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It is a common opinion that people from Mexico enjoy fiestas and they use every opportunity they can to turn almost any occasion into a party with singing and dancing. For this journey, you will need a poncho and a sombrero.
The sweet sounds of mariachi will follow you wherever you go, and the colours and scents coming from the stands of the traditional Mexican market will overwhelm your senses.
Among the colourful stands, you will find the Extra Chilli pokie. The reels are set on a wooden stand, surrounded by onions, garlic, potatoes, different homemade potions, and various sorts of peppers.
In the background, you will see plenty of other stands that offer fruit and vegetables, as well as a church bell in the upper left corner of the screen.
Symbols appear on the reels on wooden tiles. Four kinds of chilli peppers will appear as high-paying regular icons: purple, red, blue, and green. I cannot say which of them is the hottest, but I do know which offers the biggest payouts.
Scatters are represented by three golden HOT letters. You will need all three of them on the reels to trigger freebies. Fireworks represent Wild that substitutes for all regular icons. Wilds only appear on the extra reel.
Extra Chilli is a high-volatility pokie machine played on 6 reels. There is an extra reel, placed beneath the four central reels, adding more cells to the grid.
Up to 7 icons can appear on a single reel thanks to the Megaways engine, offering players up to 117,649 ways to win. The 2018 release pays left to right, beginning from the far-left reel, with three-of-a-kind being the minimum for landing payouts.
The purple pepper is the only icon that pays even for two of a kind. It is also the top-paying regular symbol, offering up to 50x the bet. Set your wager between $0.20 and $40, and you are ready to go. Now, the RTP varies between 96.15% and 96.41%. As for the top payout, it is 16,877x the bet.
If you decide to use the Feature Drop option, it will cost you 50x the bet and deliver 8 free spins. When you buy the feature, the RTP also changes, going between 96.26% and 96.82%.
The Extra Chilli slot offers a decent number of extras. With the customary Reactions feature, there are free spins with an increasing win multiplier. Players also have the option to gamble for more free spins by spinning the wheel. Finally, there is the Feature Drop option, where you can buy freebies.
The Reactions feature is something that comes with almost every BTG product. Each time you land a win, winning symbols drop off the reels and new icons fill the blank positions. Now, bearing in mind that this is an ultra-high-volatility game, do not expect plenty of reactions in succession.
Three HOT Scatters deliver 8 free spins. Each additional Scatter offers +4 freebies. Once in, there is the option to gamble for more free spins. Spin the Wheel to boost your freebies up to 24 or to lose all of them.
With each win during the feature, the multiplier, starting at 1x, goes up by 1x. In theory, the multiplier is unlimited. In real life, I rarely went above 10x when I tested the game. Also, on certain occasions, we were hacked off with the fact that it was so hard to trigger the feature.
The feature can be retriggered by landing 3 or 4 Chilli Scatters on the extra reels, giving you 4 or 8 free spins, respectively. Again, it is not easy to retrigger free spins in real life.
The option is available on the right side of the grid. As mentioned, it will set you back 50x the bet, but it increases the game’s RTP. However, if you are willing to wait, you can collect golden coins from the grid and reduce the price of the Feature Drop.
I was impatient and paid the full price. I got 8 free spins, turned them into 12 with the gamble wheel, and did not win much. With only 6 wins in total, I got the multiplier up to 6x and pocketed $5.9. Not so much from a feature I paid $50, eh?
I have to be honest and say that I got lost among the lovely, colourful stands in this breath-taking Mexican pueblo. At certain points, it was hard for me to concentrate on the game itself and packed a sad when I had to finish our visit.
Apart from the lovely visuals, there is plenty to play for in Extra Chilli pokie. It takes a while to trigger the feature, but you may get surprised with hefty payouts. If you are impatient like me, buy the feature. However, if you wait a bit, you can collect some coins and lower the price.
The gamble wheel may help you get more free spins or throw you back to the base game, so it is up to you whether you will use it or not. More free spins can come during the feature, though.
Some would say that Big Time Gaming created Extra Chilli by turning Bonanza upside down and giving it another theme. The Bonanza pokie machine is another BTG hit game I would recommend. It is of somewhat lower volatility and higher winning potential of 26,000x.
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