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Second Screen Bonus Games In Online Slots

Second Screen Bonus Games In Online Slots

Added: April 16, 2014

Most contemporary online slots offer a bonus game on the second screen. This not only adds excitement in the game play, but also provides addition winning opportunities. In most video slots, the bonus game is triggered when the specified combination of symbols appears on the reels. Sometimes these games are triggered randomly after any spin. You do not have to wager any additional amount for the bonus game, put the payouts won will be credited to your account.

When the second screen bonus game is triggered, the reels disappear and a different setting is displayed on the screen. The setting usually is associated with the theme of the slot game. In the simplest second screen bonus game, you are asked to pick an object from those displayed and are awarded bonus credits after you make your choice. The objects displayed are often taken from the theme of the slot game. For example, in the Microgaming video slot Stunt Pilot you pick one of four pilots. The pilot performs an aerial stunt and you receive bonus credits based on his performance.

In the newer slot games you get to pick more than one object when the second screen bonus is triggered. The number of objects to be picked can be fixed. Or you can be asked to keep picking objects till you reveal a booby symbol or a collect symbol. Another slot machine from Microgaming titled Surf Safari offers this type of bonus game on the second screen. When the bonus game is triggered 15 Surf Wax symbols appear on the second screen. You keep choosing from these symbols and collecting the bonuses. There are two special symbols. If you reveal the Collect symbol, it means that the bonus feature is aborted and you are awarded the bonuses won thus far. However, if you reveal the Win All symbol, then you will win the prizes associated with all the symbols, in addition to those already picked. Some online slots offer multi-level bonus games on the second screen. If you successfully complete one level then you are sent to the next higher one where usually bigger prizes are offered. However, if you fail at a level then the bonus game ends.

There is an important note about the choices to be made in the bonus games on the second screen. The payouts and successes and failures are randomly assigned each time so there is no right choice or better choice. Selecting the same object can give two different results at different times.