Dice Seeker is a quirky feature to a variety of different slot machines made by relative neophyte slot manufacturer Gaming Arts. Despite their difference in themes, games with the Dice Seeker feature pretty much all play the same. These large machines usually come in circular banks. The most I’ve seen thus far is a bank of ten. Machines with Dice Seeker also have three tiers of must-hit by progressives. While must-hit-by progressives are nice to have, it isn’t what makes these machines attractive to advantage slot players. It’s primarily about the Dice Seeker feature.
What do I look for & how do I advantage play Dice Seeker?
You’ll see on the upper screen that there are blocks of varying sizes represented by characters or credit values. You’ll also see a number at the bottom right of these blocks. The number represents the number of hits needed to make that block pop & be awarded the prize corresponding to that block. Hits are given anytime a die lands on the reels in the base game. The die will roll and the number landed will be the number of hits it will give to the corresponding reel above it. Hits are given to blocks starting from the bottom. Only one die per reel can land on a spin.
You need to put enough money into the machine to cover all bets at all denominations in order to check for plays on Dice Seeker. Every Dice Seeker machine I’ve ever seen has been multi-denominational with 25c being the highest denom I’ve seen so far. You are looking for the biggest block(3×2) to be a 6 or lower.
Why? Because you are guaranteed to be awarded the “pick bonus” when the largest block is cleared. It’s possible to be given the pick bonus when popping some of the smaller blocks but it is rare. You’ll be asked to pick one of three prizes. They’ll typically all be credit prizes but every once in a while, free games are revealed as one of the possible prizes which is the best case scenario on an advantage play.
Dice Seeker is a low paying game for the most part and it’s not a slot machine I’d put the greatest priority on if I were making the rounds searching for an advantage play inside a casino. Don’t expect to win much on it unless you hit the free games in the base game or are awarded them in the pick bonus.
On the plus side, it’s a relatively low volatility game that won’t cost you too much if you happen to be on the losing end of a play. I usually check for plays no more than a couple of times on a casino visit. Usually early on in hopes of finding a higher denomination advantage play and again before I leave to see if there’s anything to clear out. There are better slot machines to hustle in most medium to large casinos these days.
