Halfway along the boardwalk a pink-and-cream striped kiosk wears a giant three-scoop waffle cone on its roof like a hat. Each free spin here piles one more scoop on the multiplier, and it never melts back down inside the round.
Every act stays free for good. Your account keeps the 100,000 coins, favourites, level and daily missions in the wings between shows — and lets Meringue confirm you are 18 or over before you spin.
Virtual coins only. No real-money gambling, no prize worth anything off the pier, nothing on sale in-app. 18+.
Scoop Steeple is where Meringue buys a cone between houses, its waffle tower visible from the far end of the boards. The pace is middling: striped tubs and bitten lollies pay little and often, while the cherry sundae and the three-flavour tower carry the larger lines. The Bunting Cone covers for every symbol bar the Ribboned Counter Bell. Ring three Counter Bells anywhere for ten free spins whose multiplier piles up scoop by scoop: x2 for a pair of spins, x3 for the pair after, then x4 until the bells fall silent. Four bells hand you fifteen spins and all five hand you twenty-two, with fresh bells mid-round adding more.
Another Scoop on Top. Once the bells ring, the first pair of free spins pays double, the next pair triple, and every spin from the fifth onwards x4; the stack never drops.
Only free virtual coins change hands in this act. Nothing on the bill is real-money gambling, no win walks off the pier with real-world value, and there is no in-app shop. Each result is decided by a random number generator, and every spin takes the stage fresh, unaffected by the last.
Measured by running this page's own engine for 10,000,000 spins: coin RTP 93.0%, hit frequency 36.3%, free spins about once in 132 spins, a win of 10x your stake or more about once in 138 spins. Coin figures only — no money is staked or returned.
Sign in, walk halfway down the boardwalk to the striped kiosk and set a stake at the counter.
Spin. A Bunting Cone fills in for any symbol except the Ribboned Counter Bell, which pays anywhere on the reels by itself.
Three Counter Bells start Another Scoop on Top: ten free spins, two of them at x2, two at x3, and every spin left over at x4; a fourth bell brings fifteen and a fifth twenty-two.
Players who want an even tempo and a bonus that grows richer the longer it lasts.
A balanced kiosk. Paid spins return small amounts regularly, and the sweetest moments come near the end of the free round, after the stack has reached x4.
| Symbol on the strings | Five strung along a line | That win as part of the whole stake |
|---|---|---|
 Bunting Cone (wild) | 5,000× line bet | 200× your stake |
 Three-Flavour Tower | 2,600× line bet | 104× your stake |
 Cherry Sundae | 1,400× line bet | 56× your stake |
 Strawberry Scoop | 800× line bet | 32× your stake |
 Bitten Lolly | 550× line bet | 22× your stake |
 Striped Tub | 320× line bet | 12.8× your stake |
The five card ranks (10 to A) pay the least. Three Ribboned Counter Bells anywhere open the free round. Full values for three and four of a kind are in the paytable.
Not inside a round. Once it reaches x3 or x4 it holds that height to the final free spin.
Yes. Each new peal of three or more bells adds spins, and the scoop stack keeps its height.
No. The Bunting Cone is the wild and the Ribboned Counter Bell is the scatter; the cone never stands in for the bell.
Missions refresh every day and count in every act. Take them or leave them.
A juggling bear, a ball-balancing seal, a ribbon-maned pony and a top-hatted fox bow on golden strings before a painted big-top backdrop. The revue is open to everyone, and if a paid spin pays nothing the crossed-control wilds hold their marks while the rest of the stage turns again for free.
Up the river mouth behind the pier, an old paddle excursion boat churns past drooping willows with its steam calliope wheezing tunes under a striped awning. Winning pictures puff off like steam, more drop down to fill the gaps, and every further link in a chain lifts the pay.
Watch while the show delights you, and leave your seat once it no longer does. Set a time limit before the overture and take an interval now and again. If gambling of any kind is giving you trouble, call the National Gambling Helpline free and in confidence on 0808 8020 133, from matinee to midnight and beyond, or visit GamCare and BeGambleAware. Read Meringue’s house rules for safer play.
Curtain rule number one: only adults aged 18 or over are seated at Marionette Pier. The show is paid for in virtual coins of no monetary value, and buying, selling, withdrawing or exchanging them is never possible. From the kiosk to the gilded stage there is no coin shop and no payment page, no prize of real-world value is ever presented, and success here does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
Gambling taking more from you than a show should? Ring the National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133 for free, confidential support at any hour of any day · BeGambleAware · GamCare · Meringue’s house rules for safer play
All three acts play from a single purse. A free account raises every curtain and holds your coins, favourites, level and daily missions in the wings until your next visit.
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