Bonanza Megaways Demo (Big Time Gaming) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

Online slot developer Big Time Gaming may have set the world alight with their Megaways engine and its first outing in Dragon Born Megaways, but now we’re in for a real treat as the studio returns with its 2nd title featuring the reel modifying mechanic titled Bonanza Megaways. This 6-reel slot comes with up to 117,649 paylines, an RTP of 96%, and a maximum win of 10,000x the bet.

Thankfully, there’s no backbreaking work involved in the game, and instead of using a pickaxe and shovel to chip away for wins, you’ll get to utilise some unique mods and features. These kick off with the cascading reels mechanic that will replace any winning symbols with new ones, giving you more chances to win from a single spin. The game changer in this title is the free spins bonus, where you’ll get to play with an unlimited win multiplier that can generate some truly staggering hits.

So, are you cut out to spend the rest of your days working down the gold mine? That sounds a bit full-on, doesn’t it? I’d suggest taking our Bonanza Megaways demo slot for a spin first. It will be much less work and far more fun.

If you ask most slot players where the Megaways series of slots first began, then most will reel off the name Bonanza without thinking twice. Now, whilst BTG’s gold mining-themed slot perhaps did put the Megaways engine on the map, it was actually Dragon Born Megaways that was the first slot to feature this exciting new mechanic. I always believe that title was a tester game and that they didn’t quite get the finer details right on it, but once they added the unlimited win multiplier to Bonanza, they struck gold themselves, perhaps in a way they could have never possibly imagined. So slot fans, let’s find out more and make our way to that all-important pays section.

Starting things off at the top of the paytable, we have the highest paying symbol, the Diamond, which is worth 50x bet for a six of a kind win. This is followed by the Red Gem valued at 7.5x for a completed line of six, and finally, the last of the premium symbols, the Blue Gem and Green Gem, both paying 2x for a completed payline. Next, the low pays come in the form of six royal symbols, which are the Ace and King, both worth 1.75x for a full payline; the Queen and Jack, valued at 1x bet; the Ten, paying 0.9x; and finally, the Nine which pays 0.8x for a six of a kind hit. There’s also a Wild in the game represented by the Dynamite symbol. This can only appear on the upper reel and will substitute for all regular in-game symbols.

We’ve got a fairly respectable betting range in play, with stakes starting at €0.20 a spin and reaching up to a maximum of €20. There should be plenty of options between these two amounts to match the bankrolls of all players who wish to try the game out for real money.

The gameplay on Bonanza Megaways is set across a reel configuration of 6×6, with an upper escalating reel in play that adds extra symbols above reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. Through this setup, the slot can generate between 324 – 117,649 ways to win on any spin. Creating a winning combo across that format will require you to land at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels, with the win needing to begin from the leftmost reel first. However, in the case of the diamond symbol, only two will need to match for a win to be credited to your balance.

Cascading Reels

The cascading or tumbling reels feature activates in Bonanza Megaways when you create a winning combination of symbols across the reels. Initially, all winning symbols will be removed before new symbols drop from above to fill the spaces that have been left behind. This series of win reactions and subsequent cascades will end when you fail to make a new win.

Triggering the free spin feature on Bonanza is achieved by the letters of the word GOLD landing anywhere in view on the reels. These letters can also drop down from cascades and sometimes give you a surprise feature when you’re least expecting it. Spelling out the word GOLD will award you 12 free spins with each additional scatter that lands after that, adding an extra 5 spins to your starting total.

Free Spins Feature

The bonus will begin with a win multiplier value of x1 in place. Each successful win reaction in the bonus will increase this multiplier by an additional x1, with no limits on the value it can reach. Ideally, you would like to see several winning reactions from the first few spins to have a good-sized multiplier toward the end of your free spins. That being said, this slot can still roll in any symbol multiple ways on an average-sized multiplier to give you a massive win.

Lastly, the free spins can be re-triggered by the carts of gold rolling in on the reel at the top. Three carts of gold will award an additional five free spins, and four carts will award an extra ten free spins.

Bonus Buy

If the bonus buy option is permitted in your jurisdiction, you can buy your way into the free spins instantly at the cost of 90x the current bet.