5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy
- 5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy Play
- 5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy Game
- 5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy For Beginners
5 Slot Machine Strategy Tips You Didn’t Know Existed By Gemma Sykes on February 9, 2012 We all believe that slot machines, one of the most popular casino games, are purely based on luck and nothing else. Dancing Drums is a popular casino game, which has been around a few years now and continues to get a lot of love from slot players. It follows as a spiritual successor of sorts to 88 Fortunes and 5 Treasures, games that have similar betting options and progressive, but Dancing Drums in some ways was perfecting the model the previous two games developed.
Introduction
5 Treasures is a set of five baccarat side bets. I first noticed it at Harrah's in Reno on May 17, 2019.
Rules
- 5 Treasures are a side bet for baccarat, which I assume the reader is already familiar with.
- There are five side bets, as follows:
- Fortune 7 — Wins if the Banker has winning 3-card total of 7. Pays 40 to 1.
- Golden 8 — Wins if the Player has winning 3-card total of 8. Pays 40 to 1.
- Heavenly 9 — Wins if the Player or Banker have a three-card total of 9. Pays 75 to 1 if both do and 10 to 1 if one does.
- Blazing 7s — Wins if the Player or Banker both have a total of 7 composed of the same number of cards. Pays 200 to 1 if both hands are composed of three cards and 50 to 1 if both hands are composed of two cards.
- Cover All — This bet pays 6 to 1 if any of the four bets above win.
Please note that to win the Fortune 7 or Golden 8, the hand you seek must win. With Heavenly 9 or Blazing 7s, winning is not required.
Fortune 7 Analysis
If the Fortune 7 sounds familiar, it is the same thing as the Dragon 7. The following table shoes the probability and contribution to the return of each possible outcome. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 7.61%.
Fortune 7 Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banker has winning 3-card total of 7 | 40 | 112,633,011,329,024 | 0.022534 | 0.901353 |
| All other | -1 | 4,885,765,264,174,336 | 0.977466 | -0.977466 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.076113 |
Golden 8 Analysis
If the Golden 8 sounds familiar, it is the same thing as the Panda 8. The following table shoes the probability and contribution to the return of each possible outcome. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 10.19%.
Golden 8 Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player has winning 3-card total of 8 | 25 | 172,660,763,262,976 | 0.034543 | 0.863580 |
| All other | -1 | 4,825,737,512,240,380 | 0.965457 | -0.965457 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.101876 |
Blazing 7s Analysis
The Blazing 7s bet in 5 Treasures should not be confused with the side bet by the same name in blackjack nor the slot machine.
The following table shoes the probability and contribution to the return of each possible outcome of the Blazing 7s bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 7.78% (or 7.77% if you round down, which would have been clever for a side bet titled Blazing 7s!).
Blazing 7s Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player AND Banker both have a 3-card total of 7 | 200 | 11,556,012,525,568 | 0.002312 | 0.462389 |
| Player AND Banker have a 2-card total of 7 | 50 | 44,838,810,157,056 | 0.008971 | 0.448532 |
| All other | -1 | 4,942,003,452,820,740 | 0.988717 | -0.988717 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.077797 |
Heavenly 9 Analysis
The following table shoes the probability and contribution to the return of each possible outcome of the Heavenly 9 side bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 9.31%.
Heavenly 9 Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banker AND Player have a 3-card total of 9 | 75 | 10,307,243,902,976 | 0.002062 | 0.154658 |
| Banker OR Player have a 3-card total of 9 | 10 | 340,879,059,038,208 | 0.068198 | 0.681977 |
| All other | -1 | 4,647,211,972,562,180 | 0.929740 | -0.929740 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.093105 |
Cover All Analysis
The following table shoes the probability and contribution to the return of each possible outcome of the Cover All side bet. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.97%.
Cover All Return Table
| Event | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any win | 6 | 692,874,900,215,808 | 0.138619 | 0.831716 |
| No win | -1 | 4,305,523,375,287,550 | 0.861381 | -0.861381 |
| Total | 4,998,398,275,503,360 | 1.000000 | -0.029664 |
External Links
Discussion about 5 Treasures in my forum at Wizard of Vegas.
Written by: Michael Shackleford
Base Game – How to Win Your Share of the 5 Treasures
This slot uses ‘reel ways’, which is an all-ways system. The name seems to be a combination of all-ways and reel-power. There is a 5 reel by 3 row grid of symbols, which gives you 243 potential winning combinations starting from the left-hand side. The smallest spin amount is 88c, and you can bet in multiples of this. You’ll find this creates some odd-looking bet sizes, for example 6x per spin would be $5.28c.
5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy Play
If you are a fan of Asian themed games, whether created by Bally or any other slot software developer, then the symbols found on the reels will not come as any surprise. There are golden carp, dragons, a turtle and golden ingots. You will also find plain (though boldly colored) playing card symbols, which make up the smaller line wins.
5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy Game
Wild symbols have two uses in this game. These are elaborately decorated red symbols, with a gold center containing a Chinese symbol. They substitute for the regular symbols to create extra wins as usual. This can be very valuable when an all-ways system is in play. They also add gold to the jackpot pot of gold above the reels – more on that below.
The final symbol is a red doorway with gold attachments – this is the free spins bonus symbol, you’ll need 3 to trigger the bonus game.
5 Treasures Jackpot Pick Game
Jackpots are awarded randomly in the 5 Treasures slot machine, only you’ll increase the chances of this by collecting wilds during your play session. Each time you hit a wild, gold jumps up above the reels into a special pot – along with a sound effect. The more gold you add, the bigger the chances of the random jackpot game starting. Bally use this same system in many of their free slots.
When this does start, you’ll see the lid of the pot close and the pot shake. Next you have a second screen with 12 gold coins. You pick these, each one showing a white-face (traditional makeup) Fu baby character. There are 4 types, each is associated with one of the jackpots – mini, minor so on. Once you pick 3 of a kind, that is the jackpot you will win.
Free Spins Bonus Round
5 Treasures Slot Machine Strategy For Beginners
6 Free spins are a lower number than you’ll find awarded on many slot games – though there is an extra to sweeten the deal. This is a screen where you get to choose which symbol you want added to the reels in super-stacks. You can choose 88 extra dragon symbols (this is the top paying symbol), up to 128 extra of the golden carp (the smallest prize unique symbol). This gives you a chance of some big multi-line wins – and the free spins bonus can be extended with more of the red / gold door symbols.