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Pharaoh’s
Gold is a 3-reel, three pay line slot machine. It may be played
in denominations of $.05, $.25, $.50, $1, and $5. This game represents
RealTime Gaming’s first three-reel machine with three pay
lines. To play, put money in the machine by clicking on the chips
in the lower right corner and press “Play 3 Credits.”
This will play the maximum bet (3 paylines and 3 coins), giving
you the maximum chance to win and automatically spins the reels.
If you’d like to play fewer lines, just select the lines
you want by using the “Bet One” button. When you have
the bet amount you’d like, just press “Spin Reel,”
and wait for a win. The Pharaoh’s Gold slot machine uses
two random animations. Watch out for the falling coconut or the
crazy eyes of the camel. Have you seen them yet? Located just
below the pay table is the payout line. This line will give line
win information such as number of lines that won and what each
line paid out (in credits). In addition, an Eye icon (wild) matches
any symbol on a paid pay line. If an Eye is used on a winning
payline, it morphs into the winning symbol. Pharaoh’s Gold
may also be configured as a local progressive game, where a 3-coin
bet (max bet) hitting three “Masks” on the pay line
3 wins you the local progressive jackpot total, which appears
just above the reels.
Japanese legend tells of a band of masterless samurai who roamed the countryside as bodyguards and mercenaries for over six centuries. These mysterious warriors, shamed by their masterless existence became lost in winds of myth and legend over the years. But now the Ronin, and their secret treasures, have returned. Ride out to find the lost Ronin and their hidden treasures and find your own riches along the way. Each Ronin you discover pays handsomely, either as a scattered winning icon, a wild icon, or as a key to free spins or even free games. Koku, the coin, appears only on reel 3 and substitutes for all symbols except Ronin. The prize is doubled if Koku substitutes in a winning combination. Ronin is a wild/scatter symbol and substitutes for all symbols except Koku.
Ramdom Jackpot
At any time any player playing any denomination may win the jackpot.
Bonus Feature
one of the following bonus games is randomly triggered when the Koku is hit on reel 3 with 2 or more scattered Ronins.
3 to 10 free spin games - reel 3 is held with Koku on all positions while the other reels spin. The number of free spins is also awarded ramdonly.
5 free spin games - Wins are multiplied 1X on the first ree-spin, 2X on the second, and so on. Any retrigger wins 5 extra free spins (only once and multiplier continues to accrue.
25 free spin games - All wins are tripled, and any retrigger awards 25 extra free spins.
PLAYING IT SMART by ALAN KRIGMAN
Multi-line Machines Add a Meaningful Choice to Slot Play .
The slot machines dominant in the '90s gave players little flexibility for tailoring games to meet meaningful personal preferences. Differences like symbols on the reels were cursory, and serious options were accordingly limited. True, there was a pick of denomination -- $0.25, $0.50, $1, and so on. Another choice was giant jackpots with infinitesimal chances of hitting, modest meed with merely minuscule prospects of prosperity, or somewhere in between. And there were alternatives that few folks ever fathomed, like machines where extra coins bought more confusing ways to win as opposed to bigger returns and bonuses.
The nickel and other multi-line machines now proliferating at punting palaces across the ever-widening wagering world offer solid citizens additional diversity. This, more significant in shaping session performance than most slot fans yet fathom. For a particular amount dropped into the hopper of hope per round, it's the trade-off between more money on fewer lines or the converse.
Slot machines differ among games, to the extent that two devices may look identical, yet don't necessarily have the same inner workings. Further, the relationship between what players do and what they get involves the unpredictable intervention of chance rather than the certainty of cause and effect. So a painstakingly precise analysis entailing the probabilities and payoffs of one particular machine won't apply exactly to another. Intuitive understanding of what to expect, among any proficient gambler's greatest talents, is far better served using a simplified model.
For this purpose, picture a hypothetical five-line nickel machine. Make believe it takes up to five coins per line and has only one return level -- $0.15 for every $0.05 bet on a winning line. Experienced bettors know this means you win 2-to-1, a nickel earns you a dime, since the $0.15 includes your own money -- the $0.05 bet you didn't lose. Say you're comfortable risking $0.25 per spin. You could do it in various ways, the extremes being a quarter on one line or a nickel on each of five lines.
If the chance of winning were 31 percent, this game would have a payback of 93 percent. About average for the nickel slots.
The 93 percent return isn't affected by your decision to play one line at quarter or five at a nickel each. But, the net wins and losses per spin, and the chances associated with them, do change.
Betting $0.25 on a single line, you have 31 percent chance of winning $0.50 and the complementary 69 percent chance of losing your quarter. Betting $0.05 on each of five lines, probabilities and profits are as shown in the following list.
Chances of various wins and losses on hypothetical machine, betting $0.05 on each of five lines
no of probability net profit hits or loss
0 15.64% lose $0.25
1 35.13% lose $0.10
2 31.57% win $0.05
3 14.18% win $0.20
4 3.19% win $0.35
5 0.29% win $0.50
These figures demonstrate how distributed bets dampen expected ups and downs. Shifting the total from one bet to five drops forecast $0.25 losses from 69 to 15.64 percent, and only 50.77 percent of all spins are projected to lose anything. Big wins are also fewer -- the chance of earning $0.50 is below one percent with $0.05 per line, versus 31 percent betting all-or-nothing. But, a nickel win in the multi-line mode is expected slightly more often than $0.50 going for broke, and the other payoffs bring the overall shot at winning something to 49.23 percent.
Smaller bankroll swings characterizing each round of multi-line play ultimately keep players in the game longer on a given stake. Say you start with $50 and bet $0.25 per spin. The chance of being in action for at least 2,000 spins, about three hours of fast fingering, is 78.8 percent with a quarter on one line. It's higher, 98.5 percent, with a nickel on each of five lines. Sumner A Ingmark, celebrated songster of the slots, said it like this: You cannot win if you don't play, So temp'ring risk may save the day
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