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Animal Circus on 3Win8: How the Animal Wheel and Its 15 Bets Work

Not a slot at all: a circus-ring wheel where you bet on crocodile, tiger, squirrel or panda in red, green or yellow, plus Banker, Tie or Player.

Animal Circus Bet Options help page on 3Win8 listing four animals, three colours and Banker, Tie and Player bets

Flight info

Game type
Animal wheel (arcade betting game)
Animal bets
Crocodile, tiger, squirrel, panda x red, green, yellow
Side bets
Banker, Tie, Player
Chip shown
0.50

Animal Circus sits in the 3Win8 slot list, but there are no reels in it. It is a wheel game in the style of the old arcade "animal party" machines: a ring of cartoon animals circles a spinning pointer, a coloured track runs inside the ring, and you bet on which animal and which colour the pointer will stop on.

That makes it a very different product from the Circus slot on 918Kiss, which is a normal 5-reel game. If you want reels, that is the one. If you like fast board bets, this one.

The 15 bets

The first help page (1 of 6) spells it out:

  • 4 animals: crocodile, tiger, squirrel and panda.
  • 3 colours: red, green and yellow.
  • That gives 12 animal-and-colour bets.
  • Plus 3 side bets: Banker (庄), Tie (和) and Player (閑).
Animal Circus betting board on 3Win8 with odds for each animal and colour, Banker 2, Tie 26 and Player 2
01 Animal Circus betting board on 3Win8 with odds for each animal and colour, Banker 2, Tie 26 and Player 2

Reading the odds board

The board lists each bet with its payout next to it. In the round shown:

Animal Red Green Yellow
Crocodile 31 35 40
Tiger 15 17 20
Squirrel 8 10 11
Panda 5 6 7

Banker and Player each show 2 and Tie shows 26. The pattern is easy to follow: pandas are the common, low-paying result and crocodiles are the rare, high-paying one. Yellow pays a little more than green, and green more than red, for the same animal.

Along the top of the board a strip of small icons records recent results, each animal tagged with a Banker or Player marker.

The spin and the bonus pot

Once bets are in, the screen switches to the circus ring. The pointer spins inside a track of red, green and yellow segments, surrounded by the animals. Some animals on the ring are gold, and a few track segments carry the character 全 ("all"); in this style of game they mark special results, but the screenshots do not show what they pay, so I will not guess.

The Animal Circus ring on 3Win8 with the pointer spinning and the bonus pot at 1000.00
02 The Animal Circus ring on 3Win8 with the pointer spinning and the bonus pot at 1000.00

A Bonus pot sits in the top-left corner. It was 550.00 on the betting screen and 1,000.00 during a later spin.

The Animal Circus pointer stopping on a green crocodile
03 The Animal Circus pointer stopping on a green crocodile

The buttons

Bottom row: Win, Total Bets, the chip value (0.50 here), Auto, Rebet and Last Result. Rebet repeats your previous layout, which saves time but also makes it easy to keep betting without thinking.

How to approach it

Rounds are quick, so a balance goes faster than on a slot at the same stake. Spreading chips over many animals feels safe but you are paying for every losing square each round. Pick a small chip, limit the number of squares you cover, and watch a few rounds of the result strip before you start. No pattern in that strip predicts the next spin.

Browse the rest of the lobby in the 3Win8 guide, and get a game ID if you want to try it.

Questions players ask

Is Animal Circus the same as the Circus slot on 918Kiss?

No. The 918Kiss Circus is a 5-reel slot. Animal Circus on 3Win8 is a wheel game where you place bets on a board and a pointer picks the winning animal and colour.

Are the odds on the board fixed?

Treat them as per-round figures and read the board before each bet. The numbers in the screenshot (for example 40 for a yellow crocodile and 5 for a red panda) are the payouts shown for that round.

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