The best slot machine bonuses

Slot machines have fans all over the world. No wonder — the slots (or fruit machines, pokies, slot machines, whatever the name you use for them) are games that are easy and fun to play, colorful and with lots of great bonuses to increase the thrill of the game.

Slot machine bonuses can be of several types, not counting the welcome bonus offered by slot casino operators to their new players — free spins, bonus games and winning multipliers. Let me describe them in a little more detail below.

Free spins

The name says everything — free spins means a number of spins that don’t cost the player any coins or credits, and are usually rewarded after forming a certain combination of winning symbols on the reels. Most slot machines associate free spins with multipliers that — as their name suggests — multiply the winnings collected during the feature.

Free spins are triggered rather often, and usually don’t offer spectacular winnings to the players — but they can be substantial, especially due to the multipliers I mentioned above.

Bonus games

Modern video slot machines usually feature one or more side games — bonus games that can bring the lucky player rewards like extra winnings, multipliers, free spins or can even trigger the biggest slot machine bonus of all, the jackpot (I will return to this below).

Winning multipliers

Not a side game to be found on all slot machines, that’s why I describe this one separately.

Some slots offer their players the chance to multiply their winnings after a successful spin. This can be done by accessing a side game — usually a red / black or high / low guessing game — at the player’s choice. By choosing to play this side game, the player has a 50% chance to double the last amount won. It can be lucrative, but there’s an equal chance to lose.

Jackpot

The greatest win a lucky spin can mean to a slot machine player. The jackpot is a big amount of money that can be either be triggered randomly, or by a certain combination of symbols or as a result of a bonus game.

Jackpots can be bigger or smaller, depending on the slot machine played. Some machines have fixed jackpot amounts, others feature jackpots that grow after each spin — these are called progressive jackpots. When more than one slot machines are linked together in a network — inside a casino or over the internet — we talk about pooled jackpots. These are the biggest ones in the industry — the biggest ever pooled jackpot won by a lucky online slots player was over $22 million.

Slots are great casino games, with loads of fun and great winnings in store for their players — all we need is good luck!