3 China Pots
A good first meter game. Pot meters fill during Hold & Win and pay out as extra respins, multipliers or a second board to play on. It runs 25 lines on 5×3 reels, and review sites agree on a 95.68% RTP.
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3 Oaks at winstar96: every Hold & Win pot and meter game compared
winstar96 online casino has eight 3 Oaks pokies built on Hold & Win pots, meters and collectors, from 3 Egypt Chests to 3 SuperPower Diamonds. See which reward each meter gives, how the pot games differ and where the official max wins sit, then check the other seven 3 Oaks slots in the lobby.
Eight 3 Oaks Hold & Win games at winstar96, grouped by what you fill
Eight of the 15 3 Oaks pokies at winstar96 casino put pots, meters or collector symbols at the centre of their bonus. The core is the same in each: bonus symbols lock where they land during Hold & Win, and respins give you the chance to land more. The difference is the layer on top, and it falls into three groups.
Meter games: fill a meter, get its reward
- 3 Hot Chillies (25 lines, RTP 95.59%): chilli meters add multipliers, extra spins or double reels.
- 3 Egypt Chests (10 lines, RTP 95.71%): chest meters unlock a Multi, Extra or Double booster.
- 3 China Pots (25 lines, RTP 95.68%): pot meters give extra respins, multipliers or a second board.
- 4 African Drums (25 lines, High volatility, 20,000x max win): drum meters add collect, multiplier or extra-row boosters.
Pot games: the bonus waits inside each pot
- 3 Clover Pots (25 lines): Double, Mystery and Collect pots, with a separate free spins round where wilds are worth x2.
- 4 Hot Chillies (25 lines): four chilli pots, and their bonus features can combine.
- 3 SuperPower Diamonds (25 lines): three diamond pots alongside a prize wheel and five jackpots.
The collector game
Power Sun XXL sits on its own. It plays 15 lines on 3×5 reels, and its Hold & Win round can bring in as many as five collector suns next to four fixed jackpots. 3 Oaks gives it an official max win of 4,288x.
How the meter games differ
Three rewards, three different names
3 Hot Chillies, 3 Egypt Chests and 3 China Pots each tie their meters to three possible rewards, but the rewards are not the same. Egypt Chests names its boosters Multi, Extra and Double. China Pots offers extra respins, multipliers or a second board, while Hot Chillies offers multipliers, extra spins or double reels. Both China Pots and Hot Chillies can widen the round, with a second board in one and doubled reels in the other.
Ten lines against 25
3 Egypt Chests is the only meter game on 10 lines; the other three use 25. Fewer lines means fewer pay patterns in the base game. It also has the highest RTP of the meter group at 95.71%.
4 African Drums: the one with official numbers
4 African Drums is the meter game where 3 Oaks has published both volatility and a max win: High, and 20,000x. High volatility generally means longer quiet stretches between wins and larger results when they come, so a smaller stake per spin stretches a budget further. Its extra-row booster is the only meter reward in this group that adds rows to the grid.
Three pot and meter games picked for winstar96 players
4 African Drums
Drum meters feed collect, multiplier and extra-row boosters into the respins. 3 Oaks rates it High volatility with a 20,000x max win, the second-highest official figure among the 15. Its RTP is shown in the game info.
3 SuperPower Diamonds
The busiest bonus in the pot group. Hold & Win draws on three diamond pots, and a prize wheel and five jackpots sit on top. The 25 lines play on 5×3 reels; open the rules to see jackpot values and how the wheel is reached.
Jackpots inside the respin round
Several of these games carry fixed jackpots inside Hold & Win: four in Power Sun XXL, five in 3 SuperPower Diamonds, and Little Farm's coin respins have them too. A jackpot is one prize within the round and should not be read as the game's max win. Power Sun XXL shows why: its official 4,288x max win describes the largest overall result, not the value of any single jackpot.
Jackpot values, respin counts and meter targets are set out in each game's rules and change from title to title, so read them before deciding on a stake.
The seven other 3 Oaks pokies at winstar96
Green Chilli and Green Chilli 2 also use chilli respins with multipliers, but without meters or pots; in Green Chilli the multipliers sit on grid cells. Both play 20 lines and add free spins, with sticky wilds in the original and shifting wilds in the sequel. Little Farm (25 lines on a 5×4 grid, RTP 95.69%) pairs walking wild free spins with its coin respins.
Big Heist is a 10-line free spins game: collect thieves gather money symbols, and x10 multipliers come into play. Lucky Penny, Egypt Power x1000 and Lucky Apple x1000 drop pay lines for a 6×5 grid that pays on 8 or more matching symbols anywhere. Wins cascade, and multipliers reach x1,000. Egypt Power x1000 holds the top official max win of the 15, 40,000x, with High volatility and a 95.73% RTP, and Lucky Apple x1000 reaches 20,000x.
Reading RTP for 3 Oaks games at winstar96
RTP is the share of total stakes a pokie pays back across a very long run of spins. 3 Oaks keeps RTP off its own site, so a figure appears here only where independent review sites line up, and that is true for five games. Four of them are meter or coin games: 3 Hot Chillies at 95.59%, 3 China Pots at 95.68%, Little Farm at 95.69% and 3 Egypt Chests at 95.71%.
Why could the same game show a different figure at another casino? Studios supply several RTP settings, and the operator picks which one goes live. winstar96 runs each 3 Oaks title on its default setting, which is also the highest, and the game info panel confirms the figure.
3 Oaks game facts at winstar96
All 15 games in one place. Pays and features come from 3 Oaks' game pages; max wins and volatility come from 3 Oaks press releases where they exist. Where a cell reads "Shown in game info", check the game itself.
| Game | How it pays | Volatility | Max win | RTP | Main feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 3 Hot Chillies | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | 95.59% | Hold & Win chilli meters add multipliers, extra spins or double reels |
 Green Chilli | 20 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Hold & Win chilli respins with multiplier cells and sticky wild free spins |
 Green Chilli 2 | 20 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shifting wild free spins plus Hold & Win chilli respins with multipliers |
 3 Egypt Chests | 10 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | 95.71% | Hold & Win chest meters unlock Multi, Extra or Double boosters |
 Little Farm | 25 pay lines on 5×4 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | 95.69% | Walking wild free spins plus Hold & Win coin respins with jackpots |
 Big Heist | 10 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Free spins where collect thieves gather money symbols with x10 multipliers |
 3 China Pots | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | 95.68% | Hold & Win pot meters for extra respins, multipliers or a second board |
 3 Clover Pots | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Hold & Win with Double, Mystery and Collect pots plus x2 wild free spins |
 Lucky Penny | Pays anywhere on 6×5 reels for 8+ matching symbols | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Cascading wins with penny multipliers up to x1,000 that combine |
 4 African Drums | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | High | 20,000x | Shown in game info | Hold & Win drum meters add collect, multiplier or extra-row boosters |
 Egypt Power x1000 | Pays anywhere on 6×5 reels for 8+ matching symbols | High | 40,000x | 95.73% | Cascading wins with sun multipliers up to x1,000 that combine |
 Power Sun XXL | 15 pay lines on 3×5 reels | Shown in game info | 4,288x | Shown in game info | Hold & Win with up to five collector suns and four fixed jackpots |
 Lucky Apple x1000 | Pays anywhere on 6×5 reels for 8+ matching symbols | Shown in game info | 20,000x | Shown in game info | Cascading wins with apple multipliers up to x1,000 added to the total |
 4 Hot Chillies | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Hold & Win with four chilli pots whose bonus features can combine |
 3 SuperPower Diamonds | 25 pay lines on 5×3 reels | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Shown in game info | Hold & Win from three diamond pots, a prize wheel and five jackpots |
winstar96 bonuses
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Paying in and out at winstar96
The minimum deposit is AU$10 by PayID, credited instantly. Apple Pay, Google Pay and eZeeWallet work for deposits but not withdrawals. Cash comes back by PayID, Skrill, Neteller or Payz within 5 minutes, and withdrawals start at AU$30. The banking guide lists every method, and the PayID guide walks through a PayID payment. For budgets and stakes before you play the jackpot games with money, see real money pokies at winstar96.
Starting a Hold & Win game at winstar96
- Open a winstar96 account on your phone or desktop.
- Add AU$10 or more by PayID; it shows in your balance straight away.
- Filter the lobby to 3 Oaks, or type the game's name into the search.
- Read the rules for the respin count and what each meter or pot gives, then set your stake.
Practise in demo, play on your phone
Demo play is available at winstar96, which is a free way to watch how a meter fills in 3 China Pots or how the pots work in 4 Hot Chillies before you play for real. winstar96 runs in the browser on iPhone and Android, so no app download is needed. The free pokies guide has more on demo play.
About 3 Oaks
The official 3 Oaks Gaming catalogue lists 103 games, with a page for each describing how it pays and its features. The 15 on this page are part of a lobby of 3,000+ casino games at winstar96. 3 Oaks' official list also has Hold & Win titles such as Black Wolf and Sun of Egypt, which winstar96 covers in the Booongo (BNG) guide. For other studios, try JILI, Playtech or the provider guide.
Common questions
What is the difference between a meter game and a pot game?
In a meter game such as 3 China Pots, bonus symbols fill meters during Hold & Win and each meter gives a reward, like extra respins or a multiplier. In a pot game such as 4 Hot Chillies, the bonuses sit in the pots themselves, and in 4 Hot Chillies they can combine.
Which 3 Oaks Hold & Win game has the biggest official max win?
4 African Drums, at 20,000x, rated High volatility by 3 Oaks. Power Sun XXL has an official max win of 4,288x. Among all 15 games, Egypt Power x1000 is highest at 40,000x, but it uses cascades rather than Hold & Win.
What boosters does 3 Egypt Chests have?
Its chest meters unlock three boosters named Multi, Extra and Double. The game plays 10 lines on 5×3 reels, and review sites agree on a 95.71% RTP.
How many jackpots does 3 SuperPower Diamonds have?
Five, along with a prize wheel and three diamond pots. The jackpot values are listed in the game's rules.
Why do some 3 Oaks games at winstar96 have no RTP listed?
3 Oaks does not publish RTP on its site, so this page lists one only where review sites agree, which covers five games. winstar96 runs every 3 Oaks game on its default, highest setting, and the game info shows the figure.
Can I try the Hold & Win games in demo mode?
Yes. winstar96 supports demo play, so you can learn how meters and pots work before you deposit.
How fast are withdrawals at winstar96?
Withdrawals by PayID, Skrill, Neteller or Payz arrive within 5 minutes, starting at AU$30. PayID deposits start at AU$10 and land instantly.
Is there a winstar96 app for 3 Oaks pokies?
You don't need one. winstar96 runs in the phone browser on iPhone and Android.