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How do you get the teeth gnashing and adrenaline pumping? You head to the crash games category at Thunderbolt Casino. That is where Under Pressure is more than a 5,000 x real money casino game. It is atmospheric pressure, bite force and stress levels that can go through the roof!

Ballsy Betting: A Prerequisite at Thunderbolt Casino

Yeah, Bolts! Betting is big at Thunderbolt Casino. It takes balls and bucks, baby… and that is especially true when your aim is to cash out before the sub reaches crash point. Do that and you can bank up to R10,000 in crinkle-free bank notes!

Give the sub’s structure too much glue – that is a term like ‘relevance’, ‘importance’ or ‘pertinence’ to players like you – and it is OMG, it’s an implosion. Eish! That refers to both the underwater cruising vehicle and the balance in your Thunderbolt Casino account!

Who’s Under Pressure?

What does ‘under pressure’ really mean? Well, it is best to ask an air traffic controller, firefighter or swarthy Spanish toreador the question. These are the dudes and dudesses with nerves of steel.

They can orchestrate simultaneous take-offs and landings of multitudes of aircraft without batting an eye. They can also run towards an inferno while everyone else is hurtling, wide-eyed, in the opposite direction.

If they‘re brave and dig wearing ‘taleguilla’, those short, skintight duds favoured by bullfighters, they can carve up snorting bovines with consummate flair! That is under pressure, Mzansi.

Batters, Brain Surgeons and Sticky Wickets

Under pressure is like the batter in a T20 international who has to get 25 runs off the last six balls. Or the bowler who must pick up a sticky wicket in the final over.

It is a surgeon making neat incisions in the brain, and the sniper who hits the bad guy without leaving even a hint of collateral damage in his wake!

Feel the Pressure at Thunderbolt Casino

At Thunderbolt Casino, under pressure can mean making money or busting the bankroll. It can refer to betting max when you’ve got three cards to a royal flush… with the draw still pending.

It can be an inkling that the very large progressive jackpot is about to drop off the reels and into your online casino account! That, Bolts, is where we all want to be at… super-rich and stress-free!

Play Under Pressure for Real and Timing is Everything

In Under Pressure, the SpinLogic online casino crash game, timing is key. If you are too risk averse you are likely to win next to nothing. Hang on for too long and it’s gone – the sub, your stake and the urge to put more skin in the game.

Good timing can mean watching the level of the prize multiplier tick over into two, three or even four-figure territory. Bad timing…  and, donder and bliksem, that is bad all round!

Submersibles and Crash Points

When it comes to submarines and real pressure, the story is pretty similar. Highly specialised exploratory vessels are built to withstand massive force. Tourist subs, like the Titan submersible, less so.

When the Titan imploded, its crash point was at a depth of 3,800 metres. At that depth, the craft was subjected to 5,000 psi. That is 5,000 pounds of force exerted on every square inch of the surface area!

To put it another way, it is like having a large male White rhino bearing down on every single section of the sub’s structure. There was always only going to be one winner.

Deep Ocean Pressure

Here is a thought. At 10,935 metres, the pressure at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is 15,750 psi. That is one thousand plus times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level, and more than three times the crash pressure of the Titan.

What is really crazy is that the first sub to dive to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench was the Trieste. That was way back in 1960. Since then, only two other vessels have achieved the same feat.

How Subs Prevail

How can a man-made structure tolerate extreme force like that? It has to do with two factors – a strong, cylindrically-shaped pressure hull and the type of material used in the hull’s construction.

Take any sub below the crush depth, and that is the point at which the hull can no longer withstand the external pressure. When that happens, everything fails. The sub starts taking on water, and the crew members silently say their final goodbyes.

At Thunderbolt Casino, the implosion is much, much quicker than that. Play Under Pressure crash game on our top-rated mobile and instant play platform, and a new betting round starts every seven seconds!

Bite Force

Bite force is another way of describing pressure. It, too, is measured in pounds per square inch (psi) and is the amount of pressure, or force, exerted by an animal’s jaws. Humans have an average bite force of around 160 psi.

That may not sound like a lot, but when was the last time you bit the inside of your lip or cheek? It’s eina to say the least.

Predatory Jaw Pressure

How about large predators? How does their bite force compare to ours? Take the Nile crocs that float around in the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers as an example. They have a bite force of 5,000 psi – and that is more than enough to take a blue wildebeest down.

5,000 psi is exactly the same amount of pressure that triggered the Titan’s implosion – it’s proven crush point. Unlike the action at Thunderbolt Casino, there were no rapidly climbing prize multipliers involved!

There are a few other animals that can also do untold damage with their jaws. Herbivorous hippos have a bite force of 1,800 psi. That is followed by hyenas and large male lions that boast chomping pressures of 1,100 psi and 1,000 psi, respectively!

Orca vs T-Rex

Want to know which beast trumps all others in terms of bite force? It is the Orca, the largest member of the dolphin family that can easily subdue and dismember large prey using its powerful 19,000 psi bite!  At a relatively meagre 12,800 psi, even T-Rex would have to submit!

It is not only in jaw power that the dinosaur relaxes pressure. The T-Rex slots at Thunderbolt Casino – T-Rex and T-Rex II – are pretty darn hot. Both are 5-reel and 25-payline games with random progressive jackpots in the frame.

No Pressure? Play T-Rex Slots Online

Select the original T-Rex slot and it is possible to win up to 10,000 x the line bet in the base game. Bet max and that is a cool R50k that could be juicing your Thunderbolt Casino account. At a little more than R5,500, the random jackpot is essentially the side show!

Unleash T-Rex II slot machine in your browser, smack the bet max button and the top payout in the base game is R12,500. That is over and above the minor and major random jackpots.

What is the moral of that story? T-Rex may not be as fearsome as Orca, but it can deliver a lot of money – and that means no pressure, people!

Key features of Under Pressure Crash Game

How does Under Pressure compare in terms of gameplay and cash-generation? Well, it is quick, it is simple, and, if you are lucky, you can win a whack.

Here is what you need to know about the adrenalin-pumping online casino game:

• Betting range - R1 to R91
• Prize multipliers – 1x to 5,000 x
• Max payout – R10,000
• Average payback percentage – 97%
• Game rounds – every 7 seconds
• Auto cashout limit – yes

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