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Derrick Bonus for Big Oil: You'll see a flash and an animation depicting the map of Texas appear on your screen if you line up enough oil derrick symbols #slot. You'll be given the option of exploring several places.

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With your new derrick.

The amount of symbols that triggered the bonus round is important because you only receive three options if you only have three. You'll get five options if you line up five symbols. As each derrick rises.

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A random amount of credit points is added to the total. You can return to the usual game once the cash has been added to your total. More about the Oil Industry in Texas: Texas is the cradle of the modern oil industry.

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In the United States.

The discovery of the Spindletop gusher in Beaumont, Texas in 1901 ushered in a slew of well-known personalities in the business. Companies like Texaco, Gulf Oil, and Shell arose out of nowhere.

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To compete with Standard Oil and eventually dominate it.

Consider that, before to the discovery at Spindletop, a site capable of producing 200 or 300 barrels per day was considered a significant find.

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The Spindletop gusher was producing 200,000–300,000 barrels per day when it was eventually contained and regulated. For cases like this, the term "unprecedented" was coined. This signaled the start of a new period of fast progress.

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