Mega Moolah Megaways

Mega Moolah Megaways: Slot Overview

What do you get when you cross one of the biggest progressive jackpots on planet Earth with one of the biggest online slot gaming mechanics? The answer is Mega Moolah Megaways, and we've got Games Global partner Gameburger Studios to thank for the pairing. This is big. It's like when Hulk Hogan teamed up with 'Macho Man' Randy Savage to form The Mega Powers wrestling tag team - who knows what sort of fireworks may ensue? However, when putting aside the progressive jackpots, Mega Moolah Megaways' remaining features are on the underwhelming side and include Rolling Reels, free spins, and an increasing win multiplier.

Graphically, Mega Moolah Megaways is an improvement, and some positive news for those with warm feelings for Games Global's original Mega Moolah slot is that most of the friendly-looking animals have returned. This time, they've got more gaming space to roam on since Mega Moolah Megaways is played on 6 reels along with a 4 positions tracker reel - a classic Megaways setup in other words. A pot of gold coins is where wild symbols are collected in the hopes they will trigger a spin on the Progressive Wheel, sitting behind the list of jackpots. In short, Mega Moolah Megaways is a more modern-looking game which retains the goofy cartoon charm of the original.

As is often the case in these sorts of slots, the higher the bet, the greater the chance of triggering the progressive jackpot where the options are 10 to $/€20 per spin. Mega Moolah Megaways is highly volatile, possessing an RTP of 86.7%, where the jackpot contribution RTP is 5.53%. With a hit rate of 31.75%, winning combinations pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and there can be up to 117,649 ways to win since 2 to 7 symbols land on each reel (including the top reel) with every spin.

Royals and animals are what we find on Mega Moolah Megaways' paytable. For lows, there are 9-A card ranks, paying 0.8 to 1.8 times the bet for a 6-of-a-kind winning way, then a zebra, giraffe, buffalo, and elephant as the high pays, worth 2x to 50x the bet for a 6 matching premium symbol win. The lion is imprinted on the wild symbol, appearing only on the upper 4 position reel. Wilds substitute for all symbols except scatters.

Mega Moolah Megaways: Slot Features

Megaways might have mashed with Mega Moolah, but Gameburger Studios has done little with the features, satisfied by the standard collection of Rolling Reels and rising win multiplier during free spins.

Rolling Reels

Rolling Reels is active in the base game and in free spins. Winning symbols are removed from the reels when they hit, making way for new symbols to be dropped onto the grid. As long as wins continue to appear after a roll, the feature will repeat itself.

Free Spins

Landing 4 scatter symbols to spell G, O, L, and D triggers 12 free spins. If extra scatters are in view when the feature triggers, each additional scatter awards +5 free spins. During the round, a win multiplier is used. Following each winning roll, the win multiplier increases by +1. Scatter symbols appear on the top reel only during the round. Hitting 3 of them awards +5 free spins, or 4 of them landed grants +10 extra free spins.

Progressive Jackpot Feature

Jackpots can be won in the base game and in free spins. Wilds are collected when they land for a chance to trigger the Progressive Wheel. The more wilds collected, the higher the chance to trigger the wheel when rolls end and the chance of triggering scales with the bet. The Progressive Wheel is divided into segments, each one associated with one of the 4 jackpots. One spin takes place, and whichever segment the wheel stops on is the prize awarded. The starting values for the Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega are €10, €100, €10,000, and €2,000,000, respectively.

Mega Moolah Megaways: Slot Verdict

Spend enough time gambling online, and sooner or later, you're very likely going to bump into the phenomena that are Megaways and Mega Moolah. Megaways is one of, if not the biggest slot mechanics on the scene right now, with maker Big Time Gaming slinging out licences left, right, and centre, seemingly to every other casino game maker. Mega Moolah, shoot, if ever a progressive jackpot needed no introduction, it's the one Games Global, then called Microgaming, brought out of the virtual African savannah back in 2006. Since then, the jackpot network has paid out more than €1.4 billion (as of 2021), including a payout record of €19,430,723.60 achieved on Absolootly Mad Mega Moolah.

The point is Mega Moolah Megaways brings together two ultra-heavy weights of the gambling world, and the result is... okay. Gameburger Studios has done nothing interesting non-jackpot features-wise, sticking with the tried-and-true combination of cascades, free spins, and a rising win multiplier. Solid, but unexciting stuff. Perhaps the studio thought the jackpots were all that was needed to pull gamblers into Mega Moolah Megaways for a punt. It's probably right. The Mega jackpot is quite a draw card and probably eclipses, for many, the importance of test-running the latest online slot gimmick. No mention is made of non-jackpot winning potential, but again, who really cares when there's an 8 figure sum on the screen ticking upwards?

So no, Gameburger Studios hasn't used the meeting of two gambling titans to create a colossally memorable event. Basically, Mega Moolah Megaways is a case of - it's got a standard Megaways set up, it's got Mega Moolah, anything else you really want?