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Hi @chzballs . Welcome to our Community
When you begin playing (after a length of time), you'll start with 5 lives shown in the heart-meter at the top of the screen. If you fail to pass a level you'll lose a life and you'll be given the chance to buy extra moves or try the level again. Each time you fail, you lose a life until you completely run out of lives and your heart-meter is empty.
If you play trough Facebook you can asking lives and get lives from Inbox . Keep playing
@chzballs I'm sorry it's impossible to make assumptions about what a new bee in the community knows or doesn't know. The ability to bank 8 lives was removed a few years back and the only people who have it now are those that requested it to be brought forward. It is assumed that most experienced players don't worry about the 5 limit as they are able to get all the lives they need from friends. As Freddy says there is a new feature that has been introduced that will add on an extra life, but the fact that you have to pass levels first go, (i.e. not losing a life to get it), renders it absolutely pointless.