• Balance: This is the amount of money in your account.
• Reels: You can play Slots with three reels, five reels, and occasionally even seven reels. These are the things you’re spinning, and the icons on each are what you want to match to land winning combinations.
• Display box: Letting you know when you win, when you land a bonus, etc., this will soon become one of your favorite parts of the screen.
• Paytable: This is the information box in all Slots. It will let you know all the game details, from the theme to symbol values, special rules and payouts. We recommend familiarising yourself with this before pressing spin on any Slot.
• Payline: Every Slot has a predefined amount of paylines. On some Slots these are fixed, while on others you can choose how many active paylines you would like to play with. Remember, each active payline affects your stake on each spin, so although more paylines means more chances of winning, it also means a higher stake per spin.
• Stake/Maximum bet: This is your stake per spin. Every Slot has a minimum and maximum stake, meaning players of all budgets can play. The amount you stake affects your possible return. 
• Spin: This is the button that starts the fun. Press this to spin the reels and hopefully land big wins.
• Autoplay: This button gives you the ability to instruct the game to play by itself for a set amount of spins. You set the bet amount, the amount of spins (most Slots also give you a loss/win limit), which when fulfilled will instruct the Slot to stop spinning.
• Symbols: The icons or images you see spinning on the reels are the symbols of online slots. Each symbol will be associated with different values, and different combinations will trigger wins and, therefore, payouts. Some common symbols you may see in online slots include numbers, fruits, letters, and symbols linked to the game’s theme (such as pyramids in an Ancient Egyptian-themed slot game).

In order to play any slots online you first need to make a wager. In most slot games, this is how it generally works:

• Select your bet per line: Modern slots should allow you to adjust your bet amount on every active payline. The screen should have buttons or arrows that let you increase and decrease the amount.
• Choose your paylines: Next, you will need to decide how many active paylines you want in your game. Keep in mind that betting on more paylines increases your chance of landing a winning combination, and it also increases your total bet per spin. Some slots may have fixed paylines, meaning you bet on all of them with every spin. This is why you should always decide on your budget and stick to it, no matter what.
• Understand the total bet: how you calculate your total bet for one spin is by multiplying your bet per line by the number of paylines you’ve chosen. Always check what your total bet is before you spin the reels.

After placing your bet, it’s time to play. Here’s what you will need to know about spinning the reels.

The Spin Button is displayed prominently on the screen of the video slots, and you should be able to find it easily. Pressing this will start the spin. Many slots offer an “Autoplay” feature, which lets you select several spins to run automatically with your chosen bet amount.

Once the reels stop spinning, the machine will automatically check if you have any winning combinations of symbols lined up on your active paylines. If you do, you will get a reward of a payout that matches the game’s paytable.

You can usually find this paytable by clicking on the “Settings” or “Information” button, where the value of each symbol is explained.

PokerStars has a huge selection of Slots for you to enjoy, from classic Slots to Progressive Jackpot Slots. Most share similar characteristics and features, but you can check out the basic differences between them below:

• Classic Slots: As close to the traditional casino classics as you can get, they form the basis of all online Slots. These offer you few, if any, features and fixed paylines. Simply spin and try to win.
• Bonus Games Slots: An upgrade on Classic Slots, these offer you bonus rounds and special features during gameplay when certain conditions are met.
• Video Slots: Think Bonus Game Slots but with the latest graphics, slick animations and technology.
• Multiline Slots: A Multiline Slot allows you to choose how many active paylines you want to play.
• Progressive Jackpot Slots (where available): The holy grail of Slots usually come from Progressive Jackpot Slots. Often they have a minimum jackpot on offer, which grows as players play on it, or it can have a unique prize pool that’s shared by multiple online casinos.
• Megaways slots: These slots have an innovative game feature whereby a reel modifier changes the number of symbols appearing on the reels with each spin. What this does is create a system of many paylines.

Everyone loves a good bonus, which often results in extra cash or rewards when it comes to online slots. Here are some common ones you will find in most video slots, whether they’re online or land-based:

• Wild symbols: They can substitute for any other symbol and help you form a winning combination. Wilds may also come with multipliers, which increase the payout.
• Scatters: They often activate bonus features like free spins, regardless of where they land on the reels. In other words, they don’t need to land on a payline to be activated.
• Free spins: These common bonus offers are spins you don’t have to pay for and may even come with extra rewards like increased multipliers or special Wild symbols.