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A pokie pays on lines, on ways, anywhere on the grid, in clusters or on Megaways reels. winshark88 casino has 3,000+ casino games, and this page shows which of its 11 main studios use which pay rule, how their RTP and max-win figures compare, and where each studio's full guide is.
Every pokie in the winshark88 lobby decides a win with one of five rules, and that rule tells you more about a spin than the theme does.
Many games add cascades (also called tumbles or eliminations) on top: winning symbols clear and new ones drop in, so one paid spin can keep paying. A cascade sits on top of the pay rule; it does not replace it.
Some of the 11 studios build almost every game on lines; others spread their titles across four or five rules.
VPower is the plainest line studio here: its 14 pokies run from Funky Monkey's single row to 50-line games such as 5 Kings and Fire of North Shore, and the other two titles are fishing games. Booongo (BNG) also sticks to lines, with 5 to 30 of them on 3×3, 5×3 and 5×4 screens; most of its 16 games add a Hold and Win round on top. 3 Oaks puts 12 of its 15 games on 10 to 25 lines and the other three on a pays-anywhere grid.
Aristocrat is the clearest example of the split. Big Red pays on 5 lines and 50 Lions on 50, while Buffalo uses 1,024 ways and 5 Dragons, Choy Sun Doa and Dragon Emperor use 243. Betsoft runs from 10-line Fruit Zen to 75-line Take the Bank, adds 243-way and 1,024-way games, and pays Sugar Pop on all ways with cascading reels.
FastSpin leans hardest on ways: The Great Safari counts 200,704 of them and Five Awakens expands from 3,125 to 59,049. It also has a few line games, the Neko Riches cluster game and two fishing games. FastSpin here is the game studio, not a casino site that uses the same name.
JILI covers lines (Lucky Coming on one, Devil Fire 2 on 88), ways (243 in Night City, 46,656 in Mega Ace) and a pays-anywhere grid in Storm of Seth 2, and Super Ace and Chin Shi Huang add eliminations. Pragmatic Play spreads its 18 games across lines, a 5×4 grid, five pays-anywhere games, two cluster games on a 7×7 grid and three Megaways titles. Booming Games pairs line-based Hold and Win games with Primal Buffalo PowerGrid's 10,000 ways, two pays-anywhere grids and Howling Wolves Megaways. AdvantPlay, the game studio rather than any casino site of that name, goes furthest: one line in Piggy Bank Gold, 10 to 40 lines, 243 to 32,400 ways, a MegaWays game, scatter pays and two cluster games. IGT keeps most layouts inside each game; its guide names Wolf Run's 40 lines and Siberian Storm's 720 ways and shows where to find the rest.
The table sets each studio's pay rules next to the figures in its guide. "Published" counts the games in that guide's table with a figure; for the rest, the game's info panel shows it.
| Studio | Games in guide | Pay rules used | RTP range | Max win range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPower | 16 (2 fishing) | Lines | 96.5% to 98% (16 of 16) | In the game info |
| Booongo (BNG) | 16 | Lines | 95.01% to 96.06% (9 of 16) | In the game info |
| 3 Oaks | 15 | Lines, pays anywhere | 95.59% to 95.73% (5 of 15) | 4,288x to 40,000x (4 of 15) |
| Aristocrat | 9 | Lines, ways | 94.71% to 97.04% (6 of 9) | In the game info |
| Betsoft | 16 | Lines, ways | 93.6% to 97.5% (16 of 16) | 225x to 2,497x (7 of 16) |
| IGT | 16 | Lines, ways | 94.98% to 95.02% (2 of 16) | In the game info |
| FastSpin | 16 (2 fishing) | Lines, ways, clusters | 96.44% to 97.04% (16 of 16) | In the game info |
| JILI | 16 | Lines, ways, pays anywhere | 96.64% to 97.09% (10 of 16) | 375x to 10,000x (15 of 16) |
| Booming Games | 16 | Lines, ways, pays anywhere, Megaways | 95.1% to 96.1% (16 of 16) | 2,000x to 12,000x (12 of 16) |
| Pragmatic Play | 18 | Lines, pays anywhere, clusters, Megaways | 96.01% to 96.71% (18 of 18) | 1,040x to 25,000x (15 of 18) |
| AdvantPlay | 16 | Lines, ways, pays anywhere, clusters, MegaWays | 96.96% to 97.48% (16 of 16) | 1,100x to 150,000x (16 of 16) |
Two patterns stand out. AdvantPlay, Pragmatic Play, Booming Games, FastSpin, VPower and Betsoft have an RTP listed for every game in their guide, and AdvantPlay is the only studio with a max win listed for every one as well. IGT is the opposite case: an RTP for 2 of its 16 games and no max wins, so its guide teaches you to read the info panel.
If you already know the kind of screen you like, this shortlist points you to the right guide first.
Each card below opens a guide that sorts that studio's games by how they pay. The search box finds a studio, a game title or a feature across all 11 guides.
