Bacon’s Bank Slot Review

Actors, musicians, and even regular people reinvent themselves all the time. It’s pretty common for a babe who has gone through a breakup to cut her hair or do something so she looks different. Artists rename themselves with worrying regularity (Ye, Symbol, Snoop Lion 🦁).

So why can’t a fairytale trio take on a new persona? Well, it looks like that’s exactly what happened in Bacon’s Bank slot from Platipus Gaming. These three little pigs 🐷 were like, “Nah, we’re done with running from wolves. From now on, we’re gonna make money!”

That’s music to my ears, so let’s see if we can get a piece of the piggy pie. 🥧

Gameplay

Our three porcine friends are parked to the left of this 5-reel game, with some Jackpots hovering on top of the grid. The Mini pays 20x, the Minor pays 50x, the Major pays 200x, and the Grand Jackpot pays 2,000x your bet.

The designer or art director has had a brain fart moment as the Jackpots are arranged in ascending order from right to left, which is not how we normally read. Which has triggered my OCD / ADHD or whatever mental issues I have.

Scatter symbols (a dollar sign) can land anywhere, and they can pay when they land in multiples: 3 Scatters pay 1x, 4 Scatters pay 10x, and 5 Scatters pay 50x the total bet.

The Wild replaces all symbols other than Scatters or Coins. Wilds appear on reels 2 to 5 in the base game and during Free Spins.

And now we get to the interesting bit. There are 243 winning ways in the base game, but in Free Spins, you’ll play with 1,025 or 3,125 ways – more on this in the features section.

The RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots. RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate. is 96%, the volatility rate is high, the max multiplier is 2,423x, and the max win is $363,450. Also, there are no currency limitations.

Things look decent on a mobile phone, but performance-wise, there were some issues (as I’ll mention below).

Features

FREE SPINS:

This feature pops off when a minimum of 3 Scatters land in the base game, but Free Spins can also take place randomly when one or more Green Coins are deposited in the Piggy Bank. I’m referring to the 3 piggies as these collect Coins of the same color when they land on the reels.

The third and final way you can initiate the Free Spins round is via the Bonus Wheel, when you land on the Green Pig. I’ll go into the details of the Bonus Wheel below.

Now, when Free Spins start, you’ll be randomly awarded one of the following combos: 6, 8, or 10 spins with 1,024 winning ways, or 6, 8, or 10 spins with 3,125 winning ways.

During the feature, Red Coins, Scatters, and Blue Coins won’t land on the reels. The Green Coin can hit with a +1, and that’ll see you gifted an additional spin. Having said that, Free Spins can’t be re-triggered.

BONUS WHEEL:

The Wheel is randomly triggered when 3 or more Scatters land in the base game. Alternatively, it gets triggered when one or more Blue Coins are collected by the piggy bank.

You’ll be awarded a single spin of the Wheel, and you can be awarded Free Spins, Jackpots, or multipliers (50x, 80x, 100x, 150x, 250x, 400x, 800x, or 1,200x).

JACKPOT BONUS:

You can enter this round by one of 3 ways: randomly, when 3 or more Scatters hit; randomly when Red Coins are collected by the piggy bank; or via the Bonus Wheel.

The format is a Pick and ClickPick & Click games present you with several options, in the form of items you need to select. Choosing an item will reveal what’s beneath – perhaps a cash prize or a Mystery symbol that can transform into something else. This format puts control in your hands., where you’ll click on Gold Coins to see what they reveal. Each Coin can reveal a Jackpot, and selecting three matching Jackpots awards that particular prize.

BUY BONUS:

Pay 80x your bet for a random trigger of one of the features.

Performance

Loading time on my phone was OK (not fast, but adequate). However, when I swapped the orientation from portrait to landscape, it forced a reload, and then I got an error message.

It kept requiring a reload each time I changed orientation, and that pesky error message would come up again. Hopefully, by the time you read this, things will have been sorted out.

Maximum Win

Because the max multiplier is 2,423x and the max win is $363,450, it means you’ll need to place a bet of $150 per spin if you wanna be eligible for that moolah. Alternatively, you can bet from as little as $0.20.

Conclusion

Bacon’s Bank slot offers multiple pathways into its features, which is good news for us. What’s interesting is that the Buy Bonus is a random event, so you can’t purchase a specific feature, but it does mean that the cost is lower than it would typically be.

Paying 80x to go straight to a round where you can potentially win a Jackpot, or score up to 10 spins with more than 3,000 winning paylines, is really enticing.

The randomness also comes into play with Free Spins, as you can’t select the number of paylines or the number of spins you receive.

There are multiple ways to make money in this game, and the uncertainty of when something’s gonna kick off creates tension/excitement, which I guess is designed to make us play for longer.
I did some deep research (coz the studio isn’t listing all of the stats), and it seems that the hit frequency in the base game is 32.37% – that means roughly 1 in 3 spins results in some sort of a win. If these stats are to be believed, then that’s not bad at all.

Slot Details

Game Provider: Platipus Gaming
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 243 / 1,025 / 3,125 ways
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots. RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof). The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: High
Bonus Round: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins
Max Multiplier: 2,423x
Max Win: $363,450
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