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Slot Machine Emoji 🎰

A casino slot machine with a lever on the side and three symbols lined up in the window, sometimes matching sevens for the jackpot. Actual gambling talk uses it straight, and it covers taking a chance more broadly too: a long-shot application, a risky bet, a decision left entirely up to luck.

What 🎰 means

A rectangular machine with three slots showing the number '7' from three separate reels. The machine is further finished with a tiny torch-like structure on top and a joystick to the side.

The 🎰 Slot Machine emoji signifies a matter of chance and luck. Apart from representing one of the most famous methods of gambling, this emoji could also suggest a jackpot in different contexts.

How and when to use it

If you're inferring that someone or something hit a jackpot either in a text message or a post caption, you could use 🎰. For example, "I honestly think he hit a jackpot with his latest job 🎰" or "You can't expect to gain something by giving nothing 🎰" respectively.
You can also use 🎰 in the frameworks of 'gambling'; both literal in meaning, or metaphorical in essence as well. Like, "I really think he should quit 🎰" or "Risk is always good, but not at the cost of everything 🎰".
Slot machines may not be about luck, but you could use 🎰 to refer to it. For instance, "Don't push your luck, mate 🎰 You just got a decent paycheck, don't push it".
Use 🎰 while posting or reposting casino-related content. A viral post, a picture of yourself at the casino for the first time (or not), a video of yourself triggering the slot machine, etc.

Other Names

🎰 Gambling Machine
🎰 Coin Machine
🎰 Fruit Machine
🎰 Gaming Machine
🎰 One-Armed Bandit
🎰 Casino
🎰 Poker Machine
🎰 Puggy
🎰 The Slots
🎰 Fruities

The lowdown

Category: Activities › game
Codepoints: U+1F3B0
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :slot_machine:
Keywords: casino, gamble, gambling, game, machine, slot, slots

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.