Bonanza slots game: Megaways Architecture, Escalating Free Spins and High-Volatility

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Bigrter

Bonanza is one of the latest releases from Big Time Gaming, but it is a game of its own, without similarities to any other game. For a start, Bonanza offers a whopping 117,649 Megaways to win! Honestly speaking, there has never been a game that has that many ways to win, so Bonanza is the pioneer in this sense, and being such, it is a game that you would either love or hate. There can be no two ways about it!

I was attracted to this game after seeing one player getting lots of big wins. Needless to say, this guy is damn lucky with the game like no other player can! The game plays with 6 reels and 7 rows, with a 4-reels 8th row on top. The symbols become very small indeed, but to overcome this, all symbols come in double or triple size, so the play area is scattered with big and small symbols. Confusing and not that pleasant to look at whilst playing, especially for me, because I hate games that have more than 5 reels and 4 rows. The game looks very cluttered and messy, totally different from the normal 5-reels 3-rows game. But of course, most players are not even bothered by all that, and they can play with any number of reels or rows. I even have my own names for such games - the 'printed toilet roll' game and the 'printed kitchen roll' game. The first name goes to a Yggdrasil game, and the second goes to NetEnt's Planet Of The Apes game. Hahaha.

Paytable wise, the symbol values are very low indeed. The Wild and Scatter symbols don't pay anything, and the highest paying symbol, the Diamond, only pays 50x the total bet for getting 6 of them. The second highest symbol is even worse with just a 7.5x value, and the lowest symbol with just 0.8x the total bet amount. What makes all the difference is the unlimited multiplier during the free spins, thereby making huge wins possible, but how huge has yet to be seen or known. This aspect alone has caught the interest of so many players by now.

Getting the scatter symbols G, O, L and D anywhere on the reels trigger 12 free spins with an unlimited multiplier, with each win increasing the multiplier by +1. Getting a '+5' scatter symbol in the base game adds 5 more free spins, whilst getting 3 or 4 Gold Carts during the free spins adds 5 and 10 more free spins respectively. Not getting a win in any of the free spins does not reset the multiplier back to 1x, so this is the best part of the game. Imagine seeing the multiplier going up and up, from 1x to 10x, to 20x and beyond, and the wins becoming bigger and bigger too! If this doesn't drive you wild, then I don't know what could! Hahaha.

Woodclop

note when I said high variance, I meant extremely highly volatile, which means it can eat your balance at the same time just like that.

I have never seen any Big Tme slot with standard 20, 25 or 30 reels. All of their slots are mega ways which is something you would like. Bonanza has 117 thousand mega ways and in order to access the free spins feature you need to get the letters GOLD on the screen. This slot has rolling reels which means every time a win occur new symbols falls down the reels to create new and better wins.

Once the free spins feature is triggered you get 12 spins for only the letters GOLD. You can also win additional spins if the 5+ symbols lands as well after the feature has been triggered or if you get 3 gold carts during free spins then you retrigger the feature.

I love the music of this slot, it has like a fast country beat song, and it is different on each spin. This slot is my life, I come to this slot if I need rescuing if I had been losing. I have won very big on this slot x500 a couple of times, x1000 my stake during base game and almost x2000 during a free spins feature. On average this slot pays x100 for me, but at times x5 my stake etc.

I hope big time gaming will continue making suck great slots as I will play them at minimum bet of course. Hopefully one day I can afford big bets to break their bank.

Poozzt Doshar Elfcollins

Playing slots is not only about winning, you have to enjoy it, that's why I don't like fast paced games but there's only 1 games provider that I don't mind their games being fast paced; Big Time Gaming. To be honest, I think their games are designed to be fast paced and therefore the gameplay might feel naturally.

I was introduced to BTG somewhere between late 2015 and early 2016, Gold was the first BTG game I played but back then, I didn't know that Gold was BTG game because I was playing it at a Microgaming casino, so I guess Big Time Gaming has been active for quite some time then. Later on BTG became more popular and more games were released, Dragon Born was my favorite but then came Bonanza. This game has caught my attention for at least a week. First time, beginners luck, I won over €400 with only €0,40 bet. I was stunned and became 'addicted' to it but I was cured after several bad runs. This was literally game of the week or lets just say this was a week game for me.

