The Money Link series is one of those that give you options to bet an “Enhanced” bet. What does that mean exactly?
On games, such as Money Link, that allow you to bet more for the chance at more features or bonuses, are your wins based on the enhanced bet amount or are your wins paid based on the non-enhanced equivalent bet amount?
Kellie
The answer to this question comes in two parts – the line hits and the bonuses.
For the line hits, they pay at the same rate whether the bet is enhanced or not. So you’re paying more purely for the bonuses – get no bonuses, and you just spend your money faster. (Our head writer has had such bad luck on Double Money Link in particular – never had the free spins and only one Money Link bonus – that he’s sworn off the game entirely.)
The second part, the bonuses, is two-fold. And it can differ by Money Link version. The original Money Link games would award the same bonus odds while in the bonus, but the bonus is designed to come out three times as often on Enhanced mode vs. non-enhanced mode. So while an individual bonus isn’t expected to pay more, you’re expected to see the bonus more.
Double Money Link, you get the benefit of the second board to collect coins when you get the bonus. So in that game’s case, the bonus outcomes should be better because of the additional spaces to collect coins.
This is just a new variation of the more/better bonuses that slots have had for decades, from Hot Hot Penny to Wizard of Oz. Your expected payback percentage doesn’t change over time – you’re just betting more for a more active machine. So it’s really up to each player what sort of experience they want – more active and more frequent bonuses is certainly fun, but will cost more to achieve.
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