Crank It Up (Pragmatic Play) Slot Demo & Review

For a slot that’s themed around music, the soundtrack on the Crank It Up slot is somewhat disappointing. It needs a hell of a lot more than just cranking up for me to start tapping my feet. If you’re after slots with a banging soundtrack, though, I recommend you go for something like Push Gaming’s DJ Cat or DJ Fox slot machines. They’ll get you in the groove for sure, while Nolimit City’s The Rave and DJ Psycho have fantastic soundtracks designed by probably the best sound engineer in the iGaming industry.

If it’s winning that interests you more than the music, you’re probably wondering what the paytable has in store for you on the Crank It Up slot. Well, it’s not the most lucrative I’ve ever seen. The Microphone with a return of 35x the stake for a 5-symbol combination is the best you can hope for. Then we have some Shoes offering up to 25x, Headphones worth a maximum of 20x, and Shades that could deliver up to 15x. The Ace, King, Queen, and Jack are the low-value symbols in the game and return 5x, 4x, 3x, and 2.5x, respectively, for a winning combo of five. Finally, Wilds can appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 and will substitute for all regular in-game symbols.

Betting options can be chosen on Crank it Up by clicking the Plus and Minus buttons to the side of the spin button. You can choose stakes ranging from a minimum of €0.20 a spin to a staggering €240.00 a press.

You have a standard 5-reel, 3-row, and 20-payline configuration to look forward to on the Crank it Up slot. Winning combinations must start from the leftmost reel and move along a payline on consecutive reels to the right. You’ll need at least three matching symbols to receive a payout.

There are no base game features to speak of, so that means you’ll have to grin and bear some monotonous action until you’re lucky enough to trigger the free spins bonus. That happens when three scatter symbols land in any position on the reels as a result of the same spin.

Free Spins Feature

For the 3, 4, or 5 triggering scatter symbols, you’ll receive 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During this feature, the first time a wild symbol lands on a position, that position becomes highlighted. Each subsequent wild landing on a highlight will increase its multiplier through 2x, 3x, 5x, and 10x.

Once the bonus ends, you’re given an additional three free spins. However, these are not the same as before, as now, all highlighted positions transform into sticky wilds for those spins. Furthermore, the multiplier value of those positions carries over into these special spins.

Bonus Buy

For 80x your current stake, you can buy the free spins bonus. The spin will reveal at least three scatter symbols but can land four or five to give you even more spins.