There is a very slight or minimal difference when it comes to land based slots and online slots. This is due to the fact that the reel and slot generation as well as the result of a wheel being spun for land based as well as online slots depend on digital computer chip technology.

In the past, the traditional slot machines were built with handles. The players had to physically pull the handles in order for the reels to be spun. Today, the operation of slot machines is not as manual even if the machines are still built with a handle to pull. The inner operation is computerised. Most slot machines nowadays are designed with buttons to be pressed or pushed instead of with handles to pull in order to spin the reels.

Certain slot machines found in real casinos are similar to the design structure of the roulette wheel, in the sense that the reels spin within the machine and then stop at a specific point. Today however, the majority of these slot machines in land based casinos are digitally created and enhanced. This means that the reels are not physically present but instead are virtually represented, exactly the way the online slot machines are built and provided.

From this it is clear to see that the biggest area of difference between real life and online slot machines is the level of interaction. When it comes to paying on online slot machines, the interaction is physical with the player manually pulling a handle or pressing a button whereas when it comes to playing slots online the interaction is via the use of the mouse. All the player has to do is click the mouse button.

There is one more difference between these two forms of slots and that is the difference in terms of the payout percentage offered. Online slot machines always provide a higher payout percentage than real slot machines. This results in online players having an advantage over those players who play at land based casinos.