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Traditional slot machines featured three reels and a limited number of paylines which gamers would "complete" by lining up matching symbols along paylines that they enabled. Enabling a payline involved placing a wager on that particular payline. Newer, more sophisticated online slots developed with more paylines -- some games required that the paylines be enabled to produce a win while others awarded wins without requiring enabled paylines. In 2009 a new format was introduced to the online casino game which has proven to be the most popular innovation yet. Gamers can create winning combinations by matching symbols which appear anywhere on the five reels of a video slot machine, regardless of whether the symbols appear on the same line. No payline enabling is required, and if a 4^th or 5^th symbol is added to the first match, an additional payout is added to the original win. This option is known as the "243 Ways to Win" because, when all the possibilities for winning are calculated, 243 winning opportunities emerge. Many of the most recent slots casino game releases include 243 Ways to Win which often offer extra payout options such as Bonus Games, Gambles, multipliers, free spins and more.