1,3,5 light pop bumpers which are worth 10k per hit. Avoid dropping dragons and get those lit pop bumper hits.
Plunge one of the 1/3/5 lanes, avoid 2/4.
Live catching leads to drains! Complete 1-5 rollovers, focus on orbits and pop bumpers.
Lighting the 50k Bonus light (mostly via dragons) will light Extra Ball on some machines.
Dropping certain dragons, especially the center Dragon, can prevent drains from the pops. The dragons tend to be very annoying...