Bonanza is almost a perfect game, stunning graphics, fluent gameplay, awesome sounds and tracks but aside that, almost unlimited paylines, unlimited multiplier but the most inportant thing why many players love this game is the potential of huge payouts. Most of us might know Thunderkick latest release Pink Elephants that has a max payout of 8600 times bet, I believe Bonanza can top that, haven't seen it yet but I know it's possible.

I have hunted for the ultra win on this game and only managed to hit 2 of them but I will catch the biggest ever some of these days hehehe. So far, the biggest win was over 1600 times bet in the base game, I strongly believe this could also be won in the bonus feature with an active multiplier.

Bonanza is a highly recommended BTG game, in fact, I think this is the game that will become a classic in the future.

Kennedyshark

When I returned the game was loaded up on the bonus round and by the time the round was finished I had won a little over 800x my bet which left me with more that 15x my starting balance. Certainly a balance changer, after reviewing the games paytables and discovering that my bonus round wasn't even close to the maximum payout possible it's safe to assume that I kept spinning and trying to achieve higher and higher rewards.

While I did manage to experience the highs brought on by seeing some truly exceptional bonus rounds and massive returns when compared to betsize, I've yet to see anywhere close to the maximum payout of 10,000x betsize, my highest win still remains under 1500x on this game. 1500x is certainly nothing to complain about, but still a far cry from the maximum possible "HUGE HIT" seen in the paytables or in random screenshots posted on various player forums.

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Jonerita

Cascade Wins, some nice designs of slots. graphically nice, many different gamble amounts not much more I can list. Good name for the machines?...……..

Willdson Evilwis

But I really enjoy the megaways concept and this was one of Big Time Gamings' hits when it comes to megaways slots.

A few days ago I decided to make a deposit and dedicate the session to Bonanza to give it a fair try. The minimum bets are 0.20 eur per spin so I decided to stick with the minimum for the entire session. I have seen other askgamblers members posting wins of 1000x bet on minimum bets and that would be a lovely win even on a small bet.

The game itself is quite simple in it's concept- on each spin there are different megaways activated and every consecutive win will make a cascade and drop new symbols into their places. But I'm sure that the main goal is to get GOLD symbols anywhere on the reels to trigger the bonus round. The standard bonus round is 12 free spins with increasing multiplier for every win. In my session I managed to get a +5 scatter symbol few times so I was playing with 17 spins instead. What I noticed is that it's very important to get many small consecutive wins in the beginning of the free spins to build up the multiplier. I was lucky enough to not only retrigger the bonus for extra 5 spins but also boosted the multiplier to 18x which resulted with me getting my biggest win on Bonanza of 245x bet.

After having a couple of hour long session with the game I noticed that the game has weirdly calming effect on me, I find it simple yet with great potential and even the base game with a few diamond wins can give a solid boost- my best was 50x base game win.

Another good thing is that it's a good game for wagering, in my opinion, as my balance was quite steady for the most of my session or at least wasn't going down quickly. I do think that the free spins can be difficult to trigger but it's certain that they hold great potential. After this session I'm sure I will play this game more.

Jaenles Jamespower

e premium symbols are Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, and Emeralds. There is also a generic card deck consisted of 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A being low paying symbols. The slot pays left to right, beginning from the leftmost reel, and three of a kind is the minimum for landing payouts. Apart from a regular reel, there is also the horizontal reel that you can see on the top of the screen, up to 4 random symbols can appear and help you connect your winnings.If it happens then all winning symbols will explode and make room for new symbols to appear making you win multiple times in one spin.

There is only one feature in Bonanza and that is free spins. In order to trigger them, you need at least 4 scatters symbols(GOLD) if you manage to get all of them in one spin you will be awarded 12 free spins, to begin with. It's important to mention that with every additional Golden Bar that appears you can win extra 5 free spins up to 3 times. Once the free spins start the Unlimited Win Multipliers are activated. You will start with 1x multiplier but with every winning combination, it will increase by 1x, for example, if you have 10 winning spins your multiplier will be 11x. There is also a wild symbol in Bonanza but it is a little bit different than in other games. You will be only able to get up to 4 wilds, which is more than enough to get some nice winnings.

