Easy to learn
In today’s online slots environment of a million reels, a billion bonus games, and a trillion paylines, Bounty Wheel Hold and Win by Kalamba Games sits in the niche of simplicity. It certainly has a bit of flash to appeal to the modern slots player, but the game is basic enough to be easy to follow right off the jump when it launches May 28.
to keep it even simpler, there are only three types of symbols
Bounty Wheel Hold and Win is just a 3×3 online slot with only five paylines. And to keep it even simpler, there are only three types of symbols: your classic Bar and 7, plus the special Bounty Wheel scatter. Bars and 7s also come in multiplier variants, but still match with their non-multiplier counterparts just the same.
Thus, it is no problem to see the winning combinations. While games with more and larger reels and thousands of pay combos can be exciting, there is something to be said for being able to follow the game.
Spin the wheel
The key to the entire game, though, is the Bounty Wheel bonus feature, which triggers if a Bounty Wheel symbol appears on each of the three reels. It is during this game that players can score the big wins.
Like the regular portion of the game, the Bounty Wheel bonus round is pretty straightforward. The wheel has a dozen different segments, eight of which are prizes denoted by multipliers from 2x to 100x, and four of which are “Bonus” segments. The probabilities of each segment are not equal; Bonus, 2x, 3x, 4x, and 5x have the highest probability, 10x, 15x, and 25x have a medium probability, and the lowest probability belongs to the 100x segment.
The Bonus segments trigger a second mini-game, the Hold and Win Bonus feature. It is a familiar feature if you have played online slots – three blank reels spin on a 3×3 grid and if you are lucky, coins land in the spaces. Any coins that appear stay for subsequent spins. Three empty spins in a row, and it’s back to the wheel, but if a coin lands, the spin counter resets.
When the Hold and Win game ends, the wheel gets spun again and any winnings from the Hold and Win round are multiplied by whatever the wheel lands on.
If you are antsy for the bonus games, there is a Buy Bonus feature that allows you to pay to immediately spin the Bounty Wheel or start with the Hold and Win Bonus round.
And that’s really all there is to Bounty Wheel Hold and Win, but that’s the appeal of the game. It has enough game show glitz to scratch that itch, while keeping the gameplay approachable for everyone.
