Since most slot machines allow the player to play multiple coins, it is important for the player to be knowledgeable of the information on the payout table. With multiple coins, the payout structure can be proportionate or disproportionate. When the payout structure is proportionate, the payout is a multiple of the one coin payout and depends on the number of coins the player play bingo. For example, if the payout for three oranges is ten coins when one coin is played, three oranges will play twenty coins when two coins are played. The jackpot will be the number of coins listed.  If the jackpot is 250 coins for one coin played, then it is 500 coins when two coins are played.  This is a proportionate pay table. In this situation the player can play a single coin and not be penalized.

The payout structure is disproportionate when the payout is disproportionately larger for more coins played. This means if the bingo jackpot for one coin pays 250 coins, the payout for the jackpot for two coins might be 750 coins and for three coins it might be 1250 coins.  This is a disproportionate payout structure and the player always wants to play the maximum of coins in this situation or he can’t take advantage of the disproportionately larger payouts.

The payout table that is illustrated on the casinos slot machine’s glass will reveal the payout structure. The player should always study this table before he begins to play so he can determine the correct number of coins to play.