A narrow opening or groove, such as a keyway in machinery or a slit for coins in a machine. Also: a position or time for something to happen, as in the schedule of a television show or a visit to the dentist.

A slot can be filled with a number of different types of content. These are called scenarios and they can either be added to a slot using an Add Items to Slot action or they can be fed into the slot by a targeter that is configured with a slot definition.

Many modern video slots can have a huge number of paylines and multiple bonus features, which makes them pretty difficult for any player to keep track of. Moreover, touch-screen technology has been integrated into these machines to provide players with an immersive and more realistic gaming experience.

The pay table for a slot displays how much you can win for landing specific combinations of symbols on a payline. It also tells you if the game has any special features or bonuses.

An airport slot is an authorization to take off or land at a particular time during a given period of the day. These are issued when an airport is constrained and are used to prevent repeated delays at busy air traffic control times. The term may also refer to the position in an airline’s network that a flight occupies. The slots of airlines are managed by EUROCONTROL as part of their role in coordinating air traffic.