Currently, the only Pogo Parlor games are Zuma Slots and Bejeweled Slots, but more are coming in the near future, including the next upcoming game Chuzzle Slots, so here’s a primer on how the Coin Bucket system works. Betting and earning in all Pogo Parlor games is done with Coins.
Quick Tips
- Do your refilling in the game that you have the highest rank in.
- Bejeweled 2 Slots seems to rank up fastest, but your mileage may vary.
- If you buy Coins, and want the most “bang for your buck”, buy the biggest Gem package and use that to buy the biggest Coin package.
The Coin Bucket
When you load any one of the Pogo Parlor games for the very first time — and most of us have already done this with the release of Zuma Slots — you will receive 15,000 Coins (non-Club Pogo players get 12,000 Coins). This only happens once per account, not for each game in the Pogo Parlor. After 4 hours you can add more Coins to your Coin balance by loading the game and clicking on the Coin Bucket to refill it. Four hours after your last refill you’ll be eligible to refill again, and four hours after that, and so on.
If it helps, think of Coins as “Premium Tokens”: your Coin balance and refill timer are shared across all Pogo Parlor games, so you can only collect a refill from your Coin Bucket once every four hours from any one of the Pogo Parlor games.
Refilling your Coins
The number of Coins you receive at refill time is based on how much you played after your last refill and what your current rank is:
Rank 0 to 9 – 5,000 Coins
Rank 10 to 19 – 6,000 Coins
Rank 20 to 29 – 7,000 Coins
Rank 30 to 39 – 8,000 Coins
Rank 40 to 49 – 9,000 Coins
Rank 50 – 10,000 Coins
It would make best sense to do your refilling in the Pogo Parlor game that you’ve earned the highest rank in to get the highest refill amount possible, and then do your spinning in the Pogo Parlor game of your choice.
After you receive your refill, spin until you’ve wagered as many Coins as you received. Free spins don’t count, you must wager Coins to spin for it to count towards emptying the Coin Bucket. You want to play enough to get your Coin Bucket down to empty. You can check this by clicking on the Coin Bucket in the lower left hand corner of the game. The pop-up will tell you if your Coin Bucket is high, low, empty, etc. When it’s empty the bucket graphic will be all light blue, with no green or red on it. See the image to the right here. You want your bucket to look just like that, so you’ll get your full refill amount when it’s refill time again.
Buying Coins
While it’s not necessary, some players may choose to purchase Coin Packs in-game. This is the pricing for Club Pogo members:
Assuming you’re a Club Pogo member and your stockpile of Gems came from the most cost-effective Gem package (which comes out to 5.6c per Gem), rounding up the 40,000 Coin package is $1.01, the 210,000 Coin package is $4.48, the 550,000 Coin package is $10.08, the 1,500,000 Coin package is $22.40, the 3,600,000 Coin package is $44.80, and the 9,100,000 Coin package is $88.00.
24-Minute Refill Glitch
Update 4/21: this glitch was fixed with today’s maintenance.
A few players have recently reported getting a 24-minute refill timer instead of a 4-hour refill timer. This is definitely a glitch due to a programming error on Pogo’s part, and it happens to players starting at rank 30 and ending at rank 40. This glitch will most likely be fixed by Pogo as soon as possible, so be sure to use it if you have it. The easiest game right now to reach rank 30 in is Bejeweled 2 Slots.
Even though this appears to be a programming issue on Pogo’s end that should clearly end at rank 40, some players have reported their 24-minute timers reverting back to 4 hours after timing out of the game prior to rank 40. If you time out, you’d get the “Your Session has Timed Out”/”You’ve been neglecting us” error message. Since there’s no guarantee how long the 24-minute timer will last, it might be worth it avoid timing out by actively playing so you can keep the glitchy refills longer.
Are there any other questions we can answer about the Coin Bucket in Pogo Parlor games? Is there any other information you think should be included here? Leave a comment below.
grace782 says
I find that I might run out of coins in one of the games, and come back later, and have slightly more coins – sometimes 20 or so, once around 1000 – I wouldn’t have left the game if I still had 1000 coins to be using! Is this happening to anyone else?
Mrs. Mike Brown says
Great article! Thanks for writing this up, it will answer ALL of our questions.
mrsbabe511 says
I just wish these parlor games would display your current rank, and rank progress, like the other games do.
anna says
Reached rank 30 and was refilling my bucket every 24 minutes. Got to rank 40 and now it’s back to refills every 4 hours.
