Advantage Slots

This is a fringe advantage game to say the least, as finding a “great” play can still clobber you. When that’s the case, my hackles are up.

If you want to ignore this game completely, like I pretty much always do, that’s a reasonable course of action. But if you do play this game, what are you looking for?

You’re looking for at least two gemmed-out bags. This one is a perfect three of three, which is rare to find, and I still got smashed to bits on the play. You can look at the bottom of the board, where it shows the bets on each denom:

Does a bag having gems mean it hits faster and brings you to a bonus? Nope. In that way, this game reminds me of Dragon Spin Crosslink.

So what’s the advantage? It’s marginal. If a bag has gems in it and you trigger it with a coin, you get a “boosted” bonus, which means you have a better chance to win more money in that bonus than if the bag doesn’t have gems.

To make things more confusing, plenty of offshoots of this already-suspect game don’t offer any sort of advantage. So if you buckle up and play, make sure you’re actually playing the right version of this game.

I did come across what looks like another advantage version of this game, but after testing it out and losing money, I don’t think the newer version can ever be +EV:

All right, you’ve been spinning that $1.76 bet for 15 minutes of angrily hitting buttons. You’re down $500 … on a $1.76 bet! What can you expect in the bonus? Well, it’s a sick range, from 5x to hundreds times your bet.

The dream is to trigger all three at once (red, green, and purple coins). If you do that, you’ll definitely be on the higher end of the range scale, especially if they’re gemmed.

Generally, the best solo color to hit is red, which gives you 10 free games and the chance to spell out mini, minor, major, and grand. When it’s gemmed out and triggered, it’s “boosted,” which means you often have chances of doubling or even tripling those spelled-out minis and minors on Fu Dai Lian Lian Boost Peacock. For Fu Dai Lian Lian Boost Tiger, the gemmed-out red gives you double coins at times.

The green bag version of “boosted” means a full reel of wilds always raises the entire board the max number of four extra spaces on Peacock. On the non-gemmed green version, the board doesn’t always grow that high after a full wild reel. This can be especially useful in uncovering coins if you combine this bonus with the red bag. For Tiger, you’re given extra expanding wilds on the boost, which can also be useful.

The gemmed purple bag means every line hit pays 5x on Peacock. That isn’t a guarantee if the bonus hits and the bag is not gemmed. On Tiger, gemmed purple means multiplied extra games.

To conclude, play with two or more fully gemmed-out bags. Then hope you trigger two or three at the same time.

Here’s my video for this one: