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Boost Your Winnings through Slot Bonus Features

As you explore our collection of hundreds of slot machines, you discover that there is a fantastic range of bonus features. Often these features help to bring the games’ themes to life, but more importantly, they can be extremely lucrative and award the top payouts. It is not unusual to find games that combine multiple bonus features into one, and these can be particularly rewarding.

Wild Symbols

People don’t often think of wild symbols as a bonus feature, but they certainly are. A wild symbol will substitute for the game’s other symbols to help you form more winning combinations. Furthermore, very often they are the top paying symbols and can lead to the biggest payouts.

 Free Spins

This is a very common bonus feature. Essentially, they are spin that you do not have to pay for but that offer the chance of real money wins. Free spins are normally awarded when enough scatter symbols land on the reels, but this is not always the case. Regardless of how they are awarded, they give you the chance to win big without having to spend any money. Better yet, free spins often come with additional bonus feature. For instance, there may be payout multipliers, sticky wild symbols or expanding symbols, all of which are explained below.

Payout Multipliers

Payout multipliers can be awarded in many different ways. For example, there may be a special symbol and when it contributes to a win, the payout may be doubled or tripled. Alternatively, in the case of a free spins round, it may be the case that all payouts receive a multiplier. You will also come across increasing multipliers; for instance, the first five free spins may have a x2 multiplier and the next five a x3 multiplier. There are many more ways that multipliers can be awarded and you will always be able to find the details in the slot’s paytable.

Picking Games

Picking games are very simple features that often offer big rewards. You will simply be asked to choose from a number of objects to reveal prizes. There are a few different ways in which picking games can work. For instance, you may be awarded a certain number of picks, each of which is guaranteed to award a prize. Alternatively, you may have to work your way through a number of levels, but run the risk of uncovering something that ends the game. Picking games can award a range of prizes, such as cash, free spins, and payout multipliers.

Tumbling/Cascading/Rolling Reels

This feature has many names and it is very popular. Essentially, when a win lands on the reels, the symbols in the winning combination(s) are removed from the reels to allow more symbols to fall from above. This could then trigger another win and the process will repeat itself. Better yet, very often each successive tumble/cascade/roll increases a payout multiplier that only resets when a win fails to land.

Progressive Jackpots

Slots with progressive jackpots give you the chance to win huge amounts of money. Every time that you spin the reels of a progressive slot, a portion of your bet is contributed to the jackpot pool. Thanks to this, the jackpots can grow to be worth life-changing sums of money. The way in which a jackpot is won will vary from game to game, so be sure to check the paytable to make sure that you know exactly how it works.

Hold and Win Bonuses

In recent years, this type of bonus game has become extremely popular. Usually, it will take place on a special set of reels where each position spins independently. There will also be a reduced number of symbols that can land, often just a cash symbol, a jackpot symbol, and a blank. You are awarded a specific number of spins, usually three, and each time that a jackpot or cash symbols lands on the reels, the number of spins resets. You continue to play until either you have filled every reel position or you run out of spins at which point, you win the total value of all the symbols that have landed.

Experiment with Blackjack Strategies

One of the main reasons for Blackjack’s popularity is that by using proper strategy it is possible to reduce the house edge significantly. While it will never be zero, with the correct use of strategies there is a good chance that you can improve your returns. You can use various types of strategies, from mathematical optimal ones to betting systems, and each has its own advantage.

Blackjack Strategy Charts

Regardless of which version of Blackjack you are playing, you will always know how many cards are in the shoe, you will be able to see your cards, and you can see the dealer’s up card. As a result, it is possible to work out the best action to take in any situation according to statistical probabilities. This is known as optimal strategy, and the best thing is that you do not need to be a mathematician to make use of it.

The strategy is displayed in a very easy to understand chart. You simply cross-reference your hand with the dealer’s up card and it will tell you whether to hit, stand, double down, etc. The charts are very easy to find, and if you visit a land casino, you will see that often they are handed out to players. However, you have to ensure that the strategy chart that you are using is the correct one for the version of Blackjack that you are playing as even a small change in the rules, such as which hand totals you can double down on, will have a big impact on the strategy.

Blackjack Betting Systems

Strategy charts will go a long way to improving you Blackjack play, but they will never guarantee that you win. That is why it is important to manage your bankroll carefully and one of the best ways of doing that is by using a betting system. 

Broadly speaking, there are three types of betting systems, flat, positive progression, and negative progression. Flat betting systems are the simplest; you just need to bet the same amount on every hand. It makes your budget very easy to handle. Simply divide your bankroll by how many hands you wish to play and bet that amount every time. This way you should be able to enjoy your session without running out of money.

Negative progression betting systems require you to increase your bet after a loss. These systems tend to be high risk and you need a big budget just in case you hit a losing streak. Furthermore, you need to be aware of the maximum bet allowed at a table to make sure that you do not reach it. However, the basic idea is that when you do win, your winnings will be enough to cover your losses.

Positive progression betting systems require you to increase your bet after a win. They are designed to capitalise on winning streaks to maximise the winnings. The basic idea is to keep increasing your bet until you lose, at which point you return to the original bet size. However, you should be careful not to increase the bet by too much after a win, as you need to make sure that you have enough money to cover a losing streak.

Oscar’s Blackjack Betting System

This is one of the most famous Blackjack betting systems and it actually combines positive and negative progressions. The aim of the system is to win a single unit of profit after placing a series of bets, at which point you start again.

This means that if you win your first hand, you have completed the system and you start again. However, if you do not win then the series comes into play. You need to place the same bet on the next hand and if you win then it means that you have recovered your losses from the first hand. However, you have not yet achieved the aim of the system, which is to make a single unit of profit, so you do not start a new series. Rather, for the third hand you add a unit to your bet, if you then win then you will have made one unit profit and start the system again.

This may sound complicated, but it can be simplified: after a win, the next bet is one unit more than the previous bet (unless you have made one unit profit, in which case you return to the original bet), after a loss, the next bet is identical to the previous bet.

The one thing to be aware of is that you should never place a bet that would result in a win of more than one unit profit. For example, if you win a bet of four units and you need two more units to made one unit profit, then you would not bet five units on the next hand, as this would produce too much profit. Rather, place a bet of three units as if it wins, you will have made one unit profit.

Try a Roulette Betting Systems

Roulette is a game of pure luck, so there is nothing you can do to improve the odds. However, you can use a betting system to help manage your bankroll. There are many betting systems that can be used with Roulette, and most of them are very simple.

The Martingale System

The Martingale is the most famous betting system and it is very easy. It simply requires you to double your bet after a loss and bet the same after a win. It can be used with all of the even money bets, such as red/black/odd/even.

For instance, if you bet €1 on blacks and win, then you bet €1 on the next spin. However, if you had lost then would bet €2 on the next spin, and if you lose again, then you bet €4 on the next, and so on, until you win, at which point you bet €1 again. When you do win, your profit will be equal to your initial bet. The only thing to be wary of is hitting a long losing streak and reaching the table’s maximum bet, which is why it is best to start with a small bet.

The Reverse Martingale System

Also known as the Paroli, this is one of the oldest betting systems around. It is the opposite of the Martingale in that it requires you to double your bet after a win.

You should place an even money bet and then double it if you win, while if you lose, you bet the same again. This way, if you hit a winning streak you can keep doubling your bet using your profits until you lose, at which point you return to the original bet.

There are a few advantages to this system. Firstly, a losing streak will not cost you a huge amount. Secondly, you do not actually have to double your bet after a win. Instead, you could increase your bet by 50% and set some of the profits aside. This is preferable as if you double your bet, just one loss is enough to wipe out all of your profits.