Doug S says
To Grace #1, yes I have had that happen more than once. Empty bucket come back in 4 hours and have 1000 or so. I just spin it out then refill.
PlusJenney says
Great article! BadgeHungry is a wealth of knowledge, as usual. I’ve been playing Zuma Slots every 4 hours since it came out and am only at rank 5. I started playing Bejeweled Slots yesterday and am already at rank 18. I will be refilling on Bejeweled Slots to get the higher coin amount and hopefully I can make it to rank 30 before the glitch is fixed! Good luck fellow BHers! -Jen
jigsawing says
Wow, is this crystal clear or what? Many thanks, Lura!
dpa572 says
I’ve been collecting coins for quite some time, I’m at about 400K, yet haven’t reached rank 10 on either game (spinning 25 times on minimum 200). Even concentrating on BJ slot, I’m getting nowhere rank wise. My question— What is everybody staking to rank up this quickly ?
Mrs. Mike Brown says
The 24 minute timer is gone….at least for me. I’m at rank 36. I was about 50 wilds into rank 37. I’m wondering if pogo fixed it. It’s good and bad for me. It was getting exhausting but I made mega tokens. I’m curious to see if everyone lost the timer.
Mrs. Mike Brown says
I meant coins…not tokens. Well, the timer stopped for everyone..GRRRR!
beth says
# 6 plusjenny too LATE at 11 pm my time (central) the 24 minute time went POOF!! I guess pogo brett caught this post or some one at pogo did or got wind of it in forums but trust me its FIXED!! <3 BIG HUGFS boop
afriend says
The glitch seems to be fixed now, Sometime after
midnight the refill went back to 4 hrs instead of 24 minutes.
Sorry it was fun while it lasted. I don’t feel one bit ok maybe
1 bit guilty either. I sure didn’t want to buy coins for these
games.
Nancy says
Thanks for the heads up!
Sheri L says
Maybe a silly question, but:
If I buy a coin pack, must that be used up as well, BEFORE I receive any free refills at the 4 hour interval?
I am assuming yes, but thought I would ask for clarification before I made a final decision on what to do. Still not clear on that part. Thank you in advance for all help and answers. 🙂
MomsBassetHound says
I’m like everyone else, sad to see it go on one hand, but on the other hand glad it’s over. I was living by a list for the last week. As soon as I saw it in the forums I knew the fun was over. There are some things best said by email 🙂
Suz
BBrown0316 (Beverly) says
Sheri #14…
You only have to use up your free coins. At my rank 19 that is 30-35 spins.
I have over 768K coins built up.
ROBERO says
I think that saving coins is not the best strategy if one were trying to get through all the ranks and get all the badges at all the slot games. After the third parlor game chuzzle slot release, these coins will be as worthless miserly saving as they are in saving Gloria’s coins to high levels in another Pogo game.
BBrown0316 (Beverly) says
Also, I have never BOUGHT any coins.
Caren says
ROBERO #18: You can use the coins in the 4th game.
BBrown0316 (Beverly) says
Robero…
It’s not a matter of “saving” the coins. I did just the minimum spins to empty the basket for awhile — but having built up the total, I can now play for as long as I want without ever running out of coins.
Joe C says
I am only playing Zuma until I rank out in there. Bejeweled will be next.
Between the two accounts, I have accumulated 500,000 coins, as I only play enough spins to allow a full refill the next time. I also do not play more than about three times a day, as a way to make sure I get a refill.
WhirlWindWoman3 says
I don’t get it. How much am I supposed to bet? How do I know what rank I am on?
MomsBassetHound says
Whirl #22 – There is currently no way to tell what rank you are. You will get a pop up when you make a rank in either game.
If you haven’t received a rank 10 badge in either game you should be getting 5,000 coins every 4 hours. In order to get a full refill 4 hours later you need to spin enough to use up the first 5,000 coins…..25 spins @ the 200 minimum, or 10 spins @500, whatever you want to bet per spin.
Suz
afriennd says
I’ve never bought coins either. I too would just build them up but play too sometimes I’d get really low then I wouldn’t play anymore till I got them built back up again. You need to be built if you want to do any playing believe I’ve spent time waiting no coins till next refill. Who knows how many of this kind of game pogo will bring us? So the coins can and are used for every one of those games. The games seem a lot tighter now too. Hardly spun anything good I know could just be coincidence though.
GLA!
MomsBassetHound says
afriend #24 – I agree that Pogo did something to the odds on Bejeweled when they fixed the clock last night. I did over 200 spins in there this morning and only got the Wheel of Riches once, and didn’t get any bonus spins or a single bonus gem game. I think they may have done something to Zuma also, not that the reels were loose to begin with 🙂
Suz
Mrs. Mike Brown says
#24 afriend and #25 Suz
I was playing when the timer changed last night. I was doing REALLY well on the winning. All of a sudden, the payouts were almost nothing. This morning even worse. Pogo definitely did something with the payouts.
MomsBassetHound says
Mrs. Mike Brown #26 – I noticed it the first time I played this morning, but have had bad sessions before. But after 4 different sessions I knew they had fooled with it.
Suz
silnet says
Moms # 25
Well if they did something to Zuma I hope was increase the odds, the game had awful odds already, no need to made them worse.
And I really hope they didn’t change Bejeweled, game was just fine the way it was, good winnings (with a chance of losing all as well , tell me about it lol) and good ranking up rythm
Aren’t you people thrilled to see how quickly they catch and fix all the “good” glitches but how long it takes them (months and years even) to fix real problems like games not loading, games not working right and such?
So can or can’t they? Yes they can they just don’t care for real problems unless it directly affects them
eggfarmer says
I couldn’t agree more with Moms! I am actually relieved that the 24 minute timer is over – I actually found it incredibly stressful with a kitchen timer around my neck and rushing in and out to get the extra coins. I managed to build up quite a collection so today I thought I would start playing them down – and for the first time EVER it was actually more lucrative to play Zuma than Bejewelled! I decided to play the two games equally and play until my coin total had dropped by 10,000 (so playing the four hour refills of 8,000 plus any winnings during that time and the balance being my existing tokens so that they reduced by 10,000 so many thousands of tokens in all) – bejewelled was over in no time at all, didn’t get anything there at all – and Zuma I actually ended up in profit and couldn’t lose the coins whatever I did – just kept winning and winning – so decided to switch back to bejewelled – and guess what lost them in minutes loll. Previously I had managed to get to rank 30 in bejewelled without buying any coins and just playing my refills and winnings – but I have a feeling that things are not going to go as smoothly now that pogo has messed with it!
BBrown0316 (Beverly) says
Has anyone figured out exactly what you need to get for a rank point in Zuma?
MomsBassetHound says
Bev #20 – I agree with you 1000%, that’s exactly why I started saving my winnings. Now if I want to play either game for an hour or two I don’t have to worry about running out of coins.
If it hadn’t been for my “savings” I would not have been able to play Bejeweled for 2 days straight in order to get to rank 30 and get the 24 minute clock last week. I continued to play Bejeweled until rank 37, but then went back to Zuma to try and increase my rank. I was spinning a minimum of 1600 spins a day in there and only went from rank 6 to rank 8.
In answer to your question from comment #30 here is the official word from EA, updated as of 4/13/15……….Match the Zuma symbol on winlines to earn rank points
Progress toward your next rank in Zuma Slots is earned by matching two or more Zuma symbols on the same line as a winning combo. Each winning combo containing two or more of these symbols earns you one rank point.
It appears that it takes 2 wilds on Zuma whereas it’s just 1 wild on Bejeweled. I’m hoping that Chuzzle follows Bejeweled and not Zuma 🙂
Suz
Mrs. Mike Brown says
Moms #27
I believe they did. I’ve been playing off and on since they ‘fixed’ the timer. I have not gotten 1 Bejeweled board or free spins. I got 3 of the wheels which the payouts were very low. This isn’t fun anymore 🙁
silnet #28
I so agree! They have no problem fixing anything that affects THEIR wallet but we wait forever for them to fix things for us. Still waiting for them to remove the finished badge books from my page. It’s very sad to run a business like this.
MomsBassetHound says
Mrs. Mike Brown #32 – You took the words right out of my mouth….It’s not fun any longer. For the first time in 5 weeks I didn’t have 1 winning session the entire day.
I think it will be awhile before I go back to playing it for longer than my refills.
Suz
Mrs. Mike Brown says
Moms #32
That’s pretty bad to not have even 1 winning session after we’ve all been doing so well.
As of tonight, I’m also just going in for refills from here on. I have no idea why pogo would do something like this but other people are saying that they noticed changes in the game too. After all in the casinos, who would keep playing if they’re never winning.
MomsBassetHound says
Mrs. Mike Brown #34 – It looks like they put it back to the way it was. I did well this morning, like I was doing before they fixed the clock.
Suz
Mrs. Mike Brown says
Moms #35
They sure have! I just did really well also. I wonder if people complained.
