Gala Casino, 17th May. £100 deposit, no bonus. Part 1 of 2.
I started (and finished) on Creature From The Black Lagoon at £1 a spin *
* except that I didn't.
Within 25 spins, I hit a base game win of 80x (double 5OAK'ed Kay, the top-paying symbol).
But my balance only increased by £64
Then the penny dropped. On my previous deposit at Gala (another session playing CFTBL), I busted out.
But my last spin of that deposit was played at 80p to drop my balance to below the min bet.
I had forgotten to change the stake back to my normal £1 a spin before the start of play on this deposit.
So yeah, slightly annoyed at myself (seriously...what is it with me forgetting to check my betsize before starting play at Gala??).
But anyhow, I immediately changed my stake back to my normal £1 a spin.
And it was a damn good thing that I did.
Within 50 spins, I get my first feature. It paid 90.65x.
Just 3 spins later, a 4 scatter trigger. Ah. The good old Netent 4 scatter trigger of doom.
It was anything but that.
3 spins into the bonus - I unlock the one way expanding wild.
7 spins into the bonus - 5 target symbols collected, total win so far: 31.15x
And then on the 8th spin, the fun and excitement started.
I get a wild and a target symbol to unlock the two-way expanding wild.
2 further respins, two more expanding wilds, giving me 7 wilds across the bottom two rows.
And now this thing is threatening to go big....
But it didn't. Not this time anyway. What a horrible 5th reel.
Still, I shouldn't grumble. The cashout is in the bag, even if it dead spins me the rest of the way.
4 x 4OAK of wilds, 2 x 4OAK of David, 4 x 4OAK of Carl, 2 x 4OAK of Lucas. 112x bet.
Total win for the spin: 230.2x bet (wins of 12.9x, 33x, 72.3x and 112x).
Before I even had the chance to wonder if that was my big chance gone, I found out that it wasn't.
Because on the very next spin...
4 x 5OAK of wilds straight in, no respins required. 167.75x bet.
Speaking of respins....
Another 4 x 5OAK of wilds. 198x bet.
Total win for the spin: 365.75x bet.
So then, 6 spins left and the total win now stands at 627.1x,
Which already makes it the second biggest win that I've ever had on CTFBL.
And I still have a pretty good chance to kill the turd.
Part 2 to follow......