–
Any combination of two specific symbols3-reel slot machines
2. Case B – different numbers of stops and symbol distributions on the reels
2.6
Event –
Any combination of two specific symbols
The probability of
is
,
where 
are
the basic probabilities of the two symbols occurring on the reels respectively ( is
the probability of symbol no. i occurring on reel no. j).
Example:
Find the probability of any combination of red seven and blue seven symbols occurring on a payline of a 3-reel slot machine having 56, 56, and 60 stops on reels 1, 2, and 3 respectively and the following distributions of the two symbols on these reels respectively: 2, 2, 2 for red seven; 2, 1, 1 for blue seven.
The basic probabilities are:
and
.
The sought probability is:
.
2.7 Event
–
Any combination of at least one of three specific symbols
The probability of
is
,
where are
the basic probabilities of the three symbols occurring on each reel
respectively. Denoting 
,
for j from 1 to 3, we can write
and
use the tables and the results of section 2.1.
Example:
Find the probability of any combination of bar-type symbols (single, double, and triple bar) occurring on a payline of a 3-reel slot machine with 50, 50, and 60 stops on reels 1, 2, and 3 respectively, and the following distributions of the bar-type symbols on these reels respectively: 2, 2, 1 for single bar; 2, 1, 1 for double bar; 1, 1, 1 for triple bar.
We have:
,
,
The sought probability is:
