How much does it cost to play the Atlantean Treasures Mega Moolah slot?

You may well recall that the Atlantean Treasures Mega Moolah slot has paid out its first ever jackpot winner. Back on May 8^th, one lucky player landed a prize of over 13 million giving the slot its first ever confirmed Mega jackpot winner.

It joins the original Mega Moolah, the now unavailable Dark Knight slot and Mega Moolah 5-Reel Drive as being the fourth game to have awarded this highly-sought-after jackpot prize.

Of course, when a jackpot is triggered, It does make lots of people interested in the game that has just seen the top prize handed out, especially when it is a game that can be played for just 0.10 per spin, a price which is 150% less expensive than the minimum value spin on the original Mega Moolah.

So, in this article, we are going to examine how much it will generally cost you to play the game. Of course, we will look at the minimum and maximum wagers per spin, but we will also look a bit more indepth about the game mechanics and how allying your bet size to your balance in your account is the sensible approach to deciding what size bet to make.

Finally, we will examine how your bet size influences your chances of triggering the all-important Jackpot Bonus Wheel, which is the key to landing one of the four Mega Moolah jackpot prizes available.

Atlantean Treasures - Brief overview

For those of you yet to play the slot, there is a full review of the Atlantean Treasures Mega Moolah slot on the Megamoolah.com site. Follow the link for details and screenshots of the game there.

A brief recap of what the game consists of however is that it is a 10-pay line slot that is played on a pretty standard 5x3 reel set. Although there are just 10 pay lines in play, you can win both ways across the reels on those ten lines.

There are no bonus features triggerable in the slot other than the Mermaid Expanding Wild symbol, which can be landed on the second, third or fourth reels. Each time you land one of these Wilds, it expands to cover the reel and grants you a free respin of the remaining reels. If you can add a second Wild to that already landed, you will be granted a further respin, which could see you land a third Wild and a final respin. Each respin can be a winner and the more Wilds you land during this feature, the more chance you have of a bigger value win.

There are relatively few symbols on the reel in Atlantean Treasures and the symbols are stacked, which makes winning across multiple pay lines easier. The highest paying symbols are the Lucky 7 symbol and the Bar symbol, which pay significantly more than the lower value symbols, all of which are based on an underwater theme.

Atlantean Treasures - Spin cost

One of the most pleasing aspects of Atlantean Treasures is that it caters for a massive range of slots players, from those that like to play from very small stakes of just 0.10 per spin, up to those that like to risk far more up to a sizeable 200.00 per spin. As such, this is a game that lower stakes and higher stakes players can enjoy to the full.

You can size your bet in increments from 0.10 up to 200.00 to suit your own preference to play, although changing your bet size does not influence the base game game play, it does have an influence on your chances of landing the Jackpot Bonus Wheel feature.

• Spin cost & jackpot bonus chances

Essentially, as is the case with all Mega Moolah-linked slot games, the more you bet on a spin, the more your chances of triggering the Jackpot Bonus Game increases.

Now in the original Mega Moolah for example, that is relatively easy to understand. Each spin you have at 0.25 or greater has a chance of landing a shot at the jackpot bonus wheel. The more you bet, the greater your chances increase.

In Atlantean Treasures though, things are a little different. While your bet size does influence your chances of triggering the Jackpot Bonus Wheel, you also need to collect the Gold Pearls on a spin in order for you to stand a chance. Any spin where one of the Gold Pearls is not added to the clam shell in the bottom left corner of the spot, is one where the jackpot bonus game cannot be activated.

This is something to factor in to your spin cost calculation. In Atlantean Treasures, not every spin will offer you a chance at the Jackpot Bonus Game. Other Mega Moolah slots will see every spin you have on the game have a chance of triggering the main bonus. However, those games do not offer the same kind of game-play that you can get on Atlantean Treasures.

And as we have already seen, people can and have won the Mega Moolah Mega progressive jackpot prize playing the Atlantean Treasures slot.

Atlantean Treasures - Game mechanics, volatility, spin cost & your casino balance

Part of any conversation about how much it costs to play Atlantean Treasures, has to be how the game plays, it's volatility and of course, what your balance is when you start spinning the reels on the game. In fact, these factors can be as important to getting value for money from the game, as picking how much to play for per spin.

The first thing to note is that Atlantean Treasures is a low volatility slot. Many people assume progressives, because they have a lower RTP than some other slot games, must therefore be high variance, but that is not the case. As you can see in the video we made on Atlantean Treasures, this is a slot where you win and win regularly as you play.

With that in mind, the next thing to consider is your bankroll and unless you have a significant amount in your account, you need to carefully consider how much to bet on each spin. As a general rule of thumb, if your balance is below 100.00, then I would only ever bet the minimum amount usually (or on Atlantean Treasures, up to $0.30).

That is because this way your bankroll lasts a lot longer and you actually make profit on sessions (see our videos on Atlantean Treasures and Mega Moolah for examples) when you play at these lower cost per spins.

What you want to avoid is paying too much per spin, so your money runs out too quickly. That way the slot appears to be much more volatile, but it is simply you are betting too much compared to your account balance.

Atlantean Treasures - Strategy to play

So is there a strategy to playing Atlantean Treasures Mega Moolah? Well, yes and no. In terms of the actual game-play, the game gives you what you get. You can't influence how the spins turn out, whether you trigger the Jackpot Bonus Wheel in a session (other than by increasing your bet size) or if you make a profit or a loss. You get what you are given in that respect and you can't strategize on a click of a button.

Where your strategy can be effective is by ensuring you play at the right bet level for your bankroll, or if you want to play at a stated bet level, say 1.00 per spin, then you need to ensure you have enough money in your bankroll to facilitate this, so you don't spend all your cash in one go.

This way deposit bonuses can be very useful as they can provide a source of extra funds for players, especially when they have just joined a site. Many of the Casino Rewards sites, such as Casino Action, Captain Cook's Casino, Grand Mondial Casino and Luxury Casino all offer excellent value starter bonuses that can be used on Mega Moolah slots and which will give you plenty of bonus value spins on the game.

Other than that, it is worth remembering that given you can play with just 10 pay lines and from 0.10 per spin, Atlantean Treasures, with its two ways to win across the reels, offers players excellent value for money in terms of spins. You effectively get 20 lines, for the cost of 10, and that is a positive for any slots player.

The beauty of Atlantean Treasures is that it can be as cheap, or as costly to play as you wish, all you need to do is have the funds available to play at the level you want, and the good fortune to turn those spins into a big value win!