Piggy Riches

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. And here we are, among the pigs, just like in “Animal Farm” by Georg Orwell. The pigs in this NetEnt game are rich, and, surprisingly, willing to share some of their wealth with you. Money lurks from all the corners of this slot. It seems as if you only have to gather it. But you have to play hard in order to get it. Released in 2010 on desktop and some four years later on mobile, Piggy Riches has gone on to become one of NetEnt’s most popular video slots.

The first thing you need to do when the game loads from the casino or mobile lobby is select your preferred stake using bet level, bet lines and coin value buttons, found in the bottom game options panel. Then press spin or autoplay and get ready for nice rewards each time three or more matching icons appear on an active payline.

Mr. Piggy Riches, sharply dressed with a cylinder hat on his head, is a Wild symbol which substitutes all the other game icons except Scatter. Bet line with Mr. Riches will be paid out times three. When you hit the payline, he literally throws cash at you. Blond Lady Piggy Riches, in furs, with a present wrapped with red ribbon in her arms, is Scatter.

In this 5-reel game you can select coin value from $0.01 up to $0.50. You can play 1 to 15 bet lines at 1 to 10 bet levels. Max Bet plays the game at the maximum bet lines, highest bet level and the current coin value. You can win up to 360.000 coins in this game. The theoretical payout of the Piggy Riches Video Slot is about 96,1%.

While you can land up to 360,000 credits via the Free Spins round, with a little help from hefty multipliers, there are some nice prizes to be won in the main game as well. If you happen to receive five sack of gold symbols at bet level 10, you will receive cool 20,000 credits, which translates to up to $10,000.

Most symbols are adorned with gold and spotted ermine fur, there are wallets full of green banknotes, sacks bursting with coins and gems, gold cards, piggy banks and specially designed car keys with a pig heads. Pigs are everywhere, enticing you to come into their world and play. There is no default music, but ambience casino sound, with murmuring and glass clinking. They are followed by cashier register sound when betting, and disrupted by bebop trumpet sound effect when the line is hit or with a muffled “oink” when Scatter appears. You can adjust the level of the ambience sound and the sound effects to your preferences.

Caressing her present, Lady Piggy winks at you when there are two scatters, but only three or more Scatters activate Free spins. Maximum number of free spins is 28. In the main game only, Scatter wins pay total bet multiplied by multiplier. Maximum multiplier is x6. Each Scatter during Free spins awards one extra Free spin.

As of July 2014, Piggy Riches can also be enjoyed on tablet and smartphone, and the best thing here is that there is no loss in quality of visual appearance in the transition from desktop to mobile.