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With a bet range of 0.1 to 500 credits, most players will find a level to match their bankroll. I was a little concerned by the low average returns, so stuck to a single credit as I played the Ladderz™ slot online.

I was certainly impressed by the way it blends slot machine mechanics with Snakes and Ladders. Symbols pay when matched in clusters, then vanish to trigger cascades. New symbols drop in from the top and if this leads to a new win, there’s another cascade and so on. It’s one of the best online slot features that repeats without limit until no further wins.

Once cascades come to an end, the clown moves around the board with the number of steps equal to the number of winning symbols. If he hits a randomly placed ladder, he climbs it, getting you closer to the all-important 49^th position and thanks to the low volatility, I saw that getting him around much of the grid was relatively easy, although he moves back to the start on the next spin. A few modifiers appear in random spots along the route –

Monkey Wild – This simply stands in for other symbols if it can create, improve, or connect winning clusters. The clown leaves a monkey wild in his last position before returning to the start, and I managed to retrigger cascades from this a couple of times.

Jack-In-The-Box Wild – This creepy character explodes all surrounding symbols to trigger a cascade before turning wild.

Ladderz™ - There are two types of ladders here. The clown climbs to the top of blue versions but if he reaches a golden ladder, once he reaches the top, he collects a multiplier that applies to all wins at the end of cascades.

Spotlight Power-Ups – Spotlights shine onto random spots, triggering features if the clown lands on them. Yellow lights add extra golden ladders to the grid, while blue versions trigger a Curtain Call, removing all card suit symbols for a big cascade. Green lights lead to a Monkey Madness modifier, with extra Monkey wilds added to random places, and Clown Chaos triggers via red lights, placing Jack-In-The-Box wilds around the grid.

It’s an online slot with free spins, triggered if the clown reaches the last position at the top. You only get a single Grand Finale free game, but all four Power-Up modifiers are active from the start, and all ladders are the golden versions. On top of this, multipliers increase at each level, making this feature the most likely pathway to the top prize. If the clown reaches the last position, you get another spin, with no real limit to how many times this can happen.

I didn’t see the Grand Finale trigger naturally as I played the Ladderz™ slot machine, so bought into the round for 100 credits upfront. Big mistake, as I only won 7.1 credits, and while it’s always just down to luck, I wouldn’t recommend this option.

This is how many times the bet you win from clusters of matched symbols -