Moo! The Musings of a Plaid Cow

Though most of the game play in [Lucky Slots][1] on [Facebook][2] is luck, there is a modicum of skill involved in making sure that your [Daily Credit Bonus][3] goes up as quickly as possible. To do this you should always get friends to send you the gift prizes for a level and play each slot machine just long enough to get each of the poker chips. (If you have friends that can send these, even better.)

[1]: http://apps.facebook.com/playluckyslots/
[2]: http://www.facebook.com/
[3]: http://apps.facebook.com/playluckyslots/faq.php

Once you have these two sources of Daily Bonus Credit knocked out, you can focus on buying Prize Sets. Since each prize set (in total) costs a different number of tickets and provides you with a different ticket bonus, the optimal prize set order can be generated by calculating the number of tickets required for each daily bonus credit for each prize set, and then buying the sets with the smallest cost. All of this is laid out below. (Just buy the prize sets in the order shown in the last column.)

#### Level 1 – Venetian ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Money | +5 | 90 | 18 | 1
Sports | +5 | 660 | 132 | 3
Toys | +5 | 1975 | 395 | 5
Mixed Bag | +5 | 425 | 85 | 2
Vehicles | +10 | 2500 | 250 | 4

#### Level 2 – Wynn ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Fruits | +7 | 525 | 75 | 1
Smileys | +7 | 1450 | 207 | 2
Letters | +7 | 2600 | 371 | 4
Monsters | +10 | 3125 | 312 | 3
Halloween | +15 | 7400 | 493 | 5

#### Level 3 – Bellagio ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Animals | +9 | 3830 | 426 | 1
Cute | +17 | 7500 | 441 | 2
Drinks | +20 | 10 250 | 512 | 3

#### Level 4 – MGM Grand ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Brands | +10 | 9500 | 950 | 2
Candy | +12 | 12 800 | 1067 | 3
Cars | +10 | 24 000 | 2400 | 5
Celebs | +10 | 13 400 | 1340 | 4
Fast Food | +15 | 10 400 | 693 | 1

#### Level 5 – Caesars Palace ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Candy Bars | +12 |2700 |225|1
Pets | +12 |5400 |450|2
Instruments | +13| 23 000 | 1769 | 6
Jewelry | +13 | 8 700 |669|3
Riches | +15 | 10 750 |716 | 4
Electronics | +25 | 22 700 |908|5

#### Level 6 – Paris ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Smiles | +15 | 41 000 | 2733 | 2
Colors | +15 | 31 000 | 2067 | 1
Hugs | +16 | 51 000 | 3188 | 3
Hearts | +17 | 55 000 | 3235 | 4

#### Level 7 – Treasure Island ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Accessories | +18 |56 000 |3111|1
Fun Transportation | +18 |112 000 |6222|2
Masks | +18| 161 000 |8944 | 4
Precious Rocks | +20 | 198 000 |9900|5
Properties | +20 | 130 000 |6500 | 3
Water Fun | +20 | 280 000 |14 000|6

#### Level 8 ####
Prize Set | Bonus | Cost | Tickets per Bonus | Optimal Prize Set Order
——- | ——: | —–: | ———-: | :——-:
Exotic Flowers| +10 |180 000 |18 000|3
Lipstick | +17 |360 000 |21 176|4
Bubble Gum | +21| 530 000 |25 238 | 5
Asian Candy | +21 | 290 000 |13 809|2
Cookies | +21 | 251 000 | 11 952 | 1

Is there more strategy that I haven’t covered? Let me know!