When you take the name of Five reel slots, you generally tend to get a bigger and bagger response. This is because many people are hesitent to play this game. These slot machines were first put up in casino in the 1970s and 80s. The thing with these was that to win on them is very very difficult. You really have to be lucky. The chances are just too slim. People usually run away from these kind of machines.

First off there are 5 reels with 50 symbols on each that means that there are over 300 million combinations that the machine can throw back at you. So everyone kind of got sick with these machines and then gave up. The few lucky ones who actually won, won real big because the sum kept adding up from the losers.

These machines are not sought after so the number of five reel slots that you will find in a casino are very few. As times changed casino owners changed over from 5 Reel machines to 3 reels. This gave the impression to the player than his chances to win have improved. Well this wasn’t the case as they added more symbols to each reel making it as hard as the five reel machine.

5 Reel machines have got a makeover with the introduction of video slots. In video slots there are many different payout lines thus the casino is helping the player to have a better chance at winning than before.