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The Bought Round / the check
what to look at before paying for a feature
Five figures to read before you buy the round
None of this is a recommendation, and this desk does not advise a reader to buy or not to buy. It does offer the five figures that decide what a bought round is: the price as a multiple of the stake, the return the buy publishes, the maximum win as a multiple of the price, the weight the round carries toward any offer, and the stake level at which the control is even available. Read the five together and the round has a price.
Desk spec
- the figures
- 5
- steps
- 5
- a recommendation
- none
- the price check
- multiple of the stake
- the cap check
- multiple of the price
- the terms check
- wagering weight
The control platesample A / 1,200 extra-stake rounds, four controls
feature buy100x stakeBuys one whole round at a fixed price. The stake moves from 1x to 100x in a single decision; the return is the bought round's, not the base game's.
ante bet+25% per spinRaises the price of every spin a little and the stated chance of reaching the feature a lot. It makes a non-triggering spin dearer and can make the route to the feature cheaper.
super stake2x per spinDoubles the stake for roughly double the quoted chance. It changes the size of the bet and the variance, not the expected cost of reaching the feature.
gamble0 until a winCosts nothing to be offered, then stakes a win on a double-or-nothing. It is the only control here that can take money already won and put it back at risk.
Direct answerFive figures price a bought round: the price as a multiple of the stake, the return the buy publishes, the maximum win as a multiple of the price, the weight the round carries toward any wagering requirement, and the stake level at which the control is offered. Read together, they turn a buy from a single unfamiliar amount into a price a reader can check against the base game.
The five, in order
- The price. Read it as a multiple of the base stake - 100 times, in the sample - not as an amount alone.
- The return. Find the figure the buy publishes; it may differ from the base game return.
- The cap. Divide the maximum win by the price to get the ceiling in multiples of the price.
- The weight. Find whether the bought stake counts toward a wagering requirement, in full or at all.
- The stake. Check the base stake level; a control can be gated to certain stakes.
The check applied to one buy
one feature buy, base stake 1.00
1 price 100.00 = 100x the stake
2 return the buy publishes 96.5%
3 average 100.00 x 0.965 = 96.50
4 edge 100.00 - 96.50 = 3.50
5 cap 5,000.00 / 100.00 = 50.0x the price
6 weight counts toward wagering: no
7 stake level the control is offered from 0.20 up
the round now has a price:
100.00 at risk, 96.50 expected back,
a 50x ceiling, and nothing counted
and every one of those seven figures
is printed by the game or the terms,
not inferred
What this desk is not
- It is not advice to buy a feature - no page recommends a control.
- It is not advice to avoid one either; it prices them equally.
- It is not a claim about any named game, studio or operator.
- It is not a profit method; every figure here is a cost or a ceiling.
- It is not a substitute for the terms of an offer, which can reprice a buy.
This desk gives no advice on whether to use any control for real money. It names no real game, studio or operator and prints invented prices. Every figure derives from the ten invented samples on the overview page, and costs, returns and terms for any real product are set by the product and its operator.