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I bet there are plenty of Kiwis out there who simply do not have the opportunity to go and enjoy a classic one-armed bandit in one of the brick-and-mortar casinos in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
If you are one of them, I advise you to try the next best thing – classic pokies available online. For example, Big Win x25 is one of those pokies. Thanks to the excellent graphics and a matching soundtrack, you will be under the impression that you are sitting in a land-based pokie site.
You will find yourself in a push lobby that reminds me of the lobby where Jack met Rose in the movie Titanic. Now, don’t expect to bump into Leo and Kate. On the other hand, you will enjoy a tasty fruit salad made of strawberries, watermelons, grapes, lemons, bananas, and cherries.
As in most pokies of a similar theme, lucky seven is the top-paying regular symbol. The bell is used as a Wild that substitutes for all regular icons. The star is the Scatter that does not trigger any features but can pay anywhere on the reels.
It is extremely easy to play Big Win x25. The pokie benefits from 5 reels, 3 rows, and 5 fixed paylines. The 2024 release pays both left to right and right to left. This means that you can form winning combos both from the leftmost and the rightmost reel.
You can bet as low as $0.10 and as high as $25 per spin. To win a payout, you need at least 3 matching icons on a line. If you want to speed the game up a bit, just click on a rabbit next to the Spin button. This high-variance pokie machine comes with a 95.33% RTP and 10,000x max win.
Since this is a classic pokie machine, you cannot expect an abundance of additional features. However, Mascot Gaming made sure that it doesn’t all come down to hitting the Spin button and waiting for a win.
You will even wish that the winning spin does not come that often, given the fact that spins with no wins increase the total win multiplier. Also, you have the option to play the Risk feature, where you can boost your wins up to 1,000x.
Once you start spinning the reels, you will notice that there are 6 different multipliers on top of the grid (x1, x3, x5, x10, x15, and x25). The 1st spin starts with a 1x multiplier. Each successive non-winning spin increases the total win multiplier. In theory, it can go all the way to 25x. For that to happen, you need 5 non-winning spins in succession.
Unfortunately, that will not happen often. While I tested the game, the most I reached was 15x and it happened only 3 times. My biggest win was 150x. Even though the RTP of the game is 95.33% and the volatility is high, somehow, wins come often.
Because of that, you cannot expect massive wins. In my case, I got most of the wins thanks to winning combos that included low-value symbols. Most of them occurred after a 3rd spin.
When you want to boost your win, you activate the Risk feature. You can spin the Wheel that actually consists of 3 wheels and a star. On the first 3 wheels, you have win multipliers, blank positions, and arrows, which allow you to enter the next wheel.
If you are lucky enough to get transferred all the way, you reach the star that brings you a win of 1,000x the bet. I played the feature several times and I have to be honest and say that it rewarded me almost every time.
Take into consideration that rarely spun the Wheel 2 times in a row. If I got a multiplier, I immediately collected it. When I wanted to be greedy and go all the way, I usually got skint. So, It is important to have a strategy if you want to pocket a few bucks, eh?
This is one of those times when I have to remind you all that I am an action junkie and I do not prefer classic pokie machines.
However, I have to say that I had fun testing Big Win x25. It is so easy to play the Mascot Gaming product. Even mere beginners will be playing like pros in no time at all.
It never gets boring because every non-winning spin increases your win multiplier. So, even if you don’t win, the multiplier will boost your next spin, giving you higher payouts. But, as I said earlier, the boosted wins usually come with low-paying icons and it is hard to reach the 25x multiplier.
Big Win x25 is a decent pokie machine that will definitely find an audience, especially among fans of classic pokies. I rate it 8.1.
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