Nine Line Online Slots Guide

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Premise

An online slots machine has 5 spinning reels marked with symbols. Each time a spin is made, the five reels come to rest randomly with a selection of 3 symbols per reel showing in the game window. The type of wager placed and the combination of symbols that appear determine the payoff.

The Sands of the Caribbean 9-Line Slot machines operate like video slot machines found in the casinos throughout the world. The only difference, which is greatly favorable for the player, is that you can switch your coin value up to $5 without changing to another machine!

Select the coin denomination you wish to play. To increase or decrease denominations, please click on the "up arrow" or "down arrow" buttons, respectively, at the bottom left-hand side of the video slot machine. This set of coins is available for 9-Line Slots games only. This includes: Jungle King, Fat Cat, The Hamsteads, Lucky Lady, La Fiesta! and Hot Dog.

You now have to options to select in determining the type and amount of your wager. The first will be selecting how many lines you wish to wager on. You can wager anywhere from 1 to 9 lines by clicking on Lines arrow until the appropriate number of lines is selected.

Once the number of paylines is selected, you can now determine how many coins you want to wager. The number of coins per line multiplied by the number of paylines being bet on will be shown in the TOTAL BET display area. After your selections, you may then press SPIN to spin the reels. Alternatively you may select the BET MAX button if you have enough coins to bet on all 9 lines with $5 per line. This will automatically spin the reels.

When the reels stop, your payoff will be determined from a table of winning combinations shown on the PAYTABLE of each machine. You may view this by clicking on this button located at the bottom of the screen. Any credits you win will be displayed in the Paid field. Upon placing your next bet the credits in the Paid field will be added to your Credits (minus the amount of the bet which will be displayed in the Bet field).

The highest win pattern is highlighted on the screen. Coinciding wins are added automatically. Scatter wins are multiplied by total credits bet. Scatter wins are added to total payline wins. All symbols pay left to right except for scatter symbols which pay any. Jungle King also pays Right to Left. Lucky Lady also pays Right to Left except Plane which pays Left to Right only.

The Bonus Feature is triggered when the Big Chief appears on both reels 1 and 5. The player picks three squares from a nine square grid. There are between one and three bonus rounds. In each bonus round the player picks three squares until three of the same prize symbols are found. The amount of the bonus prize is indicated on the prize table beside the nine square grid.

The Bonus Feature is triggered when three or more dollar signs appear. The player picks from among eight money bags. The amount of the bonus prize is up to 1000 times the original bet.

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The Bonus Feature is triggered when three or more scattered Toasters appear. The player picks three squares from a nine square grid. There are between one and five bonus rounds. In each bonus round the player picks three squares until three of the same prize symbols are found. The amount of the bonus prize is indicated in the prize box. Players may win up to 250 times the original bet.

Lucky Lady

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The Bonus Feature is triggered when three or more scattered Planes appear left to right. The player picks from among five Planes. There are between one and three bonus rounds. The player has an opportunity to win up to 100 times the original bet.

The Bonus Feature is triggered when three or more scattered Roses appear. The player picks three squares from a nine square grid. There are between one and three bonus rounds. In each bonus round the player picks three squares until three of the same prize symbols are found. The amount of the bonus prize is indicated on the prize table beside the nine square grid.

The Bonus Feature is triggered when three or more scattered Chihuahuas appear. The player picks one of two cards. If the player selects a Bone then the prize is multiplied by the original bet. If the player picks a Hot Dog then the prize pool doubles and the player wins another selection. There are between one and nine bonus rounds. The player has a chance to win up to 256 times their original bet.

Betting Limits

Up to $5 per coin maximum

- Spin reels

" . " - Bet maximum and Spin reels

Please note that these keyboard shortcuts are offered as a suggestion only. Some computers behave differently than others and therefore we cannot guarantee that the shortcuts will apply to all computers.

You may turn on/off the Sound, Voice and Animation during the game by clicking on the Options button located in the lower left-hand area of the console. The setting is turned on when the checkbox is checked and it is turned off when the checkbox is unchecked. You must exit and re-enter the game to activate the Animation feature.

For further information on slots, please consult the following references:

Halcombe, Claude. Slot Smarts; Winning Strategies at the Slot machine, i_2, 1996.

Patrick, John. John Patrick's Slots, Carol Pub Group, 1992.

Scoblete, Frank. Break the One-Armed Bandits!, Bonus Books, 1994.

Tamburin, Henry. Reference Guide to Casino Gambling, Research Services Unlimited, 1993