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Bonus buy slots: you pay up front for the variance

A bonus buy skips the base game and sells you the free spins for a fixed multiple of your stake. It saves time and compresses risk into one large bet. The price list, the bet cap in your bonus terms and your bankroll decide whether that is a good idea.

866 at Hellspin100x is the common pricecounts as a bet under a bonus

Priya NairBy · updated October 10, 2026

Bonus buy slots let you purchase the feature round directly. Instead of spinning until three scatters land, you pay a set price, usually quoted as a multiple of your base stake, and the free spins start at once. For players who only enjoy the bonus round it is efficient. It is also the fastest way to spend a deposit in a casino lobby.

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Hellspin

4.6/5
Licence
not stated · Operating company not stated
Coins
5: BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, USDT
Withdrawal cap
€4,000 per day (clause 15)

Operating since 2021.

2

iWild Casino

4.9/5
Licence
Curaçao OGL/2024/758/0228 · Goodwin N.V.
Coins
11: BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, LTC, DOGE
Withdrawal cap
$1,000 per day (clause 7.15)

Operating since 2021.

Ordered by year of launch, longest-running first.

On this page
  1. How common bonus buys are
  2. Price lists from the providers
  3. The arithmetic of a buy
  4. Bonus buys and casino bonuses
  5. Where to play

How common bonus buys are

CasinoBonus-buy categoryAll slots
Hellspin86612,134
Slotsgem10214,858

Of the 125 Pragmatic Play slots we read from the provider's game data, 77 offer a buy and 42 an ante bet. Counted on 9 October 2026.

Price lists from the providers

Table of bonus buy prices from 3x to 3,000x for Pragmatic, Hacksaw and Nolimit City slots
A buy is one big bet, at the same RTP.
SlotProviderBuy price
Sweet Bonanza / Gates of OlympusPragmatic Play100x
Sweet Bonanza 1000Pragmatic Play100x or 500x (super)
Le KingHacksaw Gaming3x, 60x, 80x, 250x
Danny DollarHacksaw Gaming3x, 50x, 100x, 300x
MentalNolimit City80x to 1,000x
San Quentin xWaysNolimit City100x, 400x, 2,000x
Tombstone R.I.PNolimit City70x to 3,000x
White Rabbit 2Big Time Gaming35x (hold and spin), 100x (12 free spins)

The cheapest options in the Hacksaw list, at 3x, are not feature buys but bonus-chance boosts that raise the trigger rate on the next spins. The most expensive Nolimit City options buy enhanced versions of the bonus with higher multipliers and higher variance.

The arithmetic of a buy

A buy is one large bet on a single outcome. Our arithmetic at a CA$1 base stake:

  • A 100x buy costs CA$100. Over ten buys you have put CA$1,000 through the game; at a 96% return the expected cost is about CA$40, but the spread of results is very wide, and ten buys in a row that each return 20x to 40x is an ordinary outcome.
  • A CA$300 deposit covers three 100x buys at CA$1. The same deposit covers about 300 base-game spins at CA$1.

That is the honest description of a bonus buy: the same return, delivered in far fewer, far larger bets. Set the stake so that one bought feature is a small share of your deposit.

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Bonus buys and casino bonuses

Bonus terms and feature buys rarely go together. Hellspin caps bets at 5 EUR or USD while a bonus is active, counting purchased features and respins as bets (1e, 3j). At a 100x price, any stake above 0.05 breaks that rule, and breaking it can void the bonus and its winnings. The Terdersoft casinos cap bonus bets at 5 EUR on slots in their strings. If you want to buy features, play with your own money, not with a welcome bonus.

Where to play

Hellspin has the largest buy category we counted; Slotsgem runs accounts in Canadian dollars. For the feature-rich titles in the table, the Megaways and high-RTP slots pages have more data, and slot volatility explains why a 3,000x buy behaves so differently from a 100x one. Our main page ranks the Canadian Interac casinos we checked.

Questions and answers

What is a bonus buy?

An option in a slot to pay a fixed multiple of your stake, often 100 times, to trigger the free spins or bonus round at once instead of waiting for scatters.

Can I buy bonuses while using a casino bonus?

Usually it breaks the bet cap. Hellspin's bonus terms cap bets at 5 EUR or USD while a bonus is active and count purchased features and respins as bets (clauses 1e and 3j). A 100x buy above a 0.05 stake exceeds that.

Is a bonus buy worth it?

It does not improve the return; it changes how fast your money moves. A 100x buy at CA$1 is a CA$100 bet on a single feature, and the feature often pays back less than its price.