Bonus Buy Slots
The modern day bonus buy option (or feature buy) was introduced in 2017 with the release of White Rabbit.
Bonus buy slots are those where you can pay a fee in order to directly go to the bonus feature of the slot. Basically, the game providers and the online casinos set a price tag on the slot bonus. It is also known as a feature buy or bonus buy option. Bonus buy slots are online slots where you can pay a premium in exchange for instant access to their main bonus feature; usually the free spins round. Also known as 'feature buy', the price of skipping the 'grind' for scatter symbols that trigger the bonus feature (s) when you're playing is typically between 50 and 150 times your initial stake. A “bonus buy” slot is any slot that allows you to automatically use some of your balance in order to immediately access a bonus round within that game. If you’ve played games like Hot Chilli by Big Time Gaming, or the plethora of SGI games that have this function, you will know what I’m talking about!
You may have noticed some interesting changes to some online slots and online casinos recently, and it’s important to us that you know what’s going on. The Bonus Buy feature on casino games is now being banned on slots in the United Kingdom, due to a new stipulation introduced by the UK Gambling Commission.
What Does This Mean for Players?
With no Bonus Buy function on slots, you won’t be able to purchase direct entry into bonus games. The rest of the gameplay on these slots will remain intact, but you’ll have to trigger the bonus in the usual way – either by landing scatters or filling a bonus metre.
The following games have Bonus Buys, but there's no word yet on whether all developers will have to remove this feature:
- - LeoVegas Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Valetta Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - White Rabbit (Big Time Gaming)
- - Neon Cluster Wins (Stakelogic)
- - Spinal Tap (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Genie Jackpots Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Buffalo Rising Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Vikings Unleashed Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Dark Vortex (Yggdrasil Gaming)
- - Fat Santa (Push Gaming)
- - Machina Megaways (Kalamba)
- - Book of Gods (Big Time Gaming)
- - Extra Chilli (Big Time Gaming)
- - Rainbow Riches Megaways (SG Digital)
- - 300 Shields Extreme (NextGen)
- - Return of Kong Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Fishin Frenzy Megaways (Blueprint Gaming)
- - Who Wants to be a Millionaire Megaways (Big Time Gaming)
Currently, most of the games with this bonus feature are no longer available on online casinos. Big name sites like Casumo and William Hill have already taken them down, which is a little bit of a bummer. However, it shows how committed they are to complying with UKGC regulations as soon as possible and keeping players safe.
There is no word yet on when the games will return to online casinos. Seeing as these are some of the most popular games in the slots market, we’d think that developers will be making fast moves to ensure that they’re back online within the next few days.
However, you can still play the free-play versions of these gameshere at Slots Temple. The Bonus Buy feature is simply greyed out, so you can still play the game but without being able to purchase direct entry into the bonus.
What Does the Gaming Community Think?
Bonus Buy Slots Game
Most players don’t really seem to mind that the Bonus Buy function will be removed from slots in the UK. The issue only seems to be with the fact that some of the best games going right now are currently unavailable at online casinos. We’re hoping that will be rectified soon, though.