Vegas Megaways

Get ready for a visit to the gambling capital of the world on the slot from Big Time Gaming. Vegas Megaways lets you step inside a virtual casino to spin six dynamic reels, featuring cascading symbols, reactive wins and a Free Spins gamble with up to 50 spins that can lead to wins of up to 72,310 times your stake.

Slot Details

Vegas Megaways is a cascading video slot with six reels and up to 7 rows, leading to anything from 324 to 117,649 ways to win on every spin. Pays are awarded for two to six matching symbols landing on adjacent reels from left to right only. You can gamble Vegas-style on desktop, tablet or mobile from 0.20 to 15 credits per spin. The game has medium to high volatility with an RTP of 96.29%.

Courtesy of the Megaways game engine, the amount of ways is randomly determined for every spin by dropping between two and seven pay symbols for reels one and six as well as two to six pay symbols for reels two to five. Additionally, the game has an extra tracker at the bottom of the game window with four positions, extending from reel two to five, where more symbols appear on every spin. Winning combinations are removed and new symbols cascade into the empty spaces, potentially leading to more winners. The process is repeated as long as more wins occur.

A blurry scene from a typical casino room on the Vegas strip serves as the fitting background to the Megaways game window. Just as typical noises you can hear when on the floor provide the main audio in idle mode, changing to a pacey orchestra soundtrack when the reels are spinning. On this occasion, BTG exchanged their usual gem with classic slot symbols including clovers, cherries and horseshoes.

The pay symbols start at the low end as usual for BTG with card royals from 9 through to A, awarding 0.8x to 1.75x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by green clovers, blue horseshoes, red cherries and a diamond on purple background. Hit six across the reels to win 2x to 50x your stake. A rainbow icon marked with ‘W’ is the wild, appearing in the bottom tracker only and substituting for all regular pay symbols. Lastly, a golden BTG logo acts as the scatter.

Vegas Megaways Slot Features

Anyone that ever played Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Megaways will instantly see the similarities. The gameplay is exactly identical except for some visual variations in the Free Spins Gamble and an added Bonus Buy menu in unrestricted jurisdictions. Still, let’s take a closer look as to what is on offer on this virtual trip to Sin City.

Three scatters are needed on a spin to trigger the bonus game, initially awarding eight free spins and leading to the VIP Free Spins Gamble. Any additional scatter in view will start the gamble at a higher level on the ladder.

The VIP Free Spins Gamble is a bonus game similar to the questions and lifelines used on WWBTAM. A free spins ladder with 12 steps is shown, displaying eight to 50 free spins. Players can choose to walk away at every step, including taking the eight initial free spins. The game will display four choices – Hearts, Spades, Clubs and Diamonds and three TIPS to help you make your pick. The game will randomly choose one TIP between gambles and reveal the most probable correct answer. Players have to lock in one answer and will climb the ladder by one step if they selected the correct answer. Here are the three TIPS:

• Remove Two: Two incorrect answers are removed, leaving you with 50:50 odds to guess the correct suit.
• Winning Odds: The most likely correct answer is revealed.
• All Odds: The odds for being the correct answer are revealed for all four suits.

There are two safe levels at 10 and 20 free spins, which are guaranteed for the bonus round once players reach those levels. Losing a gamble from 8 spins will see you forfeiting the entire feature and returning to the base game, thus some caution is recommended. The gamble ends after an incorrect answer has been selected and the free spins round starts with the number of free spins that were won in the gamble.

During the free spins, an unlimited multiplier will start at x1 and increase by x1 after each reactive win, no limits. More free spins can be won during the feature when scatters appear on the extra reel at the bottom of the game window. Three or four scatters will award +4 and +8 free spins respectively.

Having jumped on the feature buy bandwagon in late 2021, BTG is offering two Bonus Buy options for players residing in unrestricted jurisdictions. Either of the two will slightly increase the RTP from 96.29% to 96.30%. You can choose between 75x your base bet for 10 Free Spins or 150x your bet for 20 Free Spins.

Final Verdict

The main reasons for making an exact clone are to either simply release a filler slot or due to licensing issues. The latter seems to be the case with Vegas Megaways, which could be destined mainly for the US market or other countries where the WWBTAM licence prohibits the release of the original slot. Fans of WWBTAM Megaways will certainly like this “sequel” too as it has the same entertaining gameplay and huge win potential. Newbies should grow on it too rather easily.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Do I have to gamble the Free Spins?

No. You can simply collect the initially won Free Spins, which is minimum 8. Any further scatter on the triggering spin will get you one step up on the ladder. You can also collect at any time between gambles.

2. What is the maximum win potential on Vegas Megaways?

The payouts for hitting a six of a kind top at 50x your bet for the diamonds. The overall win potential is noted with 72,310x stake.

3. I cannot see the Bonus Buy button. Is there an error?

No, the Bonus Buy functionality has been restricted by various regulators and as such the option will not be available in all jurisdictions.

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