How to Use slot machine in a Sentence

slot machine

noun
  • Could the flash of a slot machine be the light at the end of the tunnel?
    Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2022
  • What’s the usage of seats at the table or the slot machines?
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 May 2024
  • Even the carnival lights of the slot machines have been known to pull me in a time or two.
    Jeff Stibel, USA TODAY, 10 June 2019
  • The shells clinked like coins falling from a slot machine.
    Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • There was enough time to throw my bags down, snap a photo of the slot machine(!), and run back out the door.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2018
  • These teams can make the scoreboard look like a slot machine.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The Kings lit up the scoreboard like a slot machine, and at no point did the Pelicans dig in.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The cafe has five video slot machines and also offers beer and wine and food.
    Bob Bong, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
  • Enough shots pinged off posts to form the soundtrack of a casino slot machine.
    Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 29 May 2018
  • There is a 'slot machine' dopamine effect that an iPad has.
    Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 29 July 2024
  • There are no slot machines in the ballpark and no sports betting area.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • The net win is the amount of money that gamblers lose at slot machines and table games.
    Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But the former Portuguese colony is more than just roulettes and slot machines.
    Wufei Yu, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
  • On the tightest slot machine in Vegas, the chances of winning the top prize are about one in 34 million.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • By midyear, the resort will have more than 3,400 slot machines on the property.
    Mark Glover, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The change won’t be opening the floodgates for just anyone to release a slot machine app.
    Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The slot machine could should see plenty of targets with the loss of Barkley and Sterling Shepard (toe).
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • A day earlier, the couple had won $5,000 on a slot machine.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Rebels got a nice pop of publicity last week for putting a large slot machine on the sideline for home games.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The bill allows slot machines at O’Hare and Midway, as well as horse racing tracks.
    Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019
  • The Senate called for expansions of slot machines at some pari-mutuels and craps and roulette for the tribe and the House was against such expansions.
    Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Videos on social media showed video slot machines that had gone dark.
    Rio Yamat, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The Crew 2 also doles out its drops much better than last year’s Need for Speed: Payback, with its in-game slot machine.
    Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 10 July 2018
  • Critics found them similar to slot machines, which are banned in this state.
    Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 10 July 2018
  • When a store clerk asked the two suspects to leave, the female suspect grabbed the woman sitting at the slot machine by her hair and pulled her to the ground, police said.
    Michelle Iracheta, Houston Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2019
  • An online slot machine gives you the thrill and rewards of real-life casinos in the convenience of your own home.
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The kennel club would face high odds in trying to bring in any other forms of gambling, such as card tables and slot machines.
    Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Players will need to be playing on a slot machine within two minutes of each drawing for a chance to win.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 10 July 2024
  • For the slot machine, the positive reinforcement is money.
    Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Draft Kings is in regulatory hot water for an online slot machine.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024

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