Average Slot Bonus Game Trigger Values Revealed

Triggering a bonus game on any slot machine you choose to play is always going to be exciting, for you will then have a chance of winning more than you could ever win on the base game of that slot. That is certainly the case on free spins awarding slots which offer multiplier values that boost the value of all free spins bonus game spun in winning payouts.

We often get asked just how often a bonus game can and will trigger on slots from many different suppliers, and the only way that you will find that information out is by carefully dissecting the reels attached to any slot game.

What you have to do is to count up the number of reel symbols on each reel and then wok out how many bonus game symbols are on each reel, and also find out how the bonus games are triggered, whether that is by scatter symbols or bonus symbols that must line up from left to right on an activated payline before the bonus game will be awarded to you!

Unless you have access to the reel strips and are good at mathematics that will be a rather daunting task, however it is something that we have been able to do and with that in mind we are now going to present to you the following set of facts and figures.

Below you will find some of the most played video slots all of which are from Microgaming and all of which award some form of bonus game. Alongside each slot games name you will find out how many base game spins you must play off on average before the bonus game will be triggered.

King CashaLot Slot – We do know lots of slot players want to play a slot offering both a progressive jackpot and some form of bonus game, and when playing the King CashaLot slot you have the chance of being awarded with a huge jackpot or you could trigger a bonus game. When playing any number of paylines the average number of spins required to trigger the bonus game is 59 spins!

Thunderstruck Slot – With just 9 paylines on offer you will find the Thunderstruck Slot a very affordable slot game to play. What makes this a slot worth playing is that you can trigger a set of 15 free spins on x3 multipliers, and no matter how many paylines you do decide to put into play the average number of base game spins required to trigger the free spins is 143 of them!

Wasabi San Slot – The Asia themed Wasabi San slot offers two different bonus games, the free spins are trigged via scatter symbols so when playing any number of lines per spin it will take on average 143 spins to trigger that feature game. However, when playing maximum line spins the average number of spins it will take to trigger the pick to win styled bonus game is just 63 spins!