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Big Event bonus triggers, all qualifying players enter the bonus round and win together. A Big Event multiplier, determined by the player’s bet and speed of play, is also awarded in the bonus round. And a rst—Press Your Luck o ers the rst community free spin bonus. If you haven’t played one of these new slots, Press Your Luck Big Event is a great introduction to Community Gaming.
Community Gaming
Playing slots has always been a solo experience. It’s usually you and “your” machine in the casino. You may
rub the screen, cajole or threaten it—but it’s you and you alone
with your slot. Casino group activities, by their very nature, are at the tables—blackjack, roulette, craps and poker that involve people playing in a group setting. If luck
is with a table of players—or the competition is intense, you can hear
the group shout and clap with every turn of a card. e outcome usually a ects all players at the table, and a quick camaraderie or bond is formed. And now with the community slot, Press Your Luck Big Event, the same thrill of group activity is available to slot players, as they cheer and applaud the Big Event bonus rounds, where all eligible players win
at the same time!
How Press Your Luck Big Event Works
Press Your Luck Big Event is a ve-reel video slot that you will see in the casino in 15, 20 or 30 line games at denominations of 1 or 2 cents. In this game you do not have to bet the maximum
to be eligible for the Big Event bonus. However, playing all lines is an eligibility requirement. Press Your Luck Big Event players can rack up big credits in the Big Event
bonus rounds.
e themes in Press Your Luck Big Event slots, Venice
Riches and Australian Gold are lively, fun games with signature WMS vivid graphics and rich sound. But the name of this new slot comes from the essence of the game—thePressYourLuckbonusrounds,BigEvent.
And this is where the crowd-gathering fun begins. When the Big Event bonus is triggered, the player
looks up at the big community LCD screen to see which of the ve Big Event bonuses is awarded—Press Your Luck Free Spins, Press
Your Luck Big Bucks, Smash a Whammy, Stack a Whammy, and Trip of a Lifetime.
Once the Big Event bonus triggers, all eligible players enter the bonus round and win together. A Big Event
multiplier, determined by the player's bet and speed of play, is awarded in the bonus round. e
Big Event bonus is a randomly triggered bonus that is announced on the screen of every eligible player. To be eligible, players
must bet all pay lines, plus the Big Event bet. Players do not have to bet the maximum to be eligible for the Big
Event bonus rounds.
players beside you will have the same bonus and be cheering you and well as themselves on! If you’re familiar with the TV show, you’ll recognize the Whammies and the Big Bucks board. But WMS has added even more fun with more sensational bonuses—including a free spin bonus game that gives players a chance at triggering all other bonuses.
Press Your Luck Free Spins
During the bonus a Press Your Luck game board displays a free spin number amount in all the spaces around the board. e spaces around the board randomly light up then an eligible Big Event player is selected to press a “Press Your Luck” button on his or her
machine’s button panel or screen. e player presses the button and the light stops on a nal board space for a nal free spin amount. e Press Your Luck board then changes to a Press Your Luck ve-reel video slot game and all eligible players participate and receive the win
outcome from the free spins awarded. During the spins if three bonus symbols appear on the Press Your Luck reels, it
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Press Your Luck Bonus Rounds
ere are ve exciting Press Your Luck Bonuses: Press Your Luck Free Spins, Press
Your Luck Big Bucks, Smash a Whammy, Stack a Whammy, and Trip of a Lifetime, all thrilling events,
because the eligible
Players can rack up big credits—and even bigger bucks in the bonus rounds.