The Evolution of Online Slots

Types of slots – Which are the best?

There used to be a day, many moons ago, when you could go to any gaming site and see slots that you knew how to play.

There were basic ones with one or two features, a variable number of winlines and maybe the odd jackpot. But that was essentially it – all similar and simple to understand and play.

Over the last few years, however, there has been a huge change in the variation of slots in many ways.

You can play without winlines –most pay 243 ways, features that remember you and give you options the more you reach them – for both the above, think Thunderstruck 2 – then Megaways, Must Go By jackpots and more.

Here, we take a look at some of the additions to the world of online slots offered for real money play at internet casino sites.

No Winlines

Many online slots have a choice of how many winlines you play, the more you go for, the more you pay per spin. There is a new breed of slots, however, that do not need you to make that choice – if you have the same symbol anywhere on reels 1, 2 and 3 you will get a win. These also have the added bonus of having symbols above each other, meaning you get multiple wins – for example, have 1 symbol on reel 1 and 2 and 2 of those symbols on reel 3 and you get 2 winning lines.