What is a Bonus Slot Machine

If you read the How slot machines work section, you know that slot machine wins occur, when a given amount of symbols appear on a slot machine payline.
Bonus slot machines offer additional methods for prize generation.

When a slot machine has one or more bonus features, it means that it has more winning methods than the paylines.

There are many different types of slot machine bonus features, but some of the most popular are:

• Free spin bonus feature
• Pick a prize bonus feature
• Scatter Bonus Feature

Free spin bonus features
This slot machine bonus is often granted when three or more bonus symbols appear anywhere on the game reels.
When the free spin bonus feature is triggered, the slot machine will spin a number of times ( automatically ) without charging the player.

All prizes won during the free spin bonus feature are added to the casino account !
Please note that there are houndreds types of free spin bonus features and that they may be triggered or played in different ways. The above is a default guide to the most common free spin bonus features.

Pick a Prize bonus features
This slot machine bonus is often granted when three or more bonus symbols appear anywhere on the game reels.
When the bonus feature is triggered, the player is shown a selection of items on the screen that each hold a random cash value calculated based on the slot machine wager.

The player can then click on a given number of the items to win the cash value they hold.
Please note that there are houndreds types of pick a prize bonus features and that they may be triggered or played in different ways. The above is a default guide to the most common pick a prize bonus features.

Scatter bonus features
This slot machine bonus is often granted when two or more scatter symbols appear anywhere on the game reels.

When this happens, a scatter bonus cash prize is added to the players casino balance.
Please note that there are houndreds types of scatter bonus features and that they may be triggered or played in different ways. The above is a default guide to the most common scatter bonus features.

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