Chilli Heat Megaways

Arriba¡ Don your sombrero and prepare for another spicy hot reel fiesta on the slot from Pragmatic Play. Chilli Heat Megaways is the sequel to the 2018-original, featuring now six dynamic reels, up to 200,704 bet ways, wild substitutions, reactive wins, cascading symbols and a Money Respins bonus game that can lead to wins of up to 5,000x your bet¡

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Slot Details

Chilli Heat Megaways is a cascading video slot with six dynamic reels and up to eight rows as well as 324 to 200,704 ways to win (more to that shortly). You can spin the spicy hot reels on desktop, mobile and tablet from 0.20 to 100 credits. Activating the Ante Bet will add +25% to the bet amount, e.g. a 1.00 stake increases to 1.25 credits.

The game has maximum volatility (5/5) with a default RTP of 96.50%. Using the Ante Bet or the Bonus Buy feature will not change the value. Beware, Pragmatic Play slots are offered with RTP ranges that can be lower than the default, on this occasion at 95.50% or 94.57%. Make sure to always read the help files to find out which version you will be playing.

Visually, the slot won’t set off a firework that is usually part of any Mexican fiesta. The scenery is your typical Mexico-cliché with cactuses flanking the reels while a typical colourful village square can be seen in the background.  A lively Mexican tune is the main audio, intermittently interrupted by win count noises and thumps when scatters land in view.

The pay symbols start at the low end with card royals from 9 through to A, awarding 0.6x to 1.5x your bet for a single six of a kind. They are followed by a Tequila shot glass, a Tabasco sauce bottle, a smiling dog and a Mexican guitar player. Hit six across the reels to win 1.5x to 10x your stake. The slot logo is the wild, appearing on reels two to five and the horizontal tracker only and substituting for all regular symbols. Lastly, a money bag acts as the bonus scatter.

Chilli Heat Megaways Slot Features

The original Chilli Heat slot was released in January 2018 and provided a rather leisurely gaming experience with medium volatility and a max win potential of just 2,512x bet. We are now returning to the Mexican village for a much spicier reel fiesta with extreme volatility and potentially bigger wins. Adelante¡

Core facts first, the dynamic reels and tumbling reels mechanic. Courtesy of the Megaways engine under licence from Big Tim Gaming, there are virtually unlimited combinations of rows and ways to win. The number of bet ways between 324 and 200,704 is determined at the start of every spin sequence by randomly selecting 2 to 7 pay symbols for all main reels. Additionally, the game has an extra tracker at the top of the game window with four positions, extending from reel two to five, where more symbols appear horizontally from the right. A small display in the top right corner will show the current number of active Megaways.

Land two to six matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right and you have a winner. All symbols from a combo will set off a chain reaction and disappear to make room for new symbols to tumble into place. This continues as long as more wins occur after a cascade, potentially letting you win again and again in the same spin sequence.

Hitting six or more money bags anywhere on the main reels will trigger the Money Respins Feature. The reels are cleared with only money bags, blanks and a range of special symbols appearing throughout the feature. All triggering bonus scatters turn sticky with each being marked with a coin win value, generally between 1x and 10x your default stake. The bonus game starts with the number of Megaways from the triggering spin, plus reels 1 and 6 locked as well as 3 respins on the counter. Land another bag or special symbol and the counter is reset.

Money bags can appear on the main reels only while a range of special symbols can land on the horizontal tracker to award a variety of extras. The latter will not be locked in place, allowing them to appear again during the feature. Here’s what each special symbol will get you while they also reset the respin counter:

• Lock pointing to the left: Unlocks reels one.
• Lock pointing to the right: Unlocks reels six.
• Up & Down Arrows: Expands the reel below to the maximum 7 positions
• Down Arrow on round icon: Collects all coin values from the reel below and adds them to the total win.
• Down Arrow on rectangular icon: Collects all coin values in view and adds them to the total win.
• Multiplier Cross on round icon: Multiplies all coin values on the reel below by a random factor of x2, x3, x5 or x10.
• Multiplier Cross on rectangular icon: Multiplies all coin values in view by a random factor of x2, x3, x5 or x10.

The bonus game continues until you run out of respins, fill the entire screen with money bags or hit the maximum win of 5,000x your default bet. Any win from the triggering spin is added to the total payout from the feature if the amount is below the maximum.

The Ante Bet can be activated before the start of any spin in the base game, costing you an extra 25% on top of your default bet for which the game adds more scatters to the reel strips, thus doubling the chances to trigger the free spins. The feature buy option cannot be used while the Ante Bet is active.

Also included is a Bonus Buy option that will allow you to instantly trigger a Money Respins bonus game for a one-time bet of 100x your default stake (restricted in some jurisdictions). Simply hit the button and confirm to see the game launching a spin that will guarantee to land at least six money bags.

Final Verdict

If there was ever a good reason to call a sequel to an older slot an upgrade, then Chilli Heat Megaways is a great example. Yes, the original was fun to play as any reasonable balance would last some time due to the medium volatility, stacked symbols and the rather high Money Respin feature frequency. However, the vastly increased number of bet ways and the newly introduced extras in the bonus game on the Megaways sibling deliver a different experience that has kept the core ingredients of the original but made it substantially more fun and suspenseful.

Chilli Heat Megaways – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. What are the possible RTP settings on Chilli Heat Megaways?

Pragmatic Play is typically offering casino operators a choice of three RTP settings. On this occasion, they are 96.50%, 95.50% or 94.57%. Each operator can select one setting when the game is initially delivered. Later changes are rather rare.

2. How much can I win on Chilli Heat Megaways?

The maximum win potential is noted with 5,000 times your bet. Any spin sequence or bonus game in progress will instantly end once the threshold is reached.

3. Can I win Free Spins on Chilli Heat Megaways?

No. The slot does not have a Free Spins feature. Instead, it offers a Money Respins bonus game.

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