Spinners are worthless (only 10 points) unless lit by shooting "Bally hole" at top center of playfield, then they are worth 1000 points!
Best scores come from completing grids by hitting drop targets and acquiring bonus. Then shooting captive ball to multiply bonus.
Hole at top lights spinner
During first ball, concentrate on drop targets to complete tic-tac-toe rows, each row is permanent bonus that holds over for entire game!
all bonus carries over, so build bonus on ball 1
slingshots toggle the tic tac toe boards
If you have built up a big bonus, concentrate on Mystical Power Shot (captive ball) to increase multiplier, up to maximum of 4X.
Learn which drop target corresponds to each of the 9 possible tic-tac-toe board spaces. Helps when completing lines.
Complete any line on the "tic-tac-toe" board with same symbol to advance bonus.
Completing stars twice lights extra ball
Shoot captive ball for bonus x
Complete all 9 squares on the tic-tac-toe board, with any symbol, to clear the board for your next ball.
If the "wrong" symbol is lit and you don't want to put it on the tic-tac-toe board, aim for orbits instead.