Bonus Slots Update: Big Buckaroos, The Big Win, Multi-Card Bingo, Neptune's Pearls, My Rich Uncle

18 October 2001

By Gayle Mitchell

We explore more bonus slots in the latest update: Post #10. Here we go...

1) Big Buckaroos: This 15 line game will accept up to 135 coins and has 2 bonus rounds. One bonus is the 'Clown Toss' where a clown climbs into one of 4 barrels that the player chooses and begins to provoke a bull into tossing the barrel out of the ring. A bonus is awarded on the bull's performance by judges at which time the player can accept that amount or try again by sending the clown back to another barrel. In a second bonus round, the selected cowboy rides a bucking bull and each second he stays atop the Bull Ride adds a coin to the bonus. Hey Buckaroo--try your luckaroo here.

2) The Big Win: This 3 reel slot accepts up to 15 coins and has a player option of holding any or all reels and re-spinning the remaining reels to increase the payout. An 'Auto Hold' button provides help as to the best reels to hold. In the Money Tube Bonus Round, the player picks one of 4 tubes containing moving dollar bills with the option to try another Tube. At times, a game show host offers the player cash in lieu of the unknown amount of the final Tube selection. The Money Tube, once revealed can evoke frowns or smiles in the search for The Big Win.

3) Multi-Card Bingo: Below the 5 reels of this 9 line game are 5 corresponding bingo cards. When matching numbers appear on the bingo balls and the bingo cards, the cards light up allowing 5 bingo games at the same time. A completed bingo card awards the player with a mini-progressive payout that averages 280 coins when max. coins are played. The bingo cards are independent of each other, so the game continues until each card hits a bingo. The second screen bonus contains a standard 5 grid bingo card along with several bingo patterns with payouts ranging from 1-150 coins hidden under each of the 25 squares on the card. After selecting one of the 12 patterns, the 5 squares flip over revealing the bonus amount that you can accept or refuse by picking another pattern. This entertaining game leaves the player with many strategic choices and the opportunity to scream BINGO!

4) Neptune's Pearls: There are 7 reels on this undersea themed game and a top payout of 50,000 coins when 5 Neptune symbols light up the payline. A treasure chest symbol is wild and oysters are scatter pay symbols that also activate the bonus round. When 3 or more oysters land anywhere on the screen, the player is prompted to open each oyster in sequence. If a white pearl is revealed, the bonus is 2 coins times the total bet. Five white pearls in a shell pays 50 times the bet, while opened shells revealing black pearls could yield as much as 50X your bet or 25,000 coins. My pearls of wi$dom to players--'Try this slot treasure'.

5) My Rich Uncle: Five 'Uncle Mega Bux' symbols appearing on a lit payline will win 10,000 coins times the line bet for the top jackpot. Other symbols include his tropical island, an art collection, his mansion and a coat of arms--right down to his lawn mower. A scatter pay moose head pays 5, 20, or 150 coins times the total bet anywhere on the screen and 3 or more of the uncle's 'Safe' symbols trigger a random 'Hidden Safe' bonus. Three or more 'Wills' appearing starts a second bonus round where the screen transforms into Uncle's den for the reading of the will. A lawyer, some relatives, the mansion staff, a business partner, a dog and a cat all anticipate the reading of the will. Bonus amounts accumulate as the player inherits various items while the characters on-screen wisecrack at your good fortune--obviously the Rich Uncle's favorite.

Be back soon with Post #11.