Mozartjea says
Did the 24 minute timer return as well?
MomsBassetHound says
Julia #37 – No
MomsBassetHound says
They fixed the payouts on Bejeweled, but broke the chat. And my name has been stuck in a game room for the majority of the day. You gotta love Pogo, fix 1 thing and break another 🙂
Suz
Mrs. Mike Brown says
Moms #39
I see that. I wonder how fast they WON’T get this one fixed! Can’t they do anything right?
During the night the rooms were messed up and I couldn’t even get in to get my coins on both search engines.
BBrown0316 (Beverly) says
#31… Progress toward your next rank in Zuma Slots is earned by matching two or more Zuma symbols on the same line as a winning combo. Each winning combo containing two or more of these symbols earns you one rank point.
The last popup for me was rank 6 (some time ago). Not advancing any further, I started to keep track, and I have had over 100 with 2 or more zuma symbols on winning lines. Either I’m not getting credit, or my rank popup is not appearing.
PrairiesDweller says
BBrown0316 (Beverly) #41:
The new rank popup stays on the screen for about 25 seconds then disappears.
Usually I am not at the screen when it happens. Either playing a second game,
at another website or away from the computer.
The same for the badge popups. I only knew I had earned rank 10 and 20 badges
because my refill gave me an extra 1000 coins.
Getting rank points can be confusing. When you win on a line the coloured line extents through the 5 columns. BUT rarely are all 5 columns part of the winning line.
You have to get 2 Wilds on the same paying line do a Happy Dance (they have their own music) – they say x2 and rotate.
virgonana says
my understanding (and if i’m wrong, i’m sorry)…in zuma, the 2 wilds that you need for rank points must be in columns 1 and 2 and on a payline. if you get one in column 1 and one in column 3 but get a payline, it doesn’t count unlike bejeweled, you only need 1 wild and can be anywhere on a payline
MomsBassetHound says
virgonana #43 – That’s what Pogo said originally, but their help page has been changed as of 4/13/15 to read as follows………..
Progress toward your next rank in Zuma Slots is earned by matching two or more Zuma symbols on the same line as a winning combo. Each winning combo containing two or more of these symbols earns you one rank point.
Suz
virgonana says
thanks Suz. i wasn’t aware of that since i haven’t played zuma that much lately. guess i need to pay attention when i go back after ranking out in bejeweled…lol
jerseygirl71174 says
Not sure what’s up with Pogo. However, I’ve noticed a few rather odd things about these newer games.
1. Chuzzle Slots does not appear at all for me.
2. The timer for the coins is a bit off (in my favor). I’m going back to the game before the 4 hours is up and discovering that my coin count has suddenly increased before I’ve had a chance to claim the refill (Bejeweled 2).
Not sure how long the glitch is going to last, but I hope that it helps others to rank out a bit faster. Not sure if the same glitch holds exists in Zuma or not, but I would suspect that it does.
MomsBassetHound says
jerseygirl71174 #46 – Chuzzle has not been released yet.
Suz
RyzandShyn says
Whew! So glad I can come here and read everyone’s posts!
Yesterday, Wednesday, I couldn’t win for losing in Bejeweled. I never got the Free Spin Bonus, which had been falling pretty regularly before. I suspected Pogo did something to the odds when they also fixed the clock. Then again today I had many nothing spins (although I did finally get one Free Spins) and figured they must have screwed it up on us.
I’m sorry to read that your experiences are the same. RATS! It was actually fun to play, but not so much anymore.
MomsBassetHound says
RyzandShyn #48 – Sorry your machine is still not paying out. Mine is back to the way it was before they fixed the clock. Good Luck!
Suz
RyzandShyn says
Suz #49 –
😉 thanks! I’m still ahead, so that’s good. I just liked the frequency of the bonus things that would fall on Bejeweled.
After reading and posting here, I deciding to give good ol’ Zuma a try. I got 71 free spins because the frogs just kept coming…lol.
Go figure….Pogo!
Ken Bauer says
Greetings,
Who spilled the “bean” on this glitch?
Thanks
ken
MomsBassetHound says
Someone asked if you could still rank up if chat was not connected. I can’t find the post, but I got a rank badge last night while there was no chat. So the answer is yes, you can still get rank without being able to connect to chat.
Suz
grace782 says
Also, a huge thanks to whoever mentioned that you can be in one of these slots games AND another game as well – I’ve been able to autospin for hours while also tackling my weekly and other badges.