Cash ‘N Riches Megaways

Cash 'N Riches Megaways: Slot Overview

The cash, wealth thing is one of those timeless themes which returns over and again to colour an online slot. In Cash 'N Riches Megaways from Microgaming partner Triple Edge Studios, perhaps timeless isn't the right word. How about we go with flogged. As we've seen many times, theme repetition is a non-issue, provided the rest of the game has something interesting to offer. Something, anything to distinguish itself from its peers. Sad to say, you won't find much, if any, originality in Cash 'N Riches Megaways, which rehashes a list of elements without feeling the need to do anything especially noteworthy with them.

It starts with the first impression of a disco-y, glitterball, twinkling lights set up, with a giant diamond containing cash sitting on the left. Gaudy sure, though that sort of goes with the territory in this sort of slot. Triple Edge has nailed the atmosphere in some ways then, and Cash 'N Riches Megaways is pretty upbeat, but there's also a creeping genericism that the game failed to shrug off at any stage.

Cash 'N Riches Megaways is playable on desktop, tablet, or mobile devices, providing stakes of 10 p/c to $/€20 per spin. Gaming takes place on a grid made up of 6 main reels and a four-cell upper reel, producing up to 117,649 ways to win. This being Megaways, the number of ways changes with each spin. Wins hit at a frequency of 33.1%, or roughly one in three, and all regular win trip the Rolling Reels feature. RTP is variable, where the most optimal has a value of 95.98%, while volatility has officially been rated as high.

Sorry to say, but even the symbols look tacky in Cash 'N Riches Megaways, where ten are used to make up the regular paying lot. These are low pay 9-A royals, worth 0.8 to 1.8x the bet for six, and four hazy gemstones as the high pays. Land a line of 6 gems to collect a win worth 2 to 50 times your stake. Appearing only on the upper reel is the money clip wild which substitutes for all symbols in Cash 'N Riches except scatters.

Cash 'N Riches Megaways: Slot Features

If you aren't chomping at the bit to give Cash 'N Riches Megaways a crack by now, yet it is unlikely this section will amplify your enthusiasm. Here you'll find Rolling Reels, a Jackpot Pick Game, and free spins.

Rolling Reels

Rolling Reels is the name for a cascade system, which removes winning symbols from the reels and replaces them with new symbols from above. Rolling Reels roll-on, racking up repeat payouts until no new winning combo forms.

Jackpot Pick Game

On every spin, wilds are collected, and there is a chance the Jackpot Pick Game triggers. The more wilds collected, the greater the chance is of this happening. When the Pick Game is activated, 12 facedown tokens flash up on screen. Players click them one at a time until 3 matching tokens are revealed, awarding the corresponding jackpot. These jackpots are the Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega, worth 15x, 50x, 100x, and 5,000x the bet, respectively.

Free Spins

Landing four scatter symbols to spell out the word 'C', 'A', 'S', 'H' awards 12 free spins. Also, any additional scatter in view adds +5 spins to the amount. A win multiplier comes into play during free spins, starting at x1 and increasing by +1 following every Rolling Reel roll. In this feature, scatters appear on the top reel and when 3 or 4 of them are in view, an extra 5 or 10 free spins is awarded.

Cash 'N Riches Megaways: Slot Verdict

Cash 'N Riches Megaways is a game that failed to create much excitement or intrigue from the moment it loaded until the time testing was done. The problem was the generic look and the way every part feels like a diluted version of something pulled in from elsewhere. From theme, features, spelling out 'CASH', to the pick me bonus feature, it's all so run of the mill. It might not have been so bad if at least a smidgen of novelty had been hidden away someway, but alas, if there is any originality here, it eluded our search.

From a positive perspective, the features do function without a hitch, and the Rolling Reels, win multiplier, free spin blend has entertained countless players in the past and can technically do so again. Perhaps players with a soft spot for retro-ish looking Megaways slot will be attracted? Jackpots are rife in slots from Microgaming's partners at the moment, so there is clearly a market for them. Another plus point is that potential actually goes beyond the Mega Jackpot's 5K value to a max win figure of 18,163x. We are pushing hard to find positives, though, which is never a great sign.

You know those slivers of old soaps left in the shower or bath, which are too small to use on their own but no one has gotten around to throwing out yet? Cash 'N Riches Megaways came across as the slot equivalent of a ball of soap that had been created by smooshing together a bunch of those leftover slivers. Apologies if that sounds a bit harsh, so let's just sign off by saying Cash 'N Riches Megaways failed to impress us, yet players after a whirl with a bunch of regular features in a familiar environment, might think otherwise.