Everyone at this point probably heard or played the Bonanza and that's for the reason. This game can keep you playing for hours not only with potential it has but the music of the game is also really nice, combined with amazing graphics it's just a top-notch. I have never got some massive winnings such as 1000x, but there were plenty of 100-300x winnings. That's why I am gonna keep playing Bonanza until I eventually make it bless me with some mega wins.

Martith Cullssell

The game concept is brilliant, cascading wins are nice and the free spins are nice to get too when they come in but please read the bad points as they explain better.

Badwe

At one time, I too was very much caught by Bonanza, but after seeing how the game could go over 1600 spins or more before getting one Free Spins game, that made me lose all my interest completely! Never before have I come across any game that would go this many spins just to get one Free Spins game, and eventually paying peanuts for it! To me, this is absolutely ridiculous, so no more Bonanza for me, probably for ever!

Baileypuff

Yes, not only can the game go thousands and thousands of spins before delivering a bonus round, it can then add insult to injury by paying a soul crushing five times, 3times or to the very unfortunate 1x bet size as a reward for the players persistence and dedication in their hunt for GOLD.

It's player beware when chasing gold in Bonanza, because this game is the epitome of feast or famine.

Ferknee Magicro

You may think this is a rage review but I have been playing these slots for months and pumping money after money in to get nothing! DO NOT PLAY slots from this scam company, read up about them first and stop the stealing your money, unless people stop using these machines they will continue to steal your money. Do not believe this rubbish about them being volatile its made up to lull you into a false security. Take it from a seasoned gambler otherwise you will lose your money.

Clarkola Ohmsdon

Seeing paytable can remind you how rough Bonanza can be, as the best paying symbol(Diamond) can get you only 50x for 6 of them, and the second-highest paying symbol only 7.5x your bet which is disappointing. At the end, it's all about getting a lot of megaways and multipliers during free spins, which by the way can be really hard to get. Sometimes it can take up to 1000 spins in the base game to trigger the feature.

Cagyes Satanobrien

All of their machines are the same and if your reading this find another game manufacturer to use and do not use any BTG. Oh and why should you listen to me? I have over £100k through these machines and can provide very good feedback. BTG if you're reading this shame on you.

BogdanTheo

One of the fun things about Bonanza is that the bonus symbols are actually hidden and won't show up until you press the symbol. There will be a small circle and the symbols will appear around it at random (most will just be empty). It makes for easy guessing of which symbols will show.The best way to increase your payouts and reduce your losing streaks is to keep practicing. I would advise to increase your payout percentage every single day until you have a decent payout percentage. Every single symbol you use you should bet at least once. After a certain number of repetitions, the bonus symbols (the ones with hearts shown around them) appear. You can't trigger the bonus symbols until after the first five symbols are completed, but don't worry, you don't have to complete all nine symbol sets to start gaining bonuses. It usually takes about 90 repetitions to get up the first bonus, which in many cases won't be too bad of a cost, as you just get a free spin everytime you make a successful bet.The game has the standard icons with some subtle differences. I will discuss the new and noteworthy icons in separate sections but let me just list the ones that are worth mentioning. When you click on an empty square you will get a small message telling you the symbol has just appeared. This could be anything and it will always say the symbol has just appeared. I will explain each of the symbols below.To begin with the wilds are nothing big but the symbol to the left will show your symbols as well as the number of successful payouts (if not in use already).The golden symbol shows a symbol as the winner when another symbol shows only an empty square, which means the symbol has been used. The orange and yellow symbol show you the symbols, the symbol on the left, to the right and the symbol that is both. The white symbol is a wild symbol that can be used in both the wild and for free spins. The orange-yellow symbol is a wild symbol that can only be used in the wild (you can only win one wild with it). The white symbol is a wild symbol and if used free spins will not count as a use of the wild symbols and can not be used for future wild wins in the slot. The rainbow symbol is an empty symbol with the symbol to the left on the win line. The first symbol from the win line is the symbol to the right in order and the last symbol shown on the win line is a free symbol, which can be used and won in addition

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