What do you call a counter with slot-machine-like animation?

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What is a counter with slot-machine-like animation called?

Similar to this counter:

But with this kind of animation and look:

What would this be called? *I know how to implement it, just not sure about the correct name.

Why close this? It is perfectly reasonable to want to know what a ui-element is named. Not everyone is a native English speaker. — AturSams, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:41
Read our How to Ask page - it tells you what is an acceptable question. SO is for programming questions. If you want the name of an UI element in English, you could either go to the English language Stack Exchange or the UX Stack Exchange. This has very little (if any) to do with programming — ochi, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:47
Good point. Can this question be migrated to UX stack exchange? — AturSams, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:48

AturSams · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-28 09:40:43Z

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It is called a rolling-numbers counter (not turning or spinning). You can find an existing example here (Odometer):

answered Mar 28, 2017 at 9:40

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That last bit of linked code provides a nice bit of simulation of the 'bounce' of a real slot machine, - so to be more accurate you could add "rolling numbers counter with slot machine affect"
– PhillipW
May 28, 2017 at 6:29

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