Slots
The design of slot machines remained the same in the early years, except for one detail: The reels expanded to 20 symbols, increasing the possible combinations from 1,000 to 8,000. By creating so many more ways to win, this new version stirred up greater excitement and promised a much bigger jackpot.
Although modern machines present several new twists and updates to the original game, the goal for gamblers remains the same: to line up identical symbols in a row. Machines vary: They may have five reels instead of three. They may have multiple paylines. They may have more options than one-coin-a-pop. They may have buttons to push rather than a handle to pull. But the concept hasn’t changed — line up a row of identical symbols, up-down, left—right, or diagonal, and call yourself a winner.
