Some games are cute enough you care less about the money than the audio-visual joy you get while playing it. Racetrack Riches Megaboard is one of these, an endlessly entertaining video slot inspired by horse racing and, obviously, Irish folklore. Set against a hippodrome with reels covered by popular symbols of wealth, health and success, Racetrack Riches Megaboard glitters with optimism. Are we equally optimistic about making some money with this game? Absolutely! Stay with us to see why.
Racetrack Riches Megaboard features a standard 5x3 layout with 20 paylines and a very non-standard set of Wilds, Modifiers and Bonuses. The basic game comes with 8 regular symbols paying for at least 3 of a kind in adjacent positions left to right. The only exception is the game logo that awards you even with 2 of a kind combinations. Wilds can replace any regular symbol to fill the gap and help you create the winning combination. The game’s main character - a wacky Irish jokey riding a hobbyhorse - is sleeping peacefully waiting for the real action to come.
The real action though comes in different forms. For starters, the jockey can wake up all of a sudden after any losing spin, run against the reels and turn the losing symbols into winning. Oh, he can also start running before the spin is over, seeding Wilds all over the reels and making numerous winning combinations. Or he can focus on reel 5 only in case Scatters are already on reels 1 and 3 increasing your chances to trigger the Megaboard feature (a so-called Rainbow Respin feature).
It gets even better when you trigger the Megaboard feature. Then you will be teleported from the slot world into the horseracing field. You will be given a pair of dices to roll and move the jockey around the board. The board is covered with many awards. Each time the jockey lands on one of those fields you will get your reward: Multipliers, Wilds, Big Money Bonus and so on. Megaboard feature feels like a reversed minefield – you’ll be walking over the area piled up with rewards. Like that is not enough, for each dice roll, a free spins is triggered. And keep in mind the winnings in Megaboard are cumulative. Just look out for the chasing jockey since if he catches you the Megaboard adventure will come to an end.
Gradually, the action takes extra boost if you complete three laps of the Megaboard and trigger the Big Money Bonus. Big Money Bonus is a mini-slot game in which you spin the trophies trying to multiply all the Megaboard winnings up to 10x. If these three levels of excitement don’t increase your heartbeat, nothing will.
With such a dynamic gameplay, the high volatility is expected. So, the average RTP of 95.96% tells you little about the real payouts you reasonably anticipate. The level of action determines the level of your winnings. If you’re lucky enough to reach the Big Money Bonus – well, buy yourself a thicker wallet!