This game is awful without the bonus buy. Ive been playing since it came out and have managed only 2 or 3 bonuses without buying them,
But even when buying them there seems to be a point around 22x to 26x that i usually get stuck at with no wins for the remaining 3 spins, 70-80% of the time thats what i end up with,
first time I played it however i bought the bonus on a 10 cent stake and ended up with 5814X win, I actually didnt know what the hell was happening at the time but now see I was extremely lucky to get one or 2 of the persistent payer/collectors