A slot is a thin opening or groove that can hold objects. For example, letters and postcards go into a mail slot at the post office. It can also refer to a place where items are stored, such as a drawer or closet. In a gaming context, it is an area where players can place their bets.
A pay table is an important tool for slot players to understand how different combinations result in payouts. These tables often display key terms that are important to the game, such as paylines, which determine which symbols will win a spin, scatters, which can trigger bonus games, and wilds, which substitute for other symbols to create winning combinations.
While the traditional pay table was usually displayed prominently on a machine’s exterior, modern video and online slots may include these tables on-screen, sometimes in multiple pages that can be scrolled through (like this Zeus II game). These pay tables do not necessarily have to take the form of an actual table, and may instead look more like a menu with various options that players can select or a large information button.
A T-slot table provides an extended work space for universal testing machines to allow users to secure components and structures that cannot be held with standard grips. Commercially available T-slot nuts can be slid into the inverted T-slots of these tables to secure them with bolts or studs on the base of the universal tester.
