Bonus Buy is a slot feature that lets players pay a set multiple of the stake to unlock the bonus round immediately, without needing to land the required Scatter symbols first.
A direct-purchase route into a slot's bonus round, priced as a multiple of the stake rather than left to chance.
Bonus Buy is a slot mechanic that lets a player pay a fixed multiple of the current stake — typically 50x to 200x — to trigger a slot's bonus round on demand, instead of waiting for enough Scatter symbols to land naturally. The price and the bonus content it unlocks vary by title and volatility, even when the underlying provider is the same.
Bonus Buy works by placing a direct-purchase button next to the stake selector, so the bonus round starts immediately rather than after a required combination of Scatter symbols lands on the reels. The mechanic reached a wide audience in 2017, when Big Time Gaming released White Rabbit with a buy-a-bonus option, and most major studios added a version of it afterward.
A purchased round pays out on the same math model as a naturally triggered one — the reels, multipliers and paytable inside the bonus do not change because the player paid for entry. What changes is where the risk sits: instead of spreading a stake across many base-game spins, the player commits a single, larger amount up front, which is why the purchase price scales with the stake rather than staying a flat fee.
Pragmatic Play supplies the Bonus Buy titles in this catalog, including Voodoo Magic and Aztec Blaze, alongside Ripe Rewards and North Guardians. Each slot carries its own volatility profile and bonus format, so the buy-in price and the round's payout potential differ from one title to the next even though the provider is shared.
Reel Banks and Sky Bounty round out the same provider's Bonus Buy lineup, each built around a different theme and feature set rather than a common paytable. Checking a title's own RTP and volatility before buying matters more here than comparing across the provider's catalog as a whole.
Choosing a Bonus Buy slot means checking the game's RTP and volatility before buying rather than after — the purchase price is fixed, but the potential of what it buys is not. High-volatility titles pay less often but can produce larger single wins from a purchased round; low-volatility titles return smaller amounts more consistently, which changes how many buys a given bankroll can sustain.
The UK Gambling Commission banned Bonus Buy features on UK-licensed slots in 2019, and the Netherlands introduced similar restrictions in 2024; the purchase button is disabled for players in those markets even though the base game stays playable.
Bonus Buy slots are available at operators carrying Pragmatic Play content, and checking licensing before playing matters more with a purchase mechanic than with a standard spin, since one buy commits a larger stake at once. Search-Casino's licensed casinos list and its mobile casinos hub cover operators that support this library, including its Bonus Buy titles.
Availability also depends on jurisdiction rather than only the operator. In some regions the Bonus Buy option is excluded from bonus wagering requirements or counts at a reduced rate of 10%–20%, and most slot tournaments prohibit its use to keep entries on equal footing.
"Bonus Buy trades patience for a fixed, upfront cost — it changes when the risk lands, not the odds behind it."
Bonus Buy suits players who prefer to know a round's cost before it starts and who have already checked a slot's RTP and volatility, ideally in demo mode. It is less suited to a small bankroll, since committing 50x to 200x the stake in one purchase uses far more of a session's budget than a single base-game spin. Confirming the specific game's terms, and whether the feature is even available in your jurisdiction, is worth doing before buying in.
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Bonus Buy is a feature that lets a player pay a fixed multiple of the current stake, usually 50x to 200x, to trigger the slot's bonus round instantly instead of waiting for the required Scatter symbols to land naturally.
The cost is usually 50x to 200x the current stake, with the exact multiple set per game and scaled to the slot's volatility and the payout potential of the feature being purchased.
No. A purchased bonus round runs on the same paytable and odds as one triggered naturally by Scatter symbols; only the timing of the trigger changes, not the underlying payout math.
No. The UK Gambling Commission banned Bonus Buy on UK-licensed slots in 2019 and the Netherlands added similar restrictions in 2024; in the US, availability depends on the state's gambling regulations.
Pragmatic Play titles in this catalog include Bonus Buy, among them Voodoo Magic, Aztec Blaze, Ripe Rewards and North Guardians, each with its own buy-in price and bonus format.
