Cash Bandits 3 pokie: crack the vault

What is the Cash Bandits 3 pokie?

The "3" tells you it's a sequel, and the vault tells you the plot. As the name and its Vault bonus suggest, Cash Bandits 3 is a heist game: the reels are the job, and the bonus round is the safe-cracking. Fair Go features it twice, in the Hot Games row on its homepage, alongside Kev's Bush Bonanza, and again on its video slots page.

Fair Go publishes four specs for it: 25 paylines, the Vault bonus, a 115,000-coin top award and a progressive jackpot. Everything else, from the RTP to the bet range, stays inside the game's own help screens, as it does for most of Fair Go's pokies. Below we take each published feature in turn and show what it means in practice.

How to play Cash Bandits 3 at Fair Go

1. Find it in the lobby. It's in the Hot Games row on Fair Go's homepage, or type the name into the lobby search.
2. Set your coin size. The top award is quoted in coins, so your coin size decides what every win is worth in dollars.
3. Check the lines. Fair Go lists 25 paylines. Look at the bet panel to see whether you can play fewer, and what that does to your stake.
4. Read the Vault bonus rules. The paytable explains what triggers the bonus and how the free games and multipliers are picked. Fair Go doesn't publish either.
5. Spin, then stop on time. Set a dollar limit before the first spin and keep to it, win or lose.

The Vault bonus: up to 390 free games at x23

This is the headline feature, and the key word is "up to". 390 free games at x23 is the best the vault can give, not what it usually gives. Fair Go doesn't say how the award is decided. In many vault-style bonus rounds you pick from locked safes that reveal extra free games or a bigger multiplier, and most picks land well below the maximum. Check the paytable to see how this one works.

A multiplier is simple arithmetic. During x23 free games, a line win that would normally pay 50 cents pays $11.50. That's why a bonus round can turn a quiet session around. It's also why most of the game's value is concentrated in a feature you can't trigger on demand.

115,000 coins: turning the top award into dollars

Fair Go quotes the top award in coins, not dollars or a multiple of your stake. The dollar value depends on your coin size, which Fair Go doesn't list. As plain arithmetic:

• At 1c a coin$1,150
• At 5c a coin$5,750
• At 25c a coin$28,750

Check which coin sizes the game offers before you read anything into those numbers. A large win also runs into Fair Go's withdrawal cap of $7,500 AUD a week: $28,750 would take at least 4 weeks to withdraw.

The Cash Bandits 3 progressive jackpot

Fair Go lists a progressive jackpot for Cash Bandits 3, and that's all it says. There's no published amount, trigger or qualifying bet. A progressive grows as people play and resets once it's won, so the figure moves constantly. If the game shows it on screen, that's the live number.

It's also separate from Fair Go's Lobby Jackpots promotion, Opt-in side jackpot at $0.01 per spin. Compare it with Fair Go's other jackpot games on our jackpot pokies page, or read how progressive jackpots work.

What Fair Go doesn't publish

• RTP. Fair Go's figure of around 97% Operator claim is an average across its pokies, not this game's figure.
• Volatility. Not rated by Fair Go.
• Bet range and coin sizes. Needed to turn 115,000 coins into dollars.
• Vault bonus rules. The trigger, and how free games and multipliers are awarded.
• Jackpot details. Its size, trigger and any qualifying bet.

We leave these gaps visible rather than borrow numbers from other websites, because another casino may run a different version of the game. New to these terms? Our guide to how pokies work explains RTP and volatility.

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