Bison Fortune Coins Slot Review
The Great Plains do a lot of quiet work in slot land: green meadows rolling towards distant mountains and a wide blue sky, with one very large animal standing in the middle of it all. TaDa Gaming have returned to that scenery with Bison Fortune Coins, part of their Hit the Cash series of compact coin-collectors.
The package is deliberately small: a 3×3 grid with 27 ways to win, medium volatility and a 3,000x max win, anchored by a 97.00% RTP that sits well above the industry average.
It’s one of a herd, too. Fortune Coins 2 and Joker Coins Unlimited Fortune are the in-family comparisons we’ve already covered, and Push Gaming’s Real Hot Games label, Bait and Bank especially, works the same compact, locked-collector ground.
Base Game & Features
Everything here happens on a 3×3 grid with 27 ways to win, and stakes run from 0.20 to 200 per spin. Ways rather than fixed paylines means no lines to trace across the reels: matching symbols in the right positions do the job on their own. Medium volatility pairs with a 20.11% hit rate, so a winning combination lands on roughly one spin in five.
The backdrop is open bison country: sweeping green meadows, mountains far off in the distance and a Coin Pile meter mounted above the reels, with a low-key country soundtrack running underneath.
Symbols and the Wild
Cash-value Coin symbols land on all three reels and pay their printed prize when they’re collected. The Bison Coin is the collect symbol and only appears on the middle reel, while the four Jackpot symbols only land on reels one and three. A Wild substitutes for all symbols except the Coin and Collect symbols, so it only ever completes the standard paying combinations; the coin economy belongs entirely to the Bison Coin.
The Collect Mechanic
When the Bison Coin lands on reel two with Coin symbols on reels one or three, it collects every coin prize on screen and pays them out on the spot.
In practice the two halves spend a lot of time apart: the bison tends to arrive without coins, or the coins land without the bison, and the collects that do connect are often on the smaller side.
Bison Coins landing on reels one and three aren’t wasted, though: they feed the Coin Pile above the grid instead.
The Coin Pile
Bison Coins landing on reels one and three accumulate in the Coin Pile mounted above the grid. Once it’s full, it tosses Coin or Collect symbols onto the board: a coin adds to the prizes sitting in play, while a Collect arriving mid-toss sweeps them up. Either outcome can complete a win or tip the game into the bonus round.
Feature Triggers
Every feature in the game keys off the same handful of symbols:
- Hold & Respin: Coin symbols land on all three reels at once
- Collect: the Bison Coin lands on reel two with coins on reels one or three
- Coin Pile: Bison Coins on reels one and three fill the meter, and a full pile tosses symbols onto the board
- Extra Bet: a toggle rather than a trigger, adding 50% to the stake to split the reel-two symbols
None of these depend on each other. A full pile can toss a Collect symbol onto the board at exactly the right moment, sweeping every coin in sight, which is the tidiest hand the base game can deal.
Bonus Features
There’s no free spins round in Bison Fortune Coins. The bonus is a Hold & Respin game, and coins showing on every reel at once is the only way in.
An intro screen sets out what’s been won and what happens next. Every coin and collector on the grid at the point of trigger transfers across and locks in, with all base game prizes carried over. The screen names the feature, the prizes already locked in and the respin count before the first spin lands.
Hold & Respin
The feature opens with three respins. Any special symbol that lands resets the counter back to three, and the round only ends when the count reaches zero.
Collect symbols lock onto the middle reel for the duration, and every Coin or Jackpot symbol that lands is collected and removed from the grid. Jackpot symbols are treated exactly like coins in the round: they land, they’re collected, they’re gone.
Up to three collectors can occupy that middle reel, each taking its turn to sweep the prizes, so a coin landing with the full set is collected three times over. When the counter finally dies, the round pays out everything collected to that point.
Occasional slow spins, known as T-spins, stretch out a reel stop as coins or jackpot symbols stack into view. Because every special symbol resets the counter, a single hot streak can keep the round alive well beyond its opening three spins.
Jackpot Tiers
Four fixed jackpots sit alongside the coins, and all of them land only on reels one and three:
- Mini: 15x your bet
- Minor: 25x your bet
- Major: 100x your bet
- Grand: 1,000x your bet
The Grand is the biggest prize on the board, and the most direct route to the 3,000x ceiling is landing it during the bonus round with all three collectors locked in place.
Extra Bet
There’s no bonus buy option in this game. The nearest equivalent is the Extra Bet, which adds 50% to the stake per spin. At a 1.00 base stake, that means 1.50 per spin with the toggle on. While it’s active, the Bison Coin and Collect symbols on the middle reel always split into two, multiplying the wins they collect, and the effect holds in both the base game and the bonus round.
Our Honest Verdict
The base game can feel quiet. Wins are thin unless symbols stack up, and the smaller collects don’t add much.
The 1.5x-stake Extra Bet does a lot to liven things up, mind, and the bonus is a typical hold-and-win, unapologetically so. Everything transfers across clearly, the T-spins add a touch of theatre, and the tension comes from stacking collectors onto the middle reel.
A Mini jackpot landing with all three collectors locked in gets tripled on the spot, and even the smaller tiers add up with the right setup behind them.
For casual players who like simple mechanics and instant prizes, with jackpots built in, it does the job very well. Anyone after depth, a proper free spins round or something that breaks new ground should look elsewhere.
The 3,000x ceiling is modest against the wider market but competitive for a game this compact. It won’t make the ground tremble, but the herd it’s aimed at will find perfectly good grazing.
Bison Fortune Coins FAQs
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How do I trigger the Hold and Respin feature in Bison Fortune Coins?
The Hold and Respin feature is triggered when Coin symbols land on all three reels in a single spin. The feature starts with 3 respins, and landing any special symbol resets the counter back to 3. The Bison Coin on reel 2 collects all coin prizes on the screen. The feature ends when the spin count reaches 0. -
What is the RTP and volatility of Bison Fortune Coins?
Bison Fortune Coins has an RTP of 97.00% with Medium volatility. The game offers a 20.11% hit frequency, meaning approximately one winning spin in every five spins. -
What is the maximum win in Bison Fortune Coins?
The maximum win in Bison Fortune Coins is 3,000x your bet, which can be achieved through the Grand Jackpot (1,000x) combined with multiple Collect symbols locked in place during the bonus round. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet in Bison Fortune Coins?
Players can bet from a minimum of 0.20 to a maximum of 200. This flexible betting range accommodates both conservative players and high rollers. -
Does Bison Fortune Coins have a bonus buy feature?
Bison Fortune Coins does not have a traditional bonus buy feature. However, it does feature an Extra Bet option that costs 50% extra and enhances symbol splitting on the middle reel during both base game and bonus rounds. -
Is Bison Fortune Coins part of a game series?
Yes, Bison Fortune Coins is part of TaDa Gaming’s Hit the Cash series.
