How to claim your 100 spins on Mega Moolah bonus at Captain Cook's Casino

Welcome to the second article in our series of "How To" guides to playing the different Mega Moolah progressive jackpot linked slots and in this article, we are going to look at playing the original, and some would say still the best, Mega Moolah slot.

In addition to this, our accompanying video also shows you how to proceed through the sign up process with one of the Casino Rewards most popular sites, Captain Cook's Casino.

Signing Up with Captain Cook's Casino

The best way to check if the Captain Cook's 100 spins on Mega Moolah is available from your country, is to visit the Where to Play page. Here, we will use your geographic location to show you the offers available from your location.

Captain Cook's Casino is one of the several sites available as an option and if you click on the detailed review of the casino, you can read about what it offers and get further details about the all-important new player bonus.

Included in the review is a link directly to the sign-up page at Captain Cook's Casino. This is the point where you put in your details. Once you have registered however, you are then free to go on site and make your deposit.

Once your deposit is made, then your Free Spins are credited to you but not in the form of a countdown of Free Spins. Instead, a bonus cash amount that offers you the equivalent of 100 spins on the Mega Moolah slot (at 0.25 per spin) is paid into your bonus account (25, or the equivalent amount depending on which currency you use). This is then added to your deposited cash amount to give you a total cash balance.

It is important to note that you don't get a countdown of your Free Spins with Captain Cook's Casino as you do on some sites. It is important to note too that your standard cash balance will decrease alongside your bonus cash balance as you play. And any winnings are distributed between the two while the bonus is active.

As confusing as this sounds, it is actually a great way to do a bonus as it means your bonus can generate further wins, which in turn can give you additional value for money.

Playing the 100 Spins on Mega Moolah

Once you are on the casino site and have your bonus, you can then head to the Mega Moolah slot to start playing through your spins. You will notice a reminder on screen, that withdrawing cash at this point with the bonus active could see you lose those funds. It also means to withdraw the funds, you do need to complete the wagering requirements for the offer.

As you can see, once the reminder disappears, the game can begin once you have ensured that you have set the price per spin to 0.25. It is worth double-checking this, especially if you are used to playing at another site. Some sites will have the default betting option set much higher and if you don't notice on your first few spins, they can prove to be very expensive!

It is also worth double checking you have all 25 lines in play and once you have done this, you can start spinning your 100 spins.

Key points

• The importance of the Lion Wild

The Lion Wild symbol not only plays a key role in most of the bigger value wins on the slot, but it also lands frequently and, best of all, when it is part of a win it applies a 2x multiplier on any win it is part of.

You will certainly see that the biggest value wins in the game always tend to come when you land at least one, if not more Lion Wilds across the reels. The really big wins in the base game come when you can land the Lion Wild right across the five reels.

• Every spin is a potential jackpot winner

Every spin in the game that you play could be a potential jackpot winner. Each time you spin, the game will give you a chance of triggering the Jackpot Bonus Wheel game.

As you play you will notice that the Mini and Minor jackpot prizes are both won on a number of occasions while, the Major Jackpot is a bit more rare, and the Mega Jackpot, while random, is not easy to trigger.

So while this means that you may not be triggering the Jackpot Bonus Wheel every time, it does show you that other players are and are winning.

• Free Spins Bonus Rounds

In the Free Spins bonus round you can win a decent amounts, especially considering it is a 0.25 base bet used for the calculations. Of course, it is tempting to think that if you bet more, say 0.50 per spin, that I could have made even more profit, but by the same token, the more you bet per spin, the quicker you can eat through a bankroll and even play through all of your bonus cash in your account. However, it is bonus cash and not your own cash, so you lose nothing by betting more per spin.

When you start playing with your own money it is important to bet the right amount for your bankroll. That is because the more spins you play the better as it gives you more chance of triggering the Jackpot Bonus Game on more spins, and of hitting the Free Spins Bonus Round, where that 3x multiplier on all wins comes in very handy.

• Variance

Higher variance slots tend to pay out less frequently but may have more higher value wins. As you can see on the Mega Moolah slot, you will win steadily in the base game and also during the Free Spins bonus rounds. That is much more akin to a lower variance slot game, than a higher.

A lot of people assume that Mega Moolah is a higher variance slot game, chiefly because its RTP (without the Jackpot Bonus Wheel taken into account) is around 88.12%. However, with the Jackpot Bonus Wheel it is well over 95%, which puts it right on a par with most slot games of the modern era, including those lower variance games.

I always view RTP values with a pinch of salt anyway, as it is a mathematical model and the best guide to how a slot plays is to actually put your money where your mouth is and play it for real. I have played the original Mega Moolah for years and you can see videos of this in our Youtube channel too.