Vegas Rush

If a Vegas-style slot machine with exciting innovations is what you are looking for, then Vegas Rush by Big Time Gaming might be for you. The game has features galore mechanics with the Megaclusters and the Megatrail. The former grants the player cascading wins and more symbols per reel. As for the Megatrail, this is where the magic happens as this feature grants the player multipliers, extra wilds, mega symbols, and more.

The Vegas Rush slot runs on a cluster pays system with classic symbols like fruits, gold bars, lucky clovers, and gems. Jackpots play a huge element in the game as the player can win them by climbing the Megatrail. Furthermore, the maximum jackpot is 47200x the bet with 96.44% RTP. Let us show you how the game works through this Vegas Rush slot review.

While the game interface of the Vegas Rush slot might seem complicated when you first launch the game, it is easy to master. Granted, there are two things to keep track of, the reels on the right and the Megatrail on the left. But the base game actually works as any other cluster pays slot.

There are 5 reels and 5 rows with 25 symbols in total at first. The player will need to match at least 5 identical ones in a cluster to win. A cluster is a group of vertically or horizontally adjacent symbols, diagonals do not count. Once a cluster is achieved, a win is awarded and then the winning symbols split into 4 smaller symbols. If there are any winning clusters again, another win is awarded and so on until there are no more eligible wins. If wins occur with the small symbols they disappear and symbols of the same size fall down to replace them.

This cascading wins system and cluster pays combo is the main element of the game. Essentially, all the other extra features are in the Megatrail and we will go through them below.

For each round, you will have to place a bet to spin the reels and wagers range from $0.2 to $20. In any case, the maximum payout is 47200x the bet. The return-to-player value of the Vegas Rush slot is 96.44% which is quite worthwhile. Another element to be aware of is the very high volatility so on average you should expect less frequent wins but with greater payouts.

As for regular symbol payouts, the lowest amount you can get for 5 symbols in a cluster is 0.1x the bet and the highest is 0.5x the bet. The more symbols you arrange in the cluster the higher the payout. The maximum cluster payout is for 25 or more symbols and it is 50x the bet. Note that cascading wins allow you to claim multiple wins per spin.

Players also have the betting option of buying the free spins for 60x the bet.

The forefront extra feature of the Vegas Rush online slot by Big Time Gaming is the Megatrail mechanic. You can see it to the left of the reels with 12 segments randomly populated by bonuses on each base game spin. Each segment can contain a different bonus and they activate with cascading wins starting from the bottom. For example, the third cascading win activates the third Megatrail segment from the bottom, and so forth. Bonuses can include:

• Wild Features – Various wild bonuses can be activated on the Megatrail. These include adding extra wilds to the reels, adding multiplier wilds, or turning symbols into wilds.
• Mega Wild – A grid of 4 wilds will be added to the screen. Two grids are added in the free spins.
• Symbol Subdivide – All instances of a specific symbol will turn into 4 smaller symbols.
• Symbol Upgrade – Every instance of a specific symbol will upgrade into a higher-paying symbol.
• Win Multiplier – A multiplier of up to 11x the win will be applied to the reels.
• Max Megacluster – Every big symbol is replaced by 4 smaller symbols.
• Symbol Duplication – Five big instances of the displayed symbol will be added to the reels.
• Explosions – Displayed symbols will be removed in various ways.
• Free Spins – When the 7^th segment is activated the player is rewarded with 6 free spins with special Megatrail bonuses and a higher maximum reward. Reaching the 7^th segment again rewards 3 additional free spins.
• Max Reward – Reaching the final segment will reward a jackpot prize of up to 1000x the bet or up to 2000x the bet in the free spins.

As you can see, while most bonuses are determined randomly and in different positions, the Free Spins and the Max Reward are guaranteed. They will always be located on the 7^th and 12^th segments respectively.