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This game can confuse some pros. There are two requirements for it. But first, here’s what Golden Geigi looks like (the Golden Egg version has eggs instead of coins):

You’re looking at that gridded board right below the various progressives. Seeing something fully loaded with yellow coins might look intriguing, but we usually only care about coins that have the words “large bonus” on them.

As you can see above, column three has one in the middle that reads “small bonus.” Of course, the small, medium, and large bonuses increase with the bet size and max bet on this game is $24 per spin.

So to keep things simple, play if you see a “large” in the grid, but that’s not all. Not only do you need a large bonus, but you also need it in columns one, two, or five. That’s because once you do hit a bonus and have a chance at unlocking those coins/eggs, you’re much more likely to open columns one, two, and five than three or four.

How likely? That’s up for debate. I used to think one and five opened the quickest, followed by two, but a pro I trust said column one opens in 70% of bonuses, column two in 47%, and column five in 37%. He had column three at 25% and column four at just 4%!

How did he get such exact numbers on a game like this? From his own network of slot hustlers. Some plays are straightforward. With others, there’s more subjectivity, often based on the success or failure of sample sizes that aren’t always big enough. Know going in that every pro slot player has slight differences with certain numbers.

True, these are a bit more than “slight” in this case. But to be fair, it’s a rare game in most casinos and at least we both agreed to stay away from column three and especially four. Regardless, when you see large eggs or coins, they’re usually in columns three or four, like this:

If you don’t know any better and play for any large, like some pros do, you often end up in a world of hurt, because columns three and four are damn hard to unlock in the bonus. Even getting to the bonus is hard enough sometimes and columns one, two, and five aren’t guaranteed to open once you’re there. You can hit a bonus, not open the column you’re chasing, and be right back where you started, praying for another bonus.

That’s why this game is risky. If you’re betting $24 per spin, you better bring at least $9,600 with you if you want to finish the play (most times it will be over well before that). And that’s assuming you’re not being rebellious and chasing a bad large.

Don’t worry, it’s just $300 on the min bet of $0.75.

Yes, some medium bonuses in columns one, two, or five, along with more high-value coins/eggs like smalls and others, can be worth playing. That’s especially true if most of the money is concentrated in column one. But it’s a case-by-case situation when you start trying to involve mediums.

So how do you hit a bonus? You need five coins or eggs anywhere on the screen. Once that happens, you’re in the bonus and are awarded whatever you land on the bottom screen and whatever you unlock on the top screen.

You’re hoping to land a gear symbol in the bonus, which opens one of the five gridded columns at “random,” though random is in quotes since it’s not random.

Otherwise, special symbols also multiply whatever you have in the middle of the bottom board by two each time. Sometimes that alone can add up, but you’re mainly hoping for those gear symbols to unlock the column you’re chasing.

Getting a coin or egg in the bottom part of the screen resets your spin counter back to three. So as long as you’re adding a coin/egg, you get to keep going for at least three spins.

At the end of the bonus, any completed column in the grid section that wasn’t hit carries over to the next spin. Columns that were either unlocked in the bonus or not completed don’t carry over.

I don’t have a video of this one yet, so here’s some footage courtesy of Jackpot Beauties:

Ultimate Screaming Links non-tutorial video