I like to play slot machines at the casino. From Top Dollar, to Lightning Link, to Huff N' Puff, to Black Widow, to Dragon Link, and hundreds more, I play ONLY high limit slots, with bets ranging. The classic version of the Megabucks slot from IGT is a 3-reel slot machine with the only one payline. In order to qualify for a progressive jackpot, the player must definitely bet three dollars. There are a lot of stories (both true and fictitious) about casino customers, who had the jackpot combination, but they did not receive any jackpot. Modern slot machines use a computer program called a random number generator to determine the outcomes of the various spins of the reels. This creates an imaginary reel with a number of symbols limited only by the program in question. A mechanical slot machine with 256 symbols per reel would be huge, too large to play, much less to build.

The highest-paying symbol of all is the buffalo, worth 300 coins for the maximum five in a row, double the amount that you’ll win for either the eagle or the hyena. The real money game has a minimum bet of 75 credits and a maximum of 375, while coin denominations start at just one cent.

How To Win A Slot Machine Jackpot

There are five jackpot payouts total in Buffalo Grand Slots you can win. The lowest payout is the mini and they rise through the minor, major and super, before reaching the Grand Jackpot, where you can win some very impressive (even life-changing) payouts. This jackpot is seeded at half a million dollars and the progressive nature of the prize means it will go much, much higher than this.

For a chance of winning the Grand Jackpot you’ll need to be playing for a bet size of 300 or 375 coins, while the higher the stake you play for, the more chance you’ll have of winning one of the other jackpots.

Bonus Rounds & Fun Bonus Features

The number of free spins awarded on the wheel depends upon how many scatters you used to activate the feature. The minimum three scatters will see you awarded with between eight and 15 free games, four scatters awards you between 15 and 30 free games and the maximum five scatters wins you between 20 and 50 free spins.

During the free games, any wins that are aided by the wild symbol will be the subject of a 2x or a 3x multiplier. The scatter symbol will now be replaced by a golden coin during the feature and this will award a scatter win of 100, 500 or 1,000 coins if you hit three, four or five anywhere on the reels.

How To Trigger A Slot Machine Jackpot Winners

Bonus Feature: Buffalo Grand Jackpot Wheel

The final symbol on the reels is the golden wheel, which acts as the scatter. Land three or more of these anywhere on the reels and you’ll enter the jackpot feature. You’ll now be presented with a ‘wheel of fortune’ style of wheel, which contains a number of segments. Inside these segments you’ll either see a jackpot win amount or a number of free spins.

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Bonus Feature: Buffalo Grand Wild Symbol

Odds Of Hitting A Slot Machine Jackpot

A striking sunrise behind a couple of large rocks is the wild symbol on Buffalo Grand. This symbol only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 and will substitute for any other symbol on the reels apart from the scatter to create more wins.