Slot Bonus Rounds

To win on a slot machine you need a winning bonus round.

What is the first thing you do when you sit down to play a slot game, whether it's online or at your favorite land casino? Deposit some cash and hit the spin button? Beginner's luck aside, if you've never played a particular slot game before you should take a moment to checkout the pay table screen to see how to get a bonus round.

Most slot players play slot games for the thrill and excitement of getting the bonus rounds. How many times have you thought to yourself or heard the person next to you say "finally"? Even if a player is making significant hits they'll continue to play the game just for the sake of getting the bonus rounds.

Slot games have many types of bonus rounds, free spins, grids, races to name a few and there are several ways to trigger a bonus round. Some games require 3 bonus round symbols to stop on a covered payline, some require 3 on any 3 adjacent reels, while others require 3 symbols to stop on the 3 left most reels, still others require a symbol to stop on reels 1 and 5 at the same time. Some that immediately come to mind are the land casino slot game Alien Attack and the online casino slot game Cabin Fever.

When you sit down to play a video slot you should pick a game that will deliver on the bonus round and if your bankroll is low, cover a few paylines and choose a slot game that doesn't require the bonus round symbols to stop on a covered payline to trigger it like the online casino slot game Diamond Cave. Keep in mind that you'll forfeit winning combinations that may stop on uncovered paylines. Always choose games with multiple bonus rounds.

Many slot games offer free spins as the main bonus round. When selecting games that award free spins look for a slot game bonus round with retriggerable free spins, if you get the bonus symbols again during a free spin you're awarded the number of free spins again.

Some fun, online casino slots that have retriggerable free spins are Tally Ho which quadruples each free spin win and the popular video bonus slot Tomb Raider which triples each free spin win. For land casinos Catch a Wave is a good choice.

Play slots with bonus rounds that pay even when non-winning combinations stop on a payline. Two of my favorites are Leopard Spots for land casinos and Reel Strike for online casinos. The land-based slot Cleopatra awards 15 free spins and even though they are retriggerable there are many spins where nothing is awarded.

Most slot game bonus rounds multiply each payline and scatter hit by a certain amount. If you want to hit big during a bonus rounds look for a slot that multiplies the win by the total amount wagered and not the number of coins wagered on a covered payline. Bonus rounds and scatter hits that pay for the total wager staked pay out more money than games that just multiply the win by the number of coins wagered.

Finding slot games that offer multiple bonus rounds, retriggerable free spins, pays for non-winning combinations and multiples the win by the total wager amount including scatter wins is a tall order. Experienced slot players usually look for games that have most of these bonus round features like Cashanova and Mad Hatters and avoid games that have a bonus round ending symbol like the popular land casino slot Jackpot Party.

Sometimes getting a bonus round can take forever, don't take the chance on it being a big disappointment!

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