Slot machines stopped years ago from being just three-reel slots, with three lines and only one central line with a winning combination. Currently, there are huge categories of gaming machines, with increasingly attractive and interesting features and features, with bonus rounds, free spins and jackpot in levels.
Also very important is the detail of the online slots, care taken with the symbols, accurate graphics and an immersive sound, in order to make the gaming experience even more immersive. Prizes or winning combinations are not enough. Today's player is looking for a combination of aesthetics, premium and visuals that can be more than just a boring game.
It is at this stage that thematic symbols and the exploration of a theme come in, which can tell a story or with which the player can identify.
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Game machine themes
As we have seen, the times of the symbols of bells, stars, fruits and sevens (7) in the old 3×3 machines are gone. Slots are increasingly evolved and worked on, with symbols that tell stories. The most common themes among game software providers are:
- Greek mythology
- Chinese culture
- Japanese culture
- classic literature
- Egyptian Civilization
- Series and movies
- bands and singers
- classics
And truth! If you come across a Guns 'n Roses machine or a Scrooge slot on sites like Betway, don't be surprised. Gaming software providers, attentive to market trends, present more thematic and visually improved machines.
If the classic is still a trend, the new gaming machines bring back the symbols of fruits and sevens (7), this time with more elaborate graphics and in slots with more features and functionality.
Japanese Culture in Gambling
Considering that casino games are banned in Japan, many oriental symbols are used by the gaming industry to win over new customers.
Starting from Japanese mythology, with the gods Izanagi and Izanami creating the world and other deities, to the most recent anime characters, many are the Japanese symbols used in thematic machines.
The Maneki Neko, the famous lucky cat of Japanese origin, is one of the most used in Japanese-themed slots. Associated with luck or money, many Japanese have this adornment in their homes.
Samurai or Yakuza, the Japanese mafia, are also part of the imagination of many and are often used in gaming machines.
Talking about Japanese culture in the game is also talking about Pachinko. The game, which originated in Japan, was inspired by a child character from the United States called “Corinthian bagatelle”. The game is a mixture of slot and flipper (pinball) and there are, in Japan, houses exclusively dedicated to the game.
At Betway you can find several gaming machines, from the most thematic to the most classic, always with a contemporary touch.
