The Three Stooges

Disorder in the court

  Game Help

    version 1.0

Game Overview

"The Three Stooges – Disorder in the court©" is a 5-reel, 3-row, 25 bet-lines, video slot game.
The game contains 3 bonus features:

• Free Spins – 'Black-Bottom-Café':
• Bonus game – 'Whack a juror': Pick prize multipliers until 3 misses (3-12 selections)
• Bonus Game – 'Tag-Mix-Up': Pick 3 prize multipliers out of 17

 

Playing the Game:

To play a round, configure your bet using the 'Total Bet' buttons, and press 'SPIN' or 'Spacebar' to submit the bet and initiate the round.
Round can also be initiated using the 'Autoplay'.

Game & Feature rules

• Winning combinations and payouts are calculated according the games 'Paytable', which can be accessed through the 'Info' button.
• All prize multipliers are multiplied by the Line Bet amount ('Total bet' divided by the total number of 'lines').

 

PAYOUT RULES IN MAIN GAME

• Bet line wins pay if in succession from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel.
• A bet line win in coins is equal to the value shown in the PAYTABLE
• Multiplied by the line bet amount.
• A bet line win in currency is equal to the prize multiplier multiplied by the line bet amount.
• Only the highest win per bet line is paid.
• Simultaneous wins on different bet lines are added up.

 

PAYOUT RULES IN FREE SPINS

• Free Spins are played at the same bet configurations as the round that activated the Free Spins.
• Free Spin wins are added to any initial bet line wins.
• Additional Free Spins won are automatically added to the current Free
• Spins.
• At the end of Free Spins, the game returns to the round that activated Free
• Spins.

Bonus Game – Whack-A-Juror

• The feature is triggered when the 'Whack-A-Juror' bonus icon (parrot) appears anywhere on reels 1&5 simultaneously.
• The goal in this bonus feature is to 'whack' as many prize generating jurors as possible before you accumulate 3 misses (hitting jurors that do not generate a prize).
• Every prize generating juror adds up to the total win multipliers count;
• The total amount of prize multipliers accumulated is multiplied by the Line Bet

Bonus Game – Tag-Mix-Up

• The feature is triggered when the Tag-Mix-Up bonus icon (lawyer holding a pistol) appears anywhere on reels 2&3&4 simultaneously.
• The goal in this bonus feature is to select 3 evidence items;
• Each evidence item generates a prize multiplier which is added to the total win multiplier count;
• The total amount of prize multipliers accumulated is multiplied by the Line Bet

Game Controls - Desktop

	Spin	Starts a round
	Stop	Stop reels
	SKIP	skips win animations to end result.
	Bet increase, Display and Decrease.
	WIN Display
	Balance Display
	Open Auto-bet
	Sound on/off	Long click opens volume control
	Full Screen	Full screen toggle
	Home	Optional
	Cashier	Open player account.
	Help	Open Help page.
	INFO	Open INFO and Pay table screens.

Autobet

To use the auto bet a player clicks the auto bet icon next to the “Buy ticket” button.

  Auto Bet – Enables playing the game automatically for a predetermined number of spins at the current line bet configuration.
 

To set number of rounds click the bet round limit panel

and then select the desired value of rounds.

           

To add limits open the setting panel using the [+] sign

Each setting can be set to on or off using the on/off switch.

Some limits require a numeric value that must be entered before auto-bet activation.
Limits without a valid numeric value will turn off once auto-bet is activated.
To close the setting panel click the [-] button.

To start an auto-bet session, click the PLAY button.
To Pause an auto-bet session, click the Pause button.

To exit the Auto-bet mode click the [X] button

During Autobet play, the setting panel is closed

Mobile Control

All game settings and info pages such as help and paytable are accessed by clicking the settings icon.

Setting Auto-bet - Mobile

The player need to click the auto-bet floating icon, right above the spin icon, in order to enter the auto-bet settings page.
Auto-bet settings can also be reached through the game settings (Settings=>Auto-bet)

        Figure 1Game Autobet screen

 

Auto-bets Limits:

• Loss limit  <Numeric value>- Pauses the auto bet function (see below) when the total loss of the user so far (SUM(bet)-SUM(win)) >= <Numeric value>
• Single Win <Numeric value>- Pauses the auto bet function (see below) when a single win payout >= <Numeric value> or more.
• Win Limit-<Numeric value>- Pauses the auto bet function (see below) when the total Win of the user so far (SUM(bet)-SUM(win)) <= <Numeric value>  
• Stop on win - When any single round results with a win of any size, auto-bet deactivates. Free spins count as one round, so if a main ticket didn't win any line but did win free spins, and one of the free spins wins any amount, the round counts as a win.
• Stop on a feature - When free spins is won or a bonus game, auto bet deactivates.
• Each limit can be turned on or off by clicking on the on\off button next to it.
• To set the number of auto-bets rounds, the player picks the desired value from the top list of optional values by clicking on the desired value. The selection mark is set on the last settings.
• When a limit is reached and the Auto-bet stops, a message pops in the center of the screen reading according to the limit:
• "LOSS LIMIT REACHED"
• "WIN LIMIT REACHED"
• "WIN REACHED" 
• "REACHED A WIN"
• "FEATURE REACHED"

Message will fade out after 5 sec or on any tapping (screen or button pressed)

To exit the auto bet panel, the player can:

• Start the auto-bet rounds by clicking “START”.
• Exit auto-bet completely by clicking the “return to game” button on the right

Auto-bet active view:

When the auto-bet is activated, the player is returned to the game view.
The spin button is replaced by a counter displaying the remaining auto-bet rounds.
The auto-bet button is changed into “Stop auto-bet” icon.
Clicking on the “stop auto-bet” or on the counter, stops the auto bet and returns to regular game mode.

  Game settings page

Setting sound – Ambience Sound – enabling or disabling background music.
Setting sound –Sound effects – enabling or disabling sound effect.

Generic game setting, may change from game to game or between platforms

Reality Check

The reality check is a message window informing the player of the time he spent on the current game session.
The reality check is reappearing every set time interval.
The time interval are set at the player account, on the hosting web site.
            The reality check screen displays the time spent from the start of the current game session.
The player is offered three options:

• Continue – return to game.
• Go to account – opens account web page.

Quit game – exit game and return to host web site

12. General Information

Game Type	Video Slot 3x5
Number of Lines	25
Return to Player	95.08%