Activating paylines when playing video slots
Long gone are the days when slot machines only had one payline, whatever you could accept or not. These days online slots have hundreds - and some even thousands! - of paylines, and often you can choose how many paylines you want to play with. However, how much do you know about the importance of playing a certain number of paylines and whether you should activate the maximum number of paylines to win big? Stay here for a while because that's what we're talking about today.
Activation of paylines in the base game and in free spins
Here's a little help: When playing video slots in online casinos with free spins activated by scatter symbols, you usually don't have to worry about how many paylines to choose. You can literally play with as many paylines as you want! While you can do that, it doesn't mean you should necessarily do it.
"Even if you don't have to play maximum paylines, the more paylines you can play, the higher your chances of winning will be."
One thing can always be a guide: the more paylines you play, the more chances of winning you have in both the basic game and the free spins modes. The math behind this isn't that hard to understand: there are simply more winning combinations.
Win jackpots on progressive slots
However, it is useful to know that certain progressive slots - mostly of the older type - will only pay out your jackpots if you play a maximum number of paylines with a maximum number of coins. So don't forget to always check the paytable rules and use this knowledge to your advantage. It would be a bit uncomfortable to miss a big win just because you didn't know you had to activate all paylines and play with the maximum amount of coins, wouldn't you?
Or if you think the max paylines, max coins game is too complicated for you, just avoid such slots. Whatever works best for you.
"Certain progressive slots, mostly older ones, only pay out their jackpots if you play a maximum number of paylines with the maximum number of coins."
If playing with maximum paylines seems excessive, don't despair! Most of the newer progressive slots give out jackpots at random - no matter how many paylines you have selected. Certain progressive slots even award their jackpots differently - through randomly activated jackpot bonus games.
"Some progressive slots award their jackpots differently, namely through randomly activated jackpot bonus games."
All in all, as we said, to stay safe and fully informed, don't forget to check each slot's paytable and independent game reviews to avoid any possible unpleasant surprises.
Opinions? Comments?
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