Frog Jump (3Win8): betting on a five-frog pond race
Five coloured frogs, five odds boxes and a pond to cross. Frog Jump is a quick race-betting game with four random features on top.
Cartridge label
- Type
- Race betting game
- Runners
- 5 frogs, numbered 1 to 5
- Features
- Joker, Multiplier x2-x4, Free Frog, Jackpot
Controls
- Frog boxes 1-5
- Tap to put chips on that frog; the small number is its odds
- 0.50 (chip)
- Current chip value
- LAST RESULT
- Opens the list of recent winners
Frog Jump is one of the arcade-style titles in the 3Win8 lobby. There are no reels. Five frogs line up on numbered lily pads at one side of a pond, you back one or more of them, and the first across wins.
The betting screen
Five tall coloured boxes fill the middle: blue frog 1, purple 2, green 3, yellow 4 and pink 5. The black circle on each box is its payout multiplier for the race. In our screenshot green 3 was the favourite at 2, blue 1 was at 4, pink 5 at 5, yellow 4 at 12 and purple 2 the outsider at 40. The empty black strip above each frog shows the chips you have on it.
Under the boxes is the history strip: a "LAST RESULT" badge followed by coloured balls with the winning frog numbers from recent races. Top left is a BONUS counter (1000.00 when we took the shot). The bottom bar has WIN, TOTAL BETS, the 0.50 chip button and LAST RESULT.
The race
When betting closes the screen switches to the pond. Each frog starts from a round wooden pad marked 1 to 5 and swims and leaps toward the lily pads on the far side, past koi and lotus flowers.
The four features
The help page lists four extras that can drop into a race:
- Joker: a rainbow frog that substitutes for all frogs.
- Multiplier: a whirlpool that multiplies the winner by x2, x3 or x4.
- Free Frog: a gold frog that adds one extra frog for the winner.
- Jackpot: a random jackpot, shown by a frog catching a dragonfly with its tongue.
None of these can be triggered by the player; they appear at random.
Keeping a race session short
Races are fast, which makes it easy to lose count. Decide on a number of races (twenty is plenty) and a chip value before you start. Backing the favourite at 2 pays little per win, while a price like 12 or 40 loses far more races than it wins; neither approach changes the odds, so keep the chip small either way.
Other quick-round games in this lobby, like the Fei Long Feng Wu animal wheel, are listed on the 3Win8 overview. For a login, get a 3Win8 game ID.
Troubleshooting and questions
Do the odds stay the same every race?
The screenshot shows one set of odds (4, 40, 2, 12 and 5). Check the circles on each box before you bet, because a board like this normally reprices between races.
What does the Joker do?
The help screen only says the rainbow Joker frog substitutes for all frogs. That reads as a win for every box, but none of our screenshots shows it landing.
Press start
Want to play it on 3Win8? Get a game ID through our partner link, then set a spending limit before the first round.