the bonus-buy lab

Bonus-buy studies

We simulated 100,000 feature buys on each of the most popular bonus-buy slots and measured what actually comes back: the average, the typical (median) return, and how often a buy returns less than it cost. Simulation-based, never predictions.

Across the library, the average buy returns the game's RTP, but the typical buy returns a fraction of its cost, and most buys lose money. The RTP is carried by rare big hits.

San Quentin xWays

87.0% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Fire in the Hole 2

86.93% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Tombstone R.I.P.

86.91% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Fire in the Hole 3

86.84% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

San Quentin 2: Death Row

86.83% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Mental 2

86.81% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.08x

Money Train 3

86.8% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Mental

86.72% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Mystery Museum

86.69% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Money Train 4

86.62% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.09x

Nitropolis 5

84.33% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

CherryPop

84.23% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Cygnus 4

84.21% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Punk Rocker 2

84.08% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Big Bamboo

84.02% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Fire in the Hole xBomb

84.0% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Iron Bank

83.94% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.14x

Bonanza Megaways

83.89% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Gates of Olympus Super Scatter

83.87% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Sweet Bonanza 1000

83.82% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter

83.82% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Sugar Rush 1000

83.77% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Money Train 2

83.73% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Sweet Bonanza

83.73% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Hellcatraz

83.69% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.15x

Zeus vs Hades - Gods of War

81.59% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Le King

81.54% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Chaos Crew 2

81.45% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Dead Dead or Deader

81.45% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Le Pharaoh

81.4% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Cash Crew

81.38% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Le Bandit

81.35% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

The Dog House Megaways

81.34% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Starlight Princess 1000

81.29% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Wanted Dead or a Wild

81.28% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Gates of Olympus 1000

81.27% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Rip City

81.25% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Wild West Gold

81.24% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Big Bass Amazon Xtreme

81.23% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Extra Chilli Megaways

81.16% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

The Dog House Multihold

81.1% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

White Rabbit Megaways

81.08% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.21x

Big Bass Splash

77.98% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

Gates of Olympus

77.78% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

Starlight Princess

77.77% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

Fruit Party 2

77.72% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

Buffalo King Megaways

77.66% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

Sugar Rush

77.65% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

The Hand of Midas

77.61% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

5 Lions Megaways

77.57% of buys returned less than they cost, median 0.32x

see the base-game studies