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Twelve short reads on coins, accounts, mechanics and playing well. No tricks, because there are none.
First steps
Getting started on Orbitpop in two minutes
A quick walk from the front page to your first spin, with play coins only and nothing to pay at any point.
3 min readFirst stepsHow to read a paytable and paylines
What the symbols, lines and numbers on a machine's information screen mean, explained without jargon.
3 min readCoins & accounts
Guest pass or free account: which suits you?
Both ways to play are free; here is exactly what each one opens, how long it lasts and what it keeps.
3 min readCoins & accountsPlay coins: what they are and what they are not
Play coins power every spin on Orbitpop, but they have no value, cannot be bought and can never be turned into anything else.
3 min readCoins & accountsDaily missions, levels and free coin drops
All the free ways Orbitpop tops up your play coins, from four-hourly drops to daily missions and XP levels.
2 min readMachine mechanics
Free spins and the climbing multiplier ladder
How free-spin rounds start, how the multiplier ladder climbs during the round, and what that does and does not mean.
3 min readMachine mechanicsCascades explained: falling symbols and rising multipliers
On cascade machines, winning symbols vanish and new ones drop in, with a multiplier that steps from x1 to x5.
2 min readMachine mechanicsSticky wild respins and last-reel respins
Two second-chance features: wilds that stay put for one respin, and a reel 5 respin when two scatters land.
2 min readMachine mechanicsExpanding wilds on the middle reels
On expanding wild machines, a wild landing on reels 2, 3 or 4 grows to cover the whole reel. Here is what that means.
3 min readMachine mechanicsThe four progressive play-coin pots
Mini, Minor, Major and Grand: how the progressive pots grow from a slice of every stake, and what they are worth.
2 min readPlay well
Volatility and hit rate in plain English
What our volatility labels and hit-rate figures mean, how they were measured over millions of spins, and why they predict nothing.
3 min readPlay wellHealthy play habits and the player-care tools
Practical habits for keeping play enjoyable, plus how reality checks, breaks and self-exclusion work on Orbitpop.
3 min read