Near Misses

When the slot machine is one reel symbol from winning the primary jackpot, and that reel is one-half of a turn away from completing the jackpot.

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Near misses were the "big one that got away" stories of the old mechanical slots. In the era of eletronic slots reels, the near miss is a thing of the past. The reels are going to be precise, unless there's that rare sadistic slot machine designer who wants to tempt the unfortunate slots player out there.

Players with near misses want to pull their hair out, because they were on the verge of hitting big jackpot and hearing the sound of rain, so to speak. The near miss in slots is one of the cruelest things which can happen to a slots player in a casino.