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The 15 3 Oaks online pokies at winshark88 pay in two basic ways. Twelve use fixed pay lines, from 10 to 25, and three pay for 8 or more matching symbols anywhere on a 6×5 grid. Start with the pay structure, then add the Hold & Win round or the cascades that sit on top of it.
winshark88 casino has 16 AdvantPlay pokies, and between them they use almost every pay system in online slots: one line, 10 to 40 lines, 243 to 32,400 ways, MegaWays, scatter pays and clusters. AdvantPlay here is the game studio that makes these titles; some casino sites also use the AdvantPlay name, but they are not the studio. Learn how a game pays first, and its bonus features make more sense.
Big Red pays on 5 lines and Buffalo on 1,024 ways, and that difference shapes a spin more than any theme. This winshark88 guide sorts nine Aristocrat online pokies by how they pay, then explains the free-games feature in each.
Betsoft's games at winshark88 pay in three ways: along fixed lines, by ways across the reels, or with cascades in Sugar Pop. This page groups all 16 by pay system, from 10-line Fruit Zen to 1,024-way Heist: Bank Rush, then covers RTP, demo play, banking and bonuses.
The 16 Booming Games online slots at winshark88 pay in six different ways, from Fortune Surge's five lines on a 3×3 screen to Primal Buffalo PowerGrid's 10,000 ways and the pays-anywhere grid of Gates of Hercules 10,000. Find each game's pay rule here, then compare RTP, volatility and max win in one table.
Booongo, or BNG for short, builds the slots on this page on three reel shapes: 3×3, 5×3 and 5×4. Here the 16 Booongo games at winshark88 are grouped by grid and line count, from 3 Coins with 5 lines to Magic Apple with 30, along with how Aztec Fire's bonus board grows to 5×8.
FastSpin pokies at winshark88 count wins in three ways: along fixed lines, across ways that run reel to reel, or in clusters on a grid. This guide sorts 14 FastSpin slots by how they pay, from Spin and Win's single line to The Great Safari's 200,704 ways, then covers the two fishing games.
IGT keeps most of its online game figures inside each game rather than on a public page, so the info panel is where you find them. This winshark88 guide shows what to look for there, using Cleopatra and Wolf Run as examples, then lists all 16 IGT online pokies in the lobby.
A JILI pokie can pay on one line, on 46,656 ways or on any eight matching symbols. This winshark88 guide sorts 16 JILI online slots by the way they pay, so you know what a winning spin looks like before you open one.
Each Pragmatic Play pokie at winshark88 uses one of five layouts: fixed lines, a taller 5×4 grid, pays anywhere, clusters or Megaways. Find out which rule each of the 18 online slots follows, then compare RTP, volatility and max win in one table.
VPower's online slots run from one pay line to fifty. This winshark88 guide takes 14 VPower pokies in line order, from Funky Monkey's single row to the 50-line games, and adds the two fishing games, so you can see how each one pays before you spin.
Studios supply many games with more than one RTP setting, and each casino chooses which one to run. That is why a title can list one figure here and a lower one at another site. winshark88 runs every game on its default, highest setting. The info panel inside each game shows the figure in use, so check it there if a number in a guide differs from what you see.
RTP is a long-run average across a very large number of spins. It does not change the pay rule, and it does not predict any one session.
Demo play is the quickest way to see a pay rule in action, because practice credit shows you what a winning spin looks like without touching your balance.
Demo credit has no cash value, and practice results say nothing about later real-money spins. The lobby plays in the phone browser on iPhone and Android, so you can do all of this without an app download.
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These studios also supply games to winshark88. Search the full game title in the lobby, or choose the studio in the provider filter.
AdvantPlay. Its 16 games in the guide use a single line, 10 to 40 lines, 243 to 32,400 ways, a MegaWays game, scatter pays and two cluster games. Pragmatic Play is next, with lines, pays-anywhere grids, clusters and Megaways across its 18.
Neither is better. Ways games pay matching symbols on neighbouring reels in any row, so more combinations count, while line games pay only along their drawn paths. The paytable and features decide how much a win is worth, not the pay rule.
Pragmatic Play has three in its guide: Great Rhino Megaways, Buffalo King Megaways and Madame Destiny Megaways. Booming Games has Howling Wolves Megaways, and AdvantPlay has Aztec: Bonus Hunt 2.
Studios supply many games with several RTP settings and each casino picks one. winshark88 runs every game on its default, highest setting, and the game's info panel shows the figure in use.
Search the full game title in the winshark88 lobby or choose the studio in the provider filter. The list of other studios near the end of this page shows which ones are in the lobby.
Yes. winshark88 supports demo play. Open a game in demo mode, read the paytable to see its lines, ways or minimum group, then watch which symbols light up when it pays. Demo credit has no cash value.
New players can claim the AU$38 registration bonus and the 40% welcome bonus. Regular players have the 20% daily first-deposit bonus and the AU$888 upgrade VIP bonus.