How to Beat Buffalo Link

Type of play

• Must-Hit-By (MHB) progressive-style counter play. You’re exploiting the “buffalo head” counter that must trigger a bonus before it reaches 1800.

How the advantage works (what you’re buying)

• The buffalo head counter starts at 100 and the bonus must trigger at a random point between 100 and 1800.
• Heads accrue fast (~1.7 heads per spin), so the “cost to reach the trigger” is mainly the expected base-game loss while you wait.
• When it triggers, you get either:
  • Hold & Spin (more consistent, still very volatile)
  • 8 Free Games (feast/famine; usually small unless you retrigger—big retriggers and multiple Hold & Spins during free games can happen)

What to look for (on the floor)

• The buffalo head counter displayed above the 5th reel.
• You want a very high counter number (late in the 100–1800 cycle).
• Note: Buffalo Link is common (often banks of machines), but truly high counters are still relatively rare.