Online slots are quite straightforward and easy to comprehend. You can have a number of spinning reels and perhaps 10 symbols of each and if symbols line up on a winning payline, you win!

Since casino slots have come a long way, these days they also come with extras including bonus games, free spins and enticing progressive jackpots. But these aren’t just normal symbols to work with: There are also bonus symbols, multipliers, scatters and wilds.

If you are new to online slots, we have compiled a list of all the symbols you could potentially come across whilst playing.

Bonus Symbols

Bonus symbols trigger bonus games or a number of free spins.

Cascading Reels

When symbols land on your reels, any winning lines will be removed and replace by new ones falling into their place. These replacement symbols could then create new winning combinations and again replaced by new symbols. This will continue until no more winning combinations can be created.

Coins

This is the amount that you would be betting on each pay line, which in turn would give you the total you would be betting on each spin.

Expanding Wilds

Expanding Wild Symbols fall on a reel and will expand themselves to cover the entire reel. This will create a number of winning combinations, especially since the expansion will touch on multiple pay lines.

Free Spins

Free Spins are spins that you don’t have to pay for. These are triggered by hitting 3 or more free spins or scatter signs on the reels.

Multipliers

Multipliers are symbols which multiply your winnings by a certain amount.

Pay Tables

Pay tables give you essential information on how the slot works and its winning combinations.

Paylines

One of the most essential and foremost features of video slots. The number of paylines a slot has determines the chances you have of you winning.

Progressive Jackpots

A progressive jackpot is a jackpot that keeps on growing as players places bets on their casino game of choice.

Scatters

Scatter symbols bring an extra boost to your game play. They don’t just fall within a payline to pay out but wherever they land on the reels, they will pay out.

Shifting Wilds

Shifting Wilds are similar to sticky wilds, with the exception that they shift around the wheels with each spin.

Stacked Wilds

Stacked wilds act as substitutes for other symbols to create winning combinations.

Wild Symbols

Wilds substitute for any other symbol that you would require to create a winning combination.