy,
who is for two price guides in the U.S. and one in England, said he
has bought and sold slot machines for 14 years. For some collectors,
"seek and find" offers the most enjoyment. The rare ones are
difficult to locate because many of them were taken to the city dump
and are lost forever. Some collectors like the "thrill" of
owning an illegal item.
Not every state condones ownership of a slot machine, and some states
require that it be a certain age before it can be sold. Levy said the
Attorney General's office of each state regulates the sale of slot machines,
and it is best to check with that office before buying. Cosmetic changes
over the years are not the only consequences of the modern world of
gaming. "With the old machines, you played one coin at a time and
it paid on the center line.
You could have fun playing and watching and waiting for the symbols
to come up. Today's electronic slots play up to 60 lines at one time;
they will take $100 dollar bills and will, geometrically, take money
unbelieveably quicker. You can sit down and in a matter of seconds,
your money is gone, and so is the fun of the game.
The ones that play up to 60 lines let the casino take in less on each
pull, but it (the casino) makes more money in the long run," Levy
said.
Click below pictures to see some vintage machine pictures we collected,
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