BigQuery and Slot Machines

When playing slot, you place money (or credit) in a machine and pull an arm or push a button to spin the reels. If matching symbols land on a pay line when the reels stop, you win! Each machine has its own rules and bonuses, so it’s important to check out the pay tables before you start playing.

The odds of winning on a slot machine are determined by a random number generator. Each time you hit the button, a new result is generated, so every spin is independent from the last. This means that you can’t predict whether you will win or lose, but it also means you can try out different machines to find the ones you like best.

In BigQuery, a slot is a unit of capacity that a query has the right to use for its execution. As the capacity demands of a query change, BigQuery automatically re-evaluates the availability of slots for that and all other queries, re-allocating and paging as needed. This ensures that, given fair scheduling, all queries can use all the slots they need to avoid latency delays.

In traditional casinos, slot machines accept paper tickets, tokens, or cash. After you insert your currency, the machine converts it to credits or coins — from pennies to $100 or more — that you can then use to play the game. You can select how much you want to bet per spin and how many pay lines you want to activate. You can also choose to activate a bonus round or special symbols that trigger scatter pays if two or more appear anywhere on the screen, even if they aren’t on the same payline.