Blackjack Odds

It doesn’t matter at all what type of symbols a online slot has, such as cherries, bars, double bars, double diamonds, 7s, and so on. What does matter is how many reels a slot has and how many symbols there are on each reel. The more reels and symbols, the harder it is to hit the jackpot or even a winning combination.

For example, if you need to line up three gold 7s on one pay line to win the jackpot, it's likely that each reel only has one gold 7 on it. On a 3-reel machine with a total of 18 symbols on each reel, your chances of lining up all three gold 7s are very slim this is why it is the jackpot combination because you have to be very lucky to win it!

Possible symbol combinations on the three reels: 18 x 18 x 18 = 5,832
Odds on hitting three gold 7s on three reels are: 1/5,832 (1 in 5,832)

It gets worse when you play a 5-reel slot machine with 18 symbols each:
1/ (18 x 18 x 18 x 18 x 18) = 1,889,568 ( 1 in 1,889,568 ) which are greatly stacked against the players favour so winning big on a 5 reel slot is even more unlikely