Place Your Bets Tips and Cheats
BASICS
The machine is very simple basically you spin the reel to get symbols on the matrix, when you get a line the machine lets you have BETS at the lit trail(s) of which there is 3 (cash, features, nudges). You can gamble the BETS from 1-8 and after you use the bet from 8 you can gamble again. However these bets aren’t knockouts so you can get them again but never twice in a row EG if you got 2 nudges and had 3 bets left then you could get 1 but then you couldn’t get it again straight away therefore the minimum is 2 from the next bet. The problem is that the machine can just go between 1 and 2 if you need more esp. for a good win. Anyway the reels also have a Bonus in the form of horse shoes. 3 in a row gives the bonus and it can be obtained from either the machine spinning them in holding 1/2 and the others coming in the symbols holding 3 times and giving “I like the way you did that” or by nudging them in when you can’t get a cash win. The feature starts off on the nudge trail nearly every time some machines every time but on one version the machine can cheat you by offering cash or feature esp. if there is v. Good win from 1/2 nudges.
THE HORSE SHOE BONUSES
There is a true skill if the Barcrest bloke flashes and a sound is made, hold and go for selector or fruit run.
SKILL ADD- add for lines if you try not to get lines it can let you fill it further depends on the version
SELECTOR-can be nasty but usually gives 3 or 4 lines
RE-SPIN-usually gives 1 line but doesn’t have to
STOPPA-random rarely gives any lines
SHUFFLE- shuffles in 1 + line
FRUIT DROP- all symbols fall to the bottom line usually for 1 line
FRUIT RUN- steps down to fill symbols in (can go all the way)
FRUITS IN VIEW-gives all in view has been known to fill the matrix but normally gives 1-4 lines
BONUS- adds fruits to the matrix usually no lines
THE FEATURE
The nudges span from 1-9 then Unlimited Nudges The cash trail goes $1, $1, $2, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $8, $15 If the Bacrest bloke flashes on a feature take it as it should be worth $15 usually, true skill Pound Run- spins in a pound and sometimes gives more but pretty poor ($1-$3) Cash Advance- Gives $1 then you have to hit advance on the LCD to go to the next valve
(still pretty poor but better than pound run) Fruit Bingo- gives a random win off the matrix ($1- $3 sometimes gives big wins but this is rare)
Reel Match- left reel spins and the middle one is matched to it and the 3rd reel spins slowly and you have to hit it. (gives it if you miss by 1 either side) Seventh Heaven- same as every other seventh heaven, choose up or down for $2, $7, $8 beware of mixed sevens Golden Hold- steps reels either 2 or 3 times depends on its mood, choose the best win you can find (it often gives blue/ red sevens and occasionally the Jackpot Skill Cash- using the cash trail the machine lights up the trail and you have to stop it as high as possible, the best time to go for it is on the first time as it often goes to the top but not every time.
Stop N Step- The reels line up, you stop them and then you either step the reels down to the next win or stop (similar to waltzers on Roller Coaster but not the same) Super Cash Streak- Same as Fruit Shoot on BRAIN WAVES, basically the same as fruit bingo but you get far more goes usually worth at least $15.
TIPS
Most people play this machine for the full matrix, there are a few ways to obtain this:- the machine has on occasions just filled it in normal play this is very rare and is often part of a streak. A far more common way is by getting 7,8,9 nudges and either getting it directly or shuffling the reels at the cost of a nudge and it being given. The most common time to get it is when the nudges are shuffled to 6 or 5 this happens a lot. The machine may also give the jackpot from a lot of nudges but it can often have two jackpots on the win line and not give it.
The machine hardly ever gives the gamble from red 7’s to the jackpot you nearly always end up with $7. The machine gives the $15 from the cash trail but only when it wants to. A clever way to go for the matrix however is to have nudges but only lines available (no cash) and be able to nearly fill the matrix and get 3 horse shoes on the win line (N.B. you don’t have to have exactly the correct number of nudges to get the horse shoes so it doesn’t matter if you have too many).
Then the bonus can often be skill add for the remaining 1 symbol, fruit run, fruits in view, stoppa or bonus. However the machine likes to give selector or re-spin to fob you off. Another point to note is often very easy to get a good win in from nudges sometimes JACKPOT if you don’t take the lines the machine offers you. It says EG 3 lines best but you can often manipulate it by getting 3 lines another way or less lines but leave a big win 1 or 2 nudges away. You can do this frequently with blue and red &’s but it may take some practice and a reel guide can be very helpful (SO DON’T JUST COLLECT BEST LINES). The SUPER CASH STREAK is also worth at least the same as the jackpot and some times more, it banks $15 each time but after the first $15 it doesn’t have to give another $15.
Walk away if the matrix isn’t holding a lot or the matrix keeps filling as much as possible without giving a line. Another tip is if you are getting very few nudges and no win or you aren’t getting more than 2 bets or losing from 1 bet (unless there is a big win it is unwilling to give) then run far, far away.
