I've been playing all Summer, Fall and now going into Winter months. In total I have only spent $8.00 US dollars. I have lots of patience. If I lose on all games, and 8m low on the Team. I just leave it for 2-3 hours, and all the games refill all the lives...then I continue to Play and continue to blast my way to higher levels. I've only bought the $0.99 cent package to buy diamonds. I blast my way out of the levels and only buy when a level gets stuck and I can't progress...logic in blasting!