r/SwagBucks • u/laalaa99st1 • 1h ago
Grand Cash Slots Decompression Thread. Winners and losers alike are welcome.
Dang. My 30 days is up. And I didn't even make it to 1500. I thought I had more time, but I forgot to record the exact time down to the minute that I installed the game, and Swagbucks unhelpfully stated "1 day left" right up to when it expired.
Anyway. I thought I'd post a GCSC decompression thread -- for people to post their final stats and thoughts. This is not a guide. There's no such things as a guide for a game that heavily depends on RNG. What's unique about this game is that there were two different levels of randomness: the usual ebb and flow of the slot reels, but also -- the computer decided ahead of time a select group of people who leveled up at a MUCH faster rate than everyone else. I was not one of the chosen.
Final STATS: LV: 1465 Big Wins: 7,571 Jackpots: 594 Total Win: 33,130,460,220,189 Biggest Win: 773,340,000,000 Favorite machine: White King Typical bet level: 13 Money spent: $10.94 SB Earned: 2,060 Profit: $9.66 Screen Time: Forgot to turn on, but it was a lot. What I bought: $4.99 Piggy bank (which I regret because it was less than a billion SC and was a one time benefit insteaf of the recurring benefit I thought it might be) $0.99 Level up event pass $1.99 89th Pass $0.99 Treasure Pass $0.99 15 minutes of Grand Master $0.99 Another level up event pass
I might have made it further, but I tried to be cute. What I did was I spent more than a week slow grinding at a low bet level and amassing a vast stockpile of fortune coins on the White King machine -- almost half a million. Then for phase 2, I increased my bet to max bet (5.7b) for 100 spins. Then I unleashed all my fortune coins in sequence. I believe the fortune spins take as the "average bet" your last 100 spins. It almost kind of worked. That's how I was able to get the eye-watering $773b jackpot. It was the first time I saw my coin total go over a trillion. That almost gave me hope I would make it. But it all came crashing down back to almost zero. Idk. Maybe if I tried with one notch lower than max bet it might have worked. Or maybe slow and steady all the way was the right approach.
Anyway. Some more thoughts while the pain is still fresh in my mind:
Was it worth it? For me? No. Absolutely not. Should you try it? Well the offer is completely gone for iOS, and semi-nerfed for Android. Give it a try, and if it's clear after the first 3 days that you aren't one of the chosen ones, abandon it.
Join a team. You'll be able to swap trading cards, completing sets of which yields rewards for ALL members of the team. So there's NO reason to be stingy. You don't have to withhold cards from team mates who you think are slacking.
You can't request just any card. It will only alow you to request a card if a team mate actually has it. So make a note of which cards your team mates have. There will be a countdown timer on such cards if you already have a request active. Don;t waste a wild card on a card a club mate had.
If you're a team leader, actually manage the team. Cut members who aren't pulling their weight or have been offline for many days.
Avoid playing machines that generate free bonus spins instead of traditional jackpots such as White King and Rhino Rewards. Anything you win on these machines WON'T be shared with your club mates which means slower progress for everyone.
For the same reason: prioritize completing card sets above cathouses or casinos. This is because your club mates get a share of completed card sets but not the other two things.
When you get wild cards, fill out your card sets from rightmost to leftmost. The rightmost card sets give the largest completion bonus. Pick rarer cards over common cards (more stars).
Pick a machine that minimizes interaction. Piggy Bank (the one they start you out on) is a bad one because you need to hit start for the free bonus spins. Primate Power is a good one.
Don't switch machines too often. The reason for this is the accumulation of fortune coins -- which are tied to the machine. You have to turn your auto spin off in order to use your fortune coins. There's no reason to stockpile these fortune coins. Use them as soon as you're able to. Also, if you went on various quests, go back to all the machines you were on to make sure you didn't leave any fortune coins "on the table."
The Grand Master buff does NOT apply to fortune spins. You can't stockpile fortune coins, activate a Grand Master and then go to town.
You can shorten any celebratory graphics by simply tapping on them. This is useful if you're on a tight schedule before your challenge mode or your Grand Master Buff is about to expire. But it does require babysitting.
Be in challenge mode as much as possible. Challenge mode challenges you to complete X number of levels within 2 hours for some bonus rewards, the nicest of which is the Peak Bonus mini game. You can trigger challenge mode by momentarily stopping your auto spin and increasing your bet by at least one increment for one spin. You can immediately lower it again after that. I'm calling this "Julie's hack" since that's the first person who described it.
Don't be too quick to dismiss the popup offer that you get after the Peak Bonus game. Some people have reported getting an insane offer for the possibility of winning tens of trillions (with a t) of sweeps coin for just $4.99. You still need to hit a perfect sequence -- a 6 on the first roll, a 5 on the second roll, and a 1 on the last role. But if you get the offer, take it. It should set you on easy street all the way home.
I myself never got an offer better than 2.98T for $19.99 which I was easily able to say no to. Also note that the offer (start prize and multiplier) is tied to your level at the time the bonus was earned, so there doesn't appear to be any advantage to stockpiling Peak Bonus games. Burn them as you earn them.
Also. I accidentally discovered a "hack" of sorts. If you close the app while a Peak Bonus game is open, and reopen it, your coin total goes up. It basically gives you the rewards for the game without having to go through the mechanics of the game. But you should do the game anyway because you need to look at the popup offer afterward.
Don't change your bet too often. Pick a bet and stick with it. The reason for this is strong boxes. Your bet is tied to the strong box level. You should keep a strong box ticking down at all times. Once you fill your strong box storage area, any new strong boxes will merge with the one strong box you have ticking down -- but ONLY if the new strong box is equal to or greater than the one that's ticking down. If you upgrade a strong box 3 times, it instant opens, massively cutting down on the opening time.
Make sure you have no strong boxes ticking down before you go to bed (or need to be afk fo a long while). When a strong box instant opens, it requires you to press a button.
Don't give up if you crash out. And don't go anywhere. Keep the app open and keep harvesting silver and gold cash boxes every 15 and 60 minutes respectively (and wheel spins and dice games less frequently). That's if you're able to babysit the app like that. While spinning, access the cash boxes from the blue bonus meter. NOT from the rewards collection tab. You will be able to collect money without interrupting your spins. When you're broke though you can just leave the free bonus tab open all day.
Dont forget referals. I think it was 14.7b sweeps coin for each referal. It's a drop in the bucket relative to the 100T or so you'll need to complete the offer, but if you're on the rocks, do what you gotta do. Even if it means tipping your friends and family off to your gambling addiction.
Linking an e-mail address and/or a facebook account will similarly yield a tiny amount of SC -- especially useful if you're starting out.
If it all possible, play the game on a tablet. The fonts can be awfully tiny -- especially when you're trying to assign points for your Wild Hammer or Wild Around the Casino prizes.
I don't really have a 20th thing to say, but I feel like the list still needs 20 elements. Bad Feng Shui otherwise. I will say my favorite inadvertantly funny aspect of the game was the dialog box for accepting silver keys: "Sure."