Cash Machine bonus buy check
Does Cash Machine Have a Bonus Buy?
No, Cash Machine does not let you buy a bonus round — here's what actually triggers extra chances to win.
Open bonus at partner site- Reels in play
- 3x1
- Volatility level
- low-medium
- Maximum win
- 1050x
- Number of lines
- 1 payline
- RTP
- 96.00%
Cash Machine by FatCat has no bonus buy or feature buy option. You cannot pay extra to force a respin, skip to a feature, or guarantee a bigger prize. Every respin in this game is triggered by the reels themselves, not by your wallet.
- No published bonus-buy price or menu option for this title
- Respins are automatic, tied to specific symbol outcomes, not purchasable
- Applies to both demo and real-money versions at Canadian sites offering the game
Why there's nothing to buy here
Cash Machine is built as a 3-reel, single-line stepper, closer in spirit to a classic mechanical slot than to a five-reel video slot with a scatter-triggered bonus. Games in that style rarely ship with a bonus buy menu, because there isn't a separate bonus mode sitting behind a wall of scattered symbols. Instead, FatCat's version leans on two respin mechanics — Zero Respins and Red Respins — that trigger organically from what lands on the reels during ordinary play. If you came here expecting a 'buy fifteen free spins' button like on many slot machines, that button simply is not part of this game's design.
RTP and how it applies without a buy option
96.00%
Cash Machine's return figure sits in the 95-96% range depending on which operator's build you're on, and this applies to every spin — there's no separate, higher-cost RTP tier for a purchased feature, because no such feature exists to buy. What you see in the base game is the whole game.
Cash Machine at a glance
- ProviderFatCat
- Reels3x1
- Paylines1 payline
- Volatilitylow-medium
- RTP96.00%
- Max win1050x
- Bet range1 – 100
How the respin features actually work
Since there's no purchase menu, understanding what does trigger extra chances matters more than usual on this game. The first mechanic, Zero Respins, kicks in when a non-winning spin lands a zero digit somewhere on the active reels. Rather than ending the round as a loss, the game holds that zero in place and respins the remaining reels, giving you another shot at building a paying combination around it. It's a built-in second chance rather than a bought one.
The second mechanic, Red Respins, works from the opposite direction. After you've already landed a winning combination, the game can randomly respin the winning reel stop again in an attempt to land an even bigger prize on top of what you already secured. Because this only fires after a win, it functions like a bonus multiplier moment rather than a separate feature round, and it costs nothing extra to trigger — it either happens or it doesn't.
Neither respin type comes with a published trigger rate. FatCat and the operators listing Cash Machine don't disclose how often a zero appears on a losing spin, or how frequently a winning stop gets a Red Respin. That's a real gap in the public data, and it means you should treat both features as occasional bonuses layered on top of base-game math rather than as a reliable secondary income stream.
Playing max bet does change one thing worth knowing: some builds of Cash Machine activate all three reels for consideration only at the highest stake level, meaning the largest available prize configuration is tied to bet size rather than to any purchase. If you're testing this game specifically to see how the maximum payout behaves, raising your stake — not buying a feature — is the only lever available.
For anyone used to five-reel slots where a bonus buy button sits next to the spin button, the absence here can feel like a missing option rather than a design choice. In practice, it simply reflects the game's older, stepper-style architecture. If a purchasable free-spins round is what you're after, Cash Machine isn't the title to look for it in — but if you're comfortable with a slot where every extra chance comes from the reels themselves, the respin system does the same job without asking for extra stake.
Bonus buy questions about Cash Machine
Can I pay to trigger a Zero Respin on demand?
No. Zero Respins only occur automatically when a losing spin already contains a zero digit on the active reels — there's no way to force this outcome by paying extra.
Does raising my bet increase the chance of a Red Respin?
There's no published data linking bet size to Red Respin frequency. What bet size does affect, on some builds, is whether all three reels are considered for the top prize at all.
Why don't other FatCat slots and this one both offer bonus buy?
Bonus buy availability varies by title and by the underlying game architecture. Cash Machine's 3-reel, single-line stepper design doesn't include a separate bonus mode to purchase, unlike some of FatCat's other releases.
If I play the free demo, do I still get Zero and Red Respins?
Yes, demo versions of Cash Machine run the same respin logic as real-money play, since these features are part of the base math model rather than a separate purchasable add-on.
Is the maximum win reachable without any bonus feature?
Yes. The maximum win figure reported for Cash Machine, around 1050x stake, is achievable through the base game and its respin mechanics alone, since no bonus-buy path exists to reach it faster.
Could a bonus buy option be added to Cash Machine later?
Nothing in FatCat's public materials suggests plans to add one, and no source tracking this title's history mentions a bonus buy ever being available at any point.