right|thumb|Display screen of a slot machine in tilt mode Tilt is a term derived from electromechanical slot machines' "tilt switches", which would make or break a circuit when they were tilted or otherwise tampered with that triggered an alarm. While modern machines no longer have tilt switches, any kind of technical fault (door switch in the wrong state, reel motor failure, out of paper, etc.) is still called a "tilt".
right|thumb|Display screen of a slot machine in tilt mode Tilt is a term derived from electromechanical slot machines' "tilt switches" which would make or break a circuit when they were tilted or otherwise tampered with that triggered an alarm While modern machines no longer have tilt switches any kind of technical fault (door switch in the wrong state reel motor failure out of paper etc) is still called a "tilt"