Play Bull Rush for Free

While the playing cards are common across many slot games, at least spinners know what the relative value is, and these are a colourful collection that brighten up the reels. Landing either the 10, J, or Q across 3, 4, or 5 reels on a line will return wins of 5x, 20x, or 100x the amount staked per line, while the K and A are valued at 10x, 30x, or 150x.

A red rose, and a tasty-looking bottle of red wine are each worth 20x, 50x, or 300x the line stake and the guitar pays up to 500x. The smooth-looking matador is the top-paying symbol, handing you a prize of 50x the line bet if he stops on reels 1, 2, and 3 from the left across a payline, then 200x if he’s also seen on reel 4 and a show-stopping 2000x if he fills an entire payline from one side to the other. Ole!

We finally cut through the bull and get to the wild symbol, which is a close-up view of a very angry looking bull, and who can blame him? This symbull isn’t actually worth anything, even if he fills an entire payline, but he’s able to substitute for others, and so if you have a break in a continuous run of matching icons and the wild is in the right place to fill it, it still counts as a winning line.

A view down into the bullfighting ring isn’t something the animal wants to see, but punters will be more than happy to have this image landing in any 4 or more places, as once it’s paid out a prize, this scatter symbol triggers as special free spins bonus round. Scatter awards are multiplied by the bet, so landing 4 at once equals a win of 4x the stake, 5 scatters is worth 5x and so on.

Any 4 or more takes you to the 12 free spins, which have a Bull Rush feature, whereby the number of bull symbols in a free spin will multiply any wins for that game. If just no bulls appeared, the win is paid at the standard rate, while 1 bull equals a multiplier of 2x, 2 bulls pays any wins at 3x and 3 bulls equals a 4x multiplier for any winning combination landed in the spin. This goes on, until you get to the maximum possible 16x multiplier, although strangely, this would fill all 15 reel positions with a bull symbol that isn’t worth anything, but no one at Novomatic seems to have noticed this detail.

Players who like to take a bit more risk can opt to click the Gamble button after any winning spin and double the prize by correctly timing a click on the right colour as a playing card flashes from red to black. Get it right, and there’s the further option to collect the win or go again, but get the timing wrong at any point of the round and the initial prize is lost along with any gains made from the gamble feature so far.

While free Bull Rush video slots are available, you’ll need just 0.10 to spin the reels for real cash awards, although this only activates 1 of the 20 lines, so to qualify for all wins that land on the reels you’ll need 2.00 per spin. You can then raise the coins per line and play at 10.00 per spin, while other options include an Autoplay button that means you won’t have to do anything as the reels spin, and you can also activate the soundtrack, although it’s a generic tune that’s got no relation to the Spanish theme.

There’s not a huge selection of games dedicated to bull fighting, but the Arena de Toros video slot from WorldMatch also follows this controversial sport. This game is done in a more cartoon style and even the bull looks relatively calm, as the rose becomes an expanding wild symbol, free spins are triggered and players win a prize whose value is determined by the intensity with which the matador’s girlfriend kisses him.

Cayetano Gaming have their imaginatively-named Bullfight slot available, where free spins with random multipliers and stacked wilds in the bonus games, are boosted by a lucky bull, who nudges symbols into winning positions.

Ignoring the subject matter, Bull Rush is actually a high-quality online casino slot machine, which comes with realistic graphics and some unique bonus features. We love the way that more bulls on the reels in the free spins round will multiply winnings, potentially many times over.

Add in the wild substitutions and scatter pays, plus some high-value picture symbols, and anyone who isn’t completely put off by the theme should certainly give the Bull Rush video slot a try at any of the casinos that use Novomatic games and software.