What are pay lines

The pay lines are the lines of symbols in the slot machines / slots, which are associated with a potential prize, so they are a factor of great relevance when deciding which specific slot you want to play.To better understand how the pay lines work, we can compare a slot - slot machine in English - with a wheel of fortune or a lottery, in which the pay lines would be the numbers you play. Just as in a lottery you can only win with the numbers you have chosen, in a slot you can only win with the pay lines you have selected.Although traditionally there was only one payline, being necessary to line up three identical symbols to receive a prize, today there are numerous internet casinos that have slots that come with impressive graphics and have dozens of pay lines, as well as five reels or reels instead of three - these, the latest in the digital casino market, are called video slots.

In addition, while the classic slots exclusively had horizontal pay lines, the current ones also have vertical, crisscrossed and diagonal lines. In fact, some modern slot machines no longer have payline graphics as such, but winning combinations are displayed in different ways - an example of this is some of those developed by the NetEnt company for internet casinos.Although internet slots have a totally different appearance from each other, the operation of the pay lines is similar in most cases. You should also know that there are machines with adjustable and fixed pay lines. The latter give you no choice but to bet a specific amount, while the adjustable ones offer you different alternatives.

You can choose the number of active lines in each spin through the payline / bet indicator, which is usually located on one side or the other of the reels.Logically, the more paylines you select, the more credits each spin on the slot will cost you - the number of credits you bet per line on each spin is modified by the level of stakes - but you will also have a better chance of hitting a winning combination. You can also choose the maximum bet , which is to make a spin in which you play with the highest level of bet allowed and with all the pay lines of the machine active.