How we rank the best buy bonus feature slots
I'm Devon Carter, and I've edited iGaming coverage for fifteen years. courtyardofloveland.com is where I track the slots that let you buy the bonus feature at US-facing offshore casinos — what the buy costs, what it actually delivers, and which sites let you use it. If you'd rather pay a known price than grind the base game for a trigger, this is the page for you.
What "buy the feature" means offshore
A buy-feature slot has a button that purchases instant entry to the bonus round for a fixed multiple of your stake — typically 50x to 100x. At the offshore casinos I rank, the buy lives in Dragon Gaming and Betsoft titles, plus some Realtime Gaming games. Many are Hold & Win slots, so the buy drops you straight into a coin-collection round with jackpots: think Hooked on Fishing, Coins of Ra Deluxe, Fury of Zeus, Cyberpunk City and Big Catch Bonanza.
How we rank the casinos
- Feature-buy depth — how many real buy-enabled and Hold & Win games the casino carries.
- Whether you can actually use the buy — some casinos block it with bonus funds or exclude it from wagering.
- Bonus value after wagering, banking and payout speed.
- Licensing and a clean payout record.
My top picks are Ignition, BetOnline and Super Slots, with Wild Casino and Bovada close behind.
The cost of buying the feature
Because the buy is stake-linked, the dollar cost is in your hands: a 100x buy is $20 at a $0.20 stake and $100 at $1. I set the stake first, treat each buy as one high-variance bet, and never chase. Buying doesn't change a slot's long-run RTP — studios publish a feature-buy RTP within a fraction of a percent of the base game — so you're paying for instant access, not an edge.
Below: the full casino comparison, detailed casino reviews, reviews of the offshore buy-feature slots worth playing, and guides on how to buy the feature, what it costs, and where to do it.