Guide to electronic slot mechanics and arcade fishing titles

JILI slots in the lobby

JILI is the studio behind ten slots in the lobby at APEX 88: Super Ace, Golden Empire, Fortune Gems 500, Fortune Coins 2, Clover Coins 4x4, Gold Mine Express, Crazy 777, Money Coming, Jackpot Joker and Circus Joker 4096. Each tile shows the JILI name or badge on its art, so a player can place the studio before opening the game.

The same studio supplies the fishing titles Mega Fishing and Jackpot Fishing 2, and one table game, 7up 7down, which uses the same studio badge. A studio name says who built a title. It does not say how often the game pays, and the rule screen inside each title is where the features are explained.

For a view of all halls, see slots, fishing and jackpots.

Slot features: free spins, multipliers and bonus rounds

A free spin feature lets a player spin the reels without wagering additional credits from the balance. The spins are awarded by the game, usually after a trigger on the reels, and any win from them is added to the total in the normal way.

Multiplier symbols multiply the standard line win by a specified factor such as 2, 3 or 5 during a round. A win that would have paid a given amount pays that amount times the factor, and some games let the factor grow as a round goes on. Titles with a large number in the name, such as Fortune Gems 500 or Circus Joker 4096, use the number to mark the edition as the studio released it.

Bonus rounds are secondary game events triggered when 3 or more scatter symbols land on the reels. Scatter symbols typically award payouts or switch on a feature wherever they land, whatever their position along a payline. Modern bonus rounds often use a mini game, a wheel spin or a pick and reveal mechanic to award instant prizes.

Several titles in the list carry the word Joker, Coins or Gems in the name. A name is a theme and not a feature list, so two games with similar names can play quite differently, and a quick look at the rules and paytable before the first spin is the surest way to tell them apart. Doing the same for a fishing title is equally useful, because the cost of a shot and the value of a target are listed there too, and they set how quickly credits leave the balance.

Which of these features a given JILI title has is stated in its own rules. A reader should not assume that every title in the studio's range shares the same set.

Fishing and arcade style titles from slot studios

Arcade video games are fast paced, interactive and built around a short round, and arcade style fishing titles bring that to a screen of swimming targets. Players fire electronic projectiles that consume credits according to the cannon power they choose, and each target carries a point value based on its size, rarity and speed.

Mega Fishing and Jackpot Fishing 2 are the two JILI fishing titles in the lobby. Fishing screens are often built for several players at once, so the same pool of targets can be shared by up to 4 or 8 players. The page on slot providers compares JILI with the other studios in the lobby.

Pacing slot sessions

A slot or a fishing round is over in seconds, and a session is made of hundreds of them. Fix a spending limit and a time limit before starting. The guide on taking a break lists tools that make this easier.