There are 5 reels and a 5x4 board is used to house it all, framed in thatched leaves, as if it were a tiki hut. The background image for the game is particularly evocative, depicting the beach at sunset with flame torches, palm fronds and beautifully coloured sky, all pink and blue, with craggy mountain ranges in the distance. Super Quick Hit Sunset Sapphires features the Cash Wheel Bonus, Respin Bonus, 2 excellent Free Games Features and classic Quick Hit Progressive Jackpots! If players liked Quick Hit before, they will love this title along with the beautiful & sexy Playboy Bunnies!
How to Play Sunset King
The first thing you’ll notice when you’ve paid your money is the fact that each of the reels is four high, making the setup slightly larger than your average game. This slot enjoys the Xtra Reel Power format. This format offers an all-ways pay system where you’ll win by simply landing symbols on consecutive reels, regardless of the position on the reels. This system gives you 1,024 ways to win on every spin.
The lion symbol that is the highest paying is the Sunset King himself, worth 350 coins if it appears on all 5 reels. Joining the lion are a range of safari animals. A hippo and a zebra both have a top pay out of 150x, while the hyena and the giraffe each have a top prize of 120 coins. Joining these themed symbols are the usual playing cards – 9, 10, J, Q, K and A.
Wilds are always useful, but they can become even more important at a slot with an all-ways winning system such as this one, as a single wild could enable many wins. The wild here is represented by the sunset symbol and this appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 only.
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The only symbol not mentioned so far is the green claw scatter which acts as the bonus symbol. Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these scatters will give an immediate pay out 2x, 10x or 25x your total stake respectively. Players will also win 8, 15 or 20 free spins based on 3, 4 or 5 scatters.
These free spins have a couple of extras. First, whenever the wild symbol appears, there will be a multiplier attached of either 2x or 3x. This is a great win-win situation, as wilds make wins more likely anyway, plus they’ll pay out much larger amounts. These wins can really go town if you land more than one wild in a win – land a 2x and a 3x multiplier in a win and you’ll receive 6x the usual win.
Second, retriggers are much easier to come by than usual. You’ll retrigger in the usual way if you land three or more scatters during the feature, but here, if you manage to land just 2 scatters you’ll receive an instant boost of 5 more spins. This can happen on a regular basis, so you’ll regularly find that this free spins feature can extend to many more spins than you originally expected.
The second feature of this game is the ‘super bonus’ feature. This takes place when the scatter symbol on reel 5 is the ‘super bonus’ one. You’ll now enter a slightly different free spins feature. Just before the first spin starts, you’ll see a series of lion symbols added to each of the reels, this now easily the most populous symbol on the reels. At each of these ‘super’ spins there is always the potential to hit a mega win, when a series of those lion symbols line up. You’ll also see the wild multipliers in this feature too, which can have a massive impact on those over-sized wins.
- Appendices
- Slots Analysis
- Miscellaneous
Introduction
Henderson/Lake Mead Nickel Slot Return Percentages
The following table ranks the casinos of Henderson according to the looseness of their video display reeled nickel slot machines. Henderson spans a large area just south and east of Las Vegas. All the casinos listed are within Henderson except the Hacienda, which according to my map is in the Lake Mead Recreation Area. An explanation of the methodology of this survey can be found in Appendix 3A ranking the Las Vegas casinos.
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| Rank | Casino | Average Return |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainbow Club | 92.97% |
| 2 | El Dorado | 92.56% |
| 3 | Sunset Station | 91.33% |
| 4 | Hyatt Regency - Lake Las Vegas | 91.14% |
| 5 | Green Valley Ranch | 91.11% |
| 6 | Railroad Pass | 89.90% |
Voluntary exclusion: The Fiesta Henderson did not allow my associate to take notes while playing their slots. I can not include any casino that is not cooperative with the survey. I will honor any requests for exclusion.
Insufficient sample: The Hacienda only had one kind of machine that I test for, which I consider to be too small a sample. Based on the one game they did have the return was 93.50%.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Par Sheet Pete (not his real name) for providing the par sheets, without which this project would not have been possible. I would also like to thank Rob Feldheim for his help collecting data.
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Sunset Sapphire Slot Machines
- Appendix 1 shows the details and analysis of almost 4000 actual spins on a Reno slot machine.
- Appendix 2 shows an example of the virtual reels behind a hypothetical slot machine and how the average return is calculated.
- Appendix 3A: 2003 Las Vegas slot machine rankings.
- Appendix 3B: 2002 Jean/Primm slot machine rankings.
- Appendix 3C: 2002 Tunica slot machine rankings.
- Appendix 3D: 2002 Henderson/Lake Mead slot machine rankings.
- Appendix 3E: 2002 Quarter and dollar returns for Las Vegas slots
- Appendix 4 shows how the return is calculated for my Wizard's Fruit Slot Machine.
- Appendix 5 analysis of the 21 Bell Slot Machine.
- Appendix 6 Analysis of Red, White, & Blue Slot Machine.
- Lock and Roll analysis of the skill-based slot machine found in North Carolina.
- Deconstructing Megabucks.
- Baltimore Sun article, in which I am quoted.