Wheel of Fortune Megaways

Blockbuster TV-show meets a set of dynamic reels on the slot from Big Time Gaming in collaboration with IGT. Wheel of Fortune Megaways is combining the popular word puzzle game show with up to 1 million bet ways to deliver wins of up to 80,150 times your stake. Included in the gameplay are wild substitutions, random Wild Megastacks and a free spins round with a Megaways Wheel, expanding reels and retriggers that can lead to wins of up to 80,150 times your bet.

Slot Details

Wheel of Fortune Megaways is a video slot with six reels, 2 to 7 rows and up to 117,649 ways to win in the base game, using the trademarked Megaways engine. On every spin, the game randomly selects between two and seven symbols on each reel, creating 64 to 117,649 bet ways. There are no cascading symbols and reactive wins included. The game window will expand in the free spins round to up to 10 reels positions with up to a staggering 1,000,000 ways. The game has high volatility with a respectable RTP of 96.46%.

Anyone who watched the TV show will instantly recognize the visual set up that resembles the wall with the word puzzles, prominently presented by Vanna White who will also appear on the reels when any of the wilds expand into Wild Megastacks. The well-known ‘ding’ sound when a consonant is revealed by a contestant. All flanked by two stage columns and set against a star-studded dark blue background. The rest of the audio is rather nonchalant with the usual BTG reel and win count noises being prevalent.

The pay symbols start at the low end with the card royals from 9 through to A, awarding 0.4x to 0.7x your stake for a single six of a kind. They are followed by a sports car on a green icon, a boat on a blue icon, a private jet on a red icon and a diamond ring. Hit six across the reels to win 0.9x to 25x your bet. A golden icon marked with the word itself is the wild symbol, appearing on reels two to five only and substituting for all regular symbols. the TV show logo acts as the scatter.

Wheel of Fortune Megaways Slot Features

After successfully integrating Who Wants to be a Millionaire into a Megaways slot, Big Time Gaming has joined forces with IGT to take on the challenge to do the same with another blockbuster TV show that has been running for much longer, airing for the first time as far back as January 1975. Slot connoisseurs will instantly recognize some similarities with BTG’s White Rabbit Megaways game, although this creation is taking the concept to a new level with a staggering maximum of 1,000,000 bet ways.

Forgoing the cascading symbol mechanic, the main attraction in the base game are the Wild Megastacks. Wilds can land on the four centre reels only and when they do, they will randomly expand into a stack of seven wilds, which will multiply your win by x7 when they are part of the combo. Three can appear on any given spin in the main game, providing the potential for a maximum x343 win multiplier.

Hitting three, four, five or six scatters will trigger 12, 14, 16 and 18 Free Spins which cannot be retriggered as such but you can win more spins during the feature. Before the start of the round, you will get to spin the Megaways Wheel to reveal the starting number of Megaways for the round. The amount can range from 14,000 to 117,649 ways. Once it stops, you will be heading into the feature with the selected Megaways.

Landing an Expansion Symbol, the TV-show logo with a golden fan and a purple background, on any reel will expand it by one row similar to the cupcakes on White Rabbit. The maximum number of symbols per reel peaks at 10, leading to a maximum of 1,000,000 ways should you manage to expand all six reel to the full extent. It is obvious now that winning a high number of starting Megaways on the entrance wheel will be quite crucial to achieve the feat. Expanding a reel to the full 10 symbols will award a retrigger with another wheel popping up. Spin it once to win an additional 3 to 12 free spins. Expansions do not reset between spins.

And there is more. Any wild landing on a fully expanded reel from two to five can randomly transform into a Wild Megastack of 10 symbols. Up to two can trigger on any given free spin, providing the potential to hit a max multiplier of x100 when they are both part of the combo.

Final Verdict

Wheel of Fortune Megaways is yet another fine addition to the growing portfolio of Big Time Gaming. They spared no effort to integrate vital parts of the popular TV-show including the famous “ding” when a consonant is guessed by a contestant. While many will see it as a semi-clone of White Rabbit, it has ample new elements that let it stand on its own. Overall, it delivers a solid Megaways gameplay with mega win potential that tops out at a reported and dizzying 80,150 times your bet.

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