Cinco de Mayo Slot
Celebrate the fight of the Mexican people for their independence with a fun and colourful game with some nice bonuses in store.
Cinco de Mayo is a video slot game developed by Mobilots and inspired by the popular celebration. Get out your favourite piñata and give it all you got to win some big cash prizes and take a few risks to unlock the jackpot and make the experience even more unique.
Discover all you need to know about Cinco de Mayo in our complete review of the game to get the best start possible on the reels.
Ready for the Party
Cinco de Mayo accumulates basically all the stereotypes about Mexican culture you can think of and blends them with a sleek menu and some high-quality animations.
The background of the game shows a small village in the desert surrounded by cactuses. The tiny white houses are quite cute, but the whole scenery is left out of focus to let players concentrate on the massive transparent reels that actually cover up the entire screen.
The small gear button at the bottom of the screen opens a separate menu for the more practical aspects of the game. A nice touch, but it still is a bit of a shame that players cannot fully enjoy the background scenery at its fullest.
A Smooth Introduction to the Real Game
As mentioned before, Cinco de Mayo used a special pop up menu to group all the settings you need to use before placing your bets on the reels.
The game works with 5 reels and 30 paylines that you can choose to activate or not from the menu. Symbol combinations that land on activated paylines are the only ones that will trigger cash rewards in return. Choose a wager and spin the reels once you are ready to get the game started.
The more you bet on the reels, the more money you can expect to win in return in Cinco de Mayo. The symbol combinations have their part to play too of course, but keep in mind that taking some extra risks can really pay — if luck is on your side as well. Otherwise, you can hold the spin button down to activate the autoplay game mode and let the reels spin loose. Your bet settings will be saved and applied throughout, so choose this option if you would rather speed up the game a little.
All You Know about Mexico in One Place
The various symbols on the paytable of Cinco de Mayo have a very Mexican feel and therefore fit quite well in the game universe, despite some of them being very common in other games as well.
The card icons from the Jack to the Ace are the symbols that you are most likely to encounter during the game. You can win from 5 to 75 times the value of your current bet with them. Keep in mind that winning combinations here consist of 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbols correctly limed up.
The guitar, bull, Mayan statue and taco make up the rest of the menu — with a big x500 win for the longest combinations that you can score here. On top of all this, there are also a handful of special symbols in Cinco de Mayo that you can look forward to.
A Few Bonuses to Spice Things up
Keep an eye out for the fireworks on the reels of Cinco de Mayo, as they are the wild cards of the game. Use them to replace any basic symbol and increase your chances to score a win or two across the screen.
The red paper lantern are scatters that award free spins. All you have to do is make sure that you find 3 or more of them anywhere on the reels at the same time to win up to 20 free games.
Last but not least, the dice is a simple bonus icon that you need to line up like any other symbol. Throw as many dice as you can in the mini game that ensues to win some extra prizes.
A Friendly Celebration
Cinco de Mayo has a very intuitive gameplay and a classic array of bonuses that make it almost a textbook example for modern slot games.
The rewards available are decent but without being exceptional. Some players might not enjoy the rather stereotypical depiction of Mexican culture in the game, but if you can see past that then you will certainly find many ways you can enjoy Cinco de Mayo.
