Advantage Slots

Remember when I said bigger and newer isn’t often better? That’s the case here, where there are six colors to gather gems for along with a minor, major, and grand in play.

Whenever you’re sinking part of your bet into that many pools, the advantage decreases; it’s very hard to find just one of those colors close enough to make up for how spread out your bet becomes.

First, what does this abomination of a machine even look like?

Like that. There’s so much going on here that it’s hard to even take in. The amber must hit by 50, the sapphire by 60, the amethyst by 75, the emerald by 100, and the diamond by 200. You won’t exceed those numbers.

How close do we have to be on each color? Two away from the must-hit point for each is the safe recommendation, though I’d have a hard time turning down a 97 green or 197 gold if I had the time (hours for diamond) and money and I was interested in comps.

For combos, which I’m ballparking, something like a 42 amber with a 72 amethyst makes sense. Or a 41 amber, 46 sapphire. Or a 43 sapphire, 96 emerald. You want two or even three colors within striking distance of the must-hit point. In that way, the game reminds me a bit of Stack Up Pays and Ascending Fortunes.

Here was a solid combo I was happy to play with the 43 amber, 55 sapphire on the 10-cent denom:

There are a lot of denoms and bets to check with this game, and although I don’t see it being anywhere close to as profitable as its better-looking older sisters Regal Riches and Prosperity Pearl, there’s potential.

Regardless, unless you’re just going after the gray wilds, you want to bring at least 500x the bet once you start chasing the amethyst, emerald, or diamond. And that’s assuming you have those colors very close to their must-hit points. If you’re brazen enough to chase the diamond, figure you’ll need at least 2,000x the bet.

The bonus is the same as with Regal and Prosperity, where the bonus for a color could be triggered at random or by its must-hit number. In either case, you’re awarded 10 free games and get as many gems as the number indicates.

Unlike Regal and Prosperity, the wilds sometimes have a random amount of money imprinted on them or come with a small gem attached. Within those 10 games, gathering five grand gems gives you the grand (good luck!), four majors give you the major, and you guessed it, three minors give you the minor.

The gems also act as wilds, as with Regal and Prosperity, and when the gems come with a dollar amount imprinted on them, they don’t need to create a line hit in order for you to be awarded the number. If that doesn’t make sense, just know that you’ll get whatever amount is imprinted on the gems in the bonus.

Here are my videos for Regal Link Lion and Regal Link Raven: