Risky Detective Donut bonus buy pays off for Roshtein with big win
A win by famed Kick streamer Roshtein on Detective Donut Christmas showed both the payoff and risk potential of large-scale bonus buys in online slots.
Detective Donut Christmas is a high-volatility 6×6 grid slot that relies on bonus mechanics rather than base-game payouts for its biggest wins. With a 25,000x max win limit and a focus on expanding multiplier wilds, most of the slot’s value comes from Sweet Raid bonus variants that preload wilds and extend spins. That structure is exactly what makes big hits possible for those willing to pay for the opportunity, though such bonus attempts always come with increased risk to go along with their increase in winning potential.
Roshtein’s run is a textbook example, as a $100 base bet and a max Sweet Raid buy turned a slow-building bonus into a full multiplier explosion, eventually landing a massive $495,840 payout.
Roshtein’s patience pays off in Detective Donut Christmas
During a recent stream on Kick, Roshtein went the risky route and spent a full $60,000 to buy into Detective Donut Christmas’ “5 wilds + multiplier sweet raid” bonus buy. In Detective Donut Christmas, this version of the Sweet Raid guarantees at least five wilds on the opening spin and introduces the expanding policeman multiplier wild early, giving the bonus a strong starting position.
While this was pricey, that’s just how bonus buys work in slots. Bettors pay in at a greater rate to get bigger and more direct winning opportunities. Early in the resulting round of play, Roshtein found the big policeman symbol carrying the x2 tag. That x2 matters because it boosts whatever it helps connect, and the bonus keeps feeding itself with extra spins as the board develops.
Detective Donut Christmas. Image credit: Popiplay
Initially, the hits were small wins like $390, then $3,970, and then $4,810, but the big win that could justify the $60,000 bonus buy price tag was still missing. The symbols doing the heavy lifting were the shield symbols and police cars, which appeared in clusters during the mid-to-late spins. These were stacked around the expanding x2 wild as the total ramped from low four figures into five figures.
Eventually the round was extended, awarding him an extra three spins, and this was exactly what the board needed to pay up.
The retriggers give the multiplier wild time to grow and stay relevant across more boards. Later it was extended again, moving the spins to 15. On the ninth spin, the total win hit $11,230.00, but the key swing happened when the x2 policeman wild became massive, and the progress meter on filled out, bursting into the total win of $495,840.00.
This was 4,958x applied to Roshtein’s original $100 base stake, so while it still wasn’t quite the slot’s max win potential, it was still big enough to rank as one of the larger Detective Donut Christmas hits caught live on stream and a reminder of the power of bonus buys for those who can stomach their increased risk.
Featured image credit: Roshtein
Fariha Bhatti is a long-time gaming writer who loves competitive FPS games and slots with particularly fun themes. She got her start playing classic games developed by SNK, from legendary fighting game series The King of Fighters to challenging platform franchise Metal Slug. She now spends most of her time playing Valorant and Counter-Strike 2 while working her way through new slot releases to find her next favorite. Fariha has been published at PCGamesN, TalkEsport and ONE Esports.
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