Win-O-Mart

Win-O-Mart: Slot Overview

It doesn't get any more mundane than wandering around a store, filling up a trolley with the weekly shopping, maybe treating yourself to something naughty to go with all the veggies, fruits, and healthy food options. Or does it? Perhaps beneath this most prosaic of modern activities are hidden secrets and lies that cut right to the very core of our rotten democratically elected consumer-driven 'societies'. Then again, perhaps not. Maybe this is something to ponder as you wander the aisles of Print Studios' slot Win-O-Mart, which may leave you questioning whether something more sinister resides at the heart of the supposedly humble, innocent store.

They are kind of magical, aren't they, in some ways, the modern supermarket. We take for granted the fact we can walk in and buy products shipped in from all over the world at affordable prices. No spearing the wildlife, no mucking about planting seeds and growing crops. Just get some money, buy some goods, go home and feast. Amazing. Win-O-Mart is a celebration of this consumption phenomenon, or at least, it starts out as one, before getting more unhinged as the bonus round levels progress. Win-O-Mart never quite leaps head-first into broiling vats of chaos, but at all times, there's a question mark as to whether things are really what they seem, placated to a degree by some sweet muzak.

In the middle of the aisle is Win-O-Mart's gaming grid. Its 5 reels holds 4 rows on each, while 26 paylines run across the board to land wins along. Numerous betting options are attached to Win-O-Mart, but its base stake selection is 10 c to $/€50, and this gambling approach generates an RTP of 96.2%. Mathematically speaking, prep for 5 out of 5 high volatility gaming.

Payout values, when hitting 5 matching low pay J-A royals is 1 times the bet. Rewards increase to 6-50 times the bet when landing 5 crayon cigarette packets, spinach flip flops, spicy toilet paper rolls, pheromone bug spray, and helpful shop assistants. Also, helpfully assisting players is the wild symbol on all reels. Wilds substitute for all pay symbols and award 50x if a line of five of them falls. All regular symbols may appear stacked.

Win-O-Mart: Slot Features

Win-O-Mart's base game is a little uneventful, but when 3 or more scatter symbols hit, the Bonus Bundle round with its level progression system commences. Triggering the feature with 4 scatters guarantees the elevator always progresses to a higher level. Triggering the feature with 5 scatters and the elevator is guaranteed to always progress to a higher level, plus you get 1 extra free spin each level.

The Bonus Bundle starts on one of 5 available levels, each level granting 5 free spins with each scatter symbol landing awarding 2 to 5 additional free spins. Win-O-Mart tokens may appear on top of symbols in levels 1 to 4. Collecting 5 tokens on levels 1 to 4 unlocks the elevator, which may grant access to a higher level. The round concludes when spins run out, and no access to a higher level is granted.

• Level 1 Wild Expansion - any wild symbol landing on this level expands to fill the reel.
• Level 2 Symbol Multipliers - after each win, a 10x multiplier is added to the winning symbol(s) for the remainder of the level. With each win, the multiplier increases by 10.
• Level 3 Products Only - all low pay symbols are removed from the reels for this level.
• Level 4 Prize Wheel - each landed Wheel symbol upgrades 2-4 prizes on the prize wheel. When the level ends, one of the prizes on the wheel is awarded, up to 5,000x in value.
• Level 5 Bundle Deal - all features from levels 1 to 4 are active at this level.

Feature Bet Department

Win-O-Mart's feature bet screen has these options for players:

• Scatter Boost - 1.2x the bet per spin, increases the frequency of triggering the Bonus Bundle by 41.12%.
• Enhanced Scatter Boost - 2x the bet per spin, increases the frequency of triggering the Bonus Bundle by 193.1%.
• Bonus Bundle 1 - 92x the bet triggers the bonus with 3 scatter symbols.
• Bonus Bundle 2 - 219x the bet triggers the bonus with 4 scatter symbols.
• Bonus Bundle 3 - 442x the bet triggers the bonus with 5 scatter symbols.
• Mystery Bundle - 158x the bet triggers the bonus with 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols (60%/30%/10%).

Win-O-Mart: Slot Verdict

There aren't a lot of games that come along which provoke a genuine 'WTF is this?' response. Win-O-Mart was one of them. It doesn't go into absolute mind-bending mode where you start questioning if up is down and day is night, but it burrows in, like an insidious thought worm, to get the brain box ticking over. It might have you questioning if you heard something right from the speakers or are seeing something properly on the screen. Subtle in some ways, and to be honest, a bigger, hair-blowing climax was expected, but Win-O-Mart held back from being a total mind melt.

To its detriment? Not necessarily, but it would have been interesting to see Print push Win-O-Mart into total head fudge territory. Its hints of madness are fun, though. It also wouldn't have hurt if the base game was a little more interesting, as not much happens on that aisle. Scatter boosts are on hand to help technically shorten the free spins hit frequency of 1 in 186.26 spins or three bonus buys if you really want to skip the queue. The Bonus Bundle is where the trip really begins, and travelling a level or two isn't too hard a task to accomplish. Each level has its plus point; Level 5 is obviously the most desirable of the lot. The Prize Wheel was a stand out due to the way it can be upgraded before finally awarding a prize on the last spin. It's the upgrade method which made it so, helping clear a possible path to the central main prize. For the record, whilst the top wheel prize is 5,000x, the game's full potential is capped at 10,000x.

Ultimately, Win-O-Mart is another totally unique production from the Print Studios team. Like a lot of boundary pushers, some players will get it and be down with Win-O-Mart's singular way of operating. Others may do that thing where you see someone you really don't want to interact with at the supermarket and quickly stare intently at random bags of flour on a shelf to avoid making eye contact.