Online casinos offer a huge variety of slot machine types these days. Every slot machine is a little different to others, and there are a wide range of payouts, denominations, and game styles available. You can choose to play traditional reel slots, or cinematic video slots, or mechanical reel type slots, or fruit machines! Almost anything is possible in the world of online casino slot machines these days. Here’s a quick summary of just some of the kinds of online slot machines you’ll find – but I always encourage you to do your own research too.

3-Reel Standard Slots – these are very common slot machines. A few years back these were the default kind of slot machine you’d find in casinos, but they’ve since been overtaken by the Australian-style 5 reel, 25 line video slot machines. You bet a certain amount, then spin the three reels and depending on the outcome of the spin, you either win or lose.

3-Reel Max Bet 2 Slots – these machines allow you to bet the maximum of two coins, not three as in Standard Slots.

Progressive Jackpot – a progressive jackpot means that a certain percentage of every bet goes into the progressive jackpot pool. You win the jackpot by obtaining a very high symbol combination, usually only when playing for maximum bet.

Bonus Game – machines that have a Bonus Game require you to obtain a special symbol combination, or collect certain symbols. When you do, you will enter a bonus round, with special prizes waiting for you. Please note that in some games you have to play for maximum bet to qualify for a bonus round.

3-Line and 5-Line Slot Machines – here you specify your bet per payline, and the paylines on which you bet. A payline is the line along which Your total bet is then line bet x number of lines selected. 3-Line Slots have 3 lines for you to choose between, and 5-Line slots have 5.

Multiline Slots – same as above, only these machines have more than 5 lines, usually 8 or 9.

3-Row and 5-Row Multispin Slots – this is the giant leap for slot machines. In multispin slots, after the first spin you choose which reels you want to hold, then spin the rest of the reels again. 3-row and 5-row mean you have 3 or 5 rows of reels, like in multiline video poker you have multiple hands.