Advantage Slots

This is an interesting game that I was finding a ton of in Dublin, Ireland. The casinos I checked out had almost no advantage games, but Clover Link Extreme was everywhere. Go figure.

Here’s what the game looks like:

This version happened to be called Red Hot Burning, and the machines I saw in Ireland had at least six or seven different versions of the same game built in to each machine. So if you’re diligent, you’d sift through all of the different games on each Clover Link Extreme machine, and then each of the four denoms and bets within those denoms on each.

In other words, it takes a long time to do. But what should you even be looking for?

Well, as you can see above in the minimum play requirement section, you want all five clovers filled out, and you’ll know that’s the case because the screen will read, “Next clover feature X2.” I’ll zoom in on the important part:

Why does this matter?

You need to land five clovers in the base game to be taken to the bonus, at which point you try to get as many clovers on the screen as possible. If you don’t have all five clovers filled out in the base game pre-bonus, you will just be awarded whatever you accumulate during the bonus. If you do have five clovers filled out pre-bonus, everything in the bonus will be multiplied by two.

That’s what it means with the double clover feature being activated.

Also, pay no attention to any other aspect of the game. In the Queen Cleopatra version example above, you can see there’s a pyramid structure that’s being assembled as you spin:

That may look enticing, as perhaps you’re building toward some type of secondary bonus. You’re not! Only look for the X2 clover feature.

How about something like this?

In this example, you can clearly see I have four out of the five clovers collected (top left of the screen).

But that’s not good enough, as the game offers just a small advantage to begin with.

Further still, if you do happen to see this game, make sure you’re only looking at the “Extreme” version. The other version, which looks quite similar, offers no possible advantage:

You’ll notice this one looks almost identical, but there is no Extreme element.

From the little experience I have with the Extreme version, the game can sometimes take a while (over 100 spins at times) to trigger the bonus. And then the bonus can sometimes underwhelm as well. It’s not a game I get excited about seeing, especially since it requires some time to check all of the individual games within each slot machine, but there is a small advantage to be had if you’re playing it correctly.

Here’s my video of this one: