Lightning dollar link corrida de toros 3 line method?

I've often wondered about this:
In games where the feature has locked matching reels, eg; corrida de toros- wouldn't a 3 line bet have an advantage?

Reasoning:
During the feature, reels 1-2 are the same, as are 4-5. As there are very few stacked symbols on the reel strip this would, in my mind, mean that most paylines will be horizontal, so why bet more than 3 lines? It seems like winning paylines 4+ (diagonals) would be far more rarely occurring as they would require wilds or stacked symbols?

Disclaimer:
This is an idle thought I've had and although I have played and won quite a bit doing 3 $2 lines, it always seemed to be from the hold and spin feature instead of the scatter feature discussed above... So I'm guessing my logic is incorrect or they coded in a compensation for it somehow.

I think you've got to bet all lines, there's no picking the number of lines. Minimum for that game is 5 lines.

Certainly not in my country, you can choose whatever you like within the denomination ranges available.
Like I said, I've done 3 lines x $2 lots of times.