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Provider | Pragmatic Play |
Reels | 6 |
Rows | 7 |
Paylines | 117,649 |
Bonus Rounds | 1 |
Bet Range | 0.20 - 125 |
Volatility | High |
Max Win | 5,000x |
Bonus Buy | Yes |
RTP | 96.50% |
Our Rating | 7.5 |
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Game Overview
The online slots industry’s most prolific developer Pragmatic Play has yet another new release for us today! Many of the games coming out of PP in recent months have been slightly lazy clones of previous releases, but 5 Rabbits Megaways looks to have a relatively original feature set, that is, as far as I am aware right now! It’s possible that I missed the previous game (or games) that offered an identical feature set. The vital statistics certainly look familiar – up to 117,649 Megaways, a 96.50% RTP, and a maximum win cap of 5,000x the current bet.
Like many other Megaways games, 5 Rabbits is a tumbling reels machine which means you can win several times from a single game round. The wild symbols featured in this machine are relatively special, as they come with multipliers attached that can reach as high as 40x. During the main free spin bonus round, you are given the option to choose high or low multiplier values in return for more or less free spins. Do you take a chance on just six spins with minimum wild multipliers of 15x, or do you prefer to play it safe and take 25 spins with much lower multipliers? The choice is yours! As ever, Pragmatic Play has included both bonus bet and bonus buy options, which should please the more impatient among you!
I’m curious as to why this game is called five rabbits specifically – why not five hundred? Aren’t they meant to multiply at an exponential rate? Whilst I ponder that, I’ll leave you with our free demo slot of 5 Rabbits Megaways!
5 Rabbits Megaways Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols
Judging by the number of recent releases with “rabbit” in the title, it looks as if the animal could be the subject of the next craze in online slots! We looked at Red Tiger’s Alice in Wonderland inspired ‘In the Rabbit Hole’ just recently, and before that, we were hooked on Blue Guru’s excellent Napoleon vs Rabbits (check that one out if you haven’t already!). I’ve never been a massive fan of rabbits personally – one of my exes kept one in our living room at one point, and it did nothing but smell and made a huge mess everywhere!
That’s enough useless anecdotes for one review, though – let’s get down to business and check out the 5 Rabbits paytable! A Chinese-style dragon is by far the highest-paying symbol of the bunch, paying 25x the current bet whenever a full payway of six of a kind appears. A huge golden bird is next, awarding 5x the current stake for all six symbols, along with a giant toad which shares the same payout. I guess that enormous animals are part of the theme here, as the final two high-paying symbols are a fish and a tortoise, both of which have a return of 2.5x the bet for a complete payway. But where are the rabbits, I hear you ask? Aha, the rabbit acts as the wild symbol in this game and has no special payout of its own. Curiously, the wilds only appear on reels two through five – that’s four rabbits, Pragmatic Play! Where’s the fifth one?! I think we should ask for a refund, guys!
Just as with the vital statistics listed in the opening paragraph, the betting range available in 5 Rabbits Megaways is eerily familiar! You can choose to bet from €0.20 to €100.00 per spin in regular mode or €0.25 to €125.00 when the bonus bet option is turned on.
Base Game & Modifiers
The 5 Rabbits playfield features six reels, each of which randomly divides into between two and seven rows on each spin. There’s no additional horizontal row in this game, so the minimum/maximum number of payways works out at 64 and 117,649, respectively. All winning combinations require at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the left, except for the scatter, which pays anywhere.
Wild Multiplier
A random multiplier will be applied to any winning combination that includes one or more golden rabbit wild symbols. During the base game, the possible multiplier values are 1x, 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 10x, 15x, 30x, and 40x. During the bonus round, the wild multiplier works a little differently – see the free spins section below for details.
Ante Bet
Pragmatic Play loves to include a bonus bet facility in their games, which I greatly appreciate! The ante bet adds a 25% premium onto the cost of each spin, and in return, you will receive double the odds of triggering the free spin bonus round.
There is no difference in the game’s RTP when activating the ante bet, so I recommend playing with the feature turned on if your bankroll allows it.
5 Rabbits Megaways Slot Bonus Features
The main bonus round is triggered by hitting three or more Yin & Yang scatter symbols on a single base game spin. Three scatters offer a cash prize of 3x the current bet, whilst larger payouts of 5x, 25x, and 100x are awarded for four, five, or six scatter symbols, respectively.
Free Spins
Before the bonus round begins, the game will offer you a choice of seven spin and multiplier configurations. The multiplier range selected here will limit the value assigned to any wild symbols that land during the feature, so your choice of settings is sure to directly affect the volatility of the bonus round.
- 25 Free Spins: 2x, 3x, 5x Wild Multipliers
- 20 Free Spins: 3x, 5x, 8x Wild Multipliers
- 15 Free Spins: 5x, 8x, 10x Wild Multipliers
- 13 Free Spins: 8x, 10x, 15x Wild Multipliers
- 10 Free Spins: 10x, 15x, 30x Wild Multipliers
- 6 Free Spins: 15x, 30x, 40x Wild Multipliers
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- Mystery: This choice will award a random pick for the number of free spins and the available wild multipliers. This can be both good and bad; you could receive 25 free spins with the largest multipliers or 6 free spins with very low multipliers. Personally, I think the risk is worth it!
You can re-trigger the bonus round by hitting three or more scatter symbols during the free spins round. This will add the same number of spins you initially chose to your remaining total.
Bonus Buy
A bonus buy facility is available for those who can’t be bothered messing around with the regular base game! The cost to buy the feature is 100x the normal price per spin, and the number of triggering scatter symbols is decided randomly on each purchase. If you are really lucky, a six-scatter trigger will return your buy-in immediately.
5 Rabbits Megaways Slot Review Final Thoughts
5 Rabbits is yet another solid release from Pragmatic Play, but the same old caveats apply; why is the winnings cap so low? 5,000x the current bet is ridiculously small for a Megaways machine considering that other games can pay 20,000x, 50,000x, or even 100,000x the current stake.
This wouldn’t be such a problem if the game wasn’t so massively volatile, but as it stands, I can imagine more than a few players will quickly run into this limit. Whilst this is undoubtedly a fun game, I must mark it down slightly for this seemingly unnecessary limitation.
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