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Treasure Spirits AINSWORTH GAME TECHNOLOGY

COMMENTARY This new game series featured on Ainsworth’s A-STAR Curve cabinet (it also is available on the A640) includes a strong primary-game feature along with a unique hold-and-spin event. The base games are Treasure Spirits Dragon and Treasure Spirits Phoenix. Each is a five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot, with a four-level jackpot. The bottom two jackpots are fixed prizes, beginning with a $10 “Mini” and a $50 “Minor”

SLOT TYPE

Five-reel, 243-ways-to-win video slot; primary game “Instant Win” feature; hold and-re-spin and free-game bonus events; 01, .02, .05 and .10 denominations (player-selectable)

at the penny denomination. Those lower jackpot levels increase as the player wagers more—the games feature player-selectable denominations of .01, .02, .05 and .10. At the top denomination, the Mini and Minor return $100 and $500, respectively. The top jackpots are progressives (linked or stand-alone), resetting at $1,000 (Major), and the Grand, resetting at $10,000 or, at the .10 denomination, $100,000. Randomly during the primary game, an “Instant Win” feature will occur when a pot of gold fills up the fifth reel with a box on the first reel displaying a credit award, the Mini or the Minor. The level of the Instant Win can be as much as 200 times the total bet. Yin-yang symbols on the first, third and fifth reels trigger six free games, with retriggers. The free games include a 2X wild symbol. Gold bonus symbols on the first, third and fifth reels trigger Ainsworth’s unique “Hold ’n Stack” feature, a hold-and-spin event with a twist. The gold bonus symbols lock in place for five free spins. When other bonus symbols land, they stay in place. Instead of the typical return to the original free-spin count, extra-spin symbols award one, two or three extra spins. Above each reel is a bonus amount. Those amounts rise with each free spin. Randomly, one of the top two progressives will appear at the top of a reel. The player wins the bonus amount when bonus symbols fill all three symbols on a reel.

PAYBACK % RANGE

91%–94%

AVERAGE HIT FREQUENCY

32.31%

TOP JACKPOT

Progressive, resets at $10,000, $100,000

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