Piggy Riches: MegaWays

Red Tiger Gaming is one of several top software providers to snap up the MegaWays engine under license from Big Time Gaming. What better way to showcase the creative gameplay that the engine brings than by revamping one of Net Entertainment’s most popular slots, Piggy Riches?

The Piggy Riches: MegaWays slot is unique in the online casino. BTG’s gaming engine, NetEnt’s legendary slot, all woven together by Red Tiger Gaming. With a proven hit rate, prizes worth up ten thousand times a stake, and ample free spins with increasing multipliers, there is a lot on offer here. 

Look and Feel

Regular MegaWays players will instantly recognise the layout and design of that ever-popular engine. However, it is somewhat hidden by the cartoony and colourful slot imagery associated with Piggy Riches. Each of the six reels boasts classy high playing card symbols, piggy banks, and items of luxury. A mobile-friendly wagering menu allows the game to be played across multiple devices with ease.

Game Play

As with most MegaWays slots, six reels are supporting as many as 117,649 paylines in the slot. The number of lines dished out per spin varies, in accordance with the size of the symbols on the reels. Spin the reels of this release for as little as 0.10 per spin, up to 10.00 a turn. Like its fellow MegaWays slots, this edition of Piggy Riches features highly volatile gameplay, with an RTP rate sitting at the 95.7% mark.

With a spot of luck, players can prosper from Mega Wilds. These stacked wilds can cover an entire reel and provide multipliers which are worth up to seven times the rate of pay. Given that up to three multipliers can pop up and combine, total winnings could be worth up to 21x the average prize.

Bonus Features

Piggy Riches: MegaWays comes packing a free spin bonus, too. Three or more scattered lady pig multipliers will activate a bonus wheel. Give it a spin and you could up pocketing 22 Piggy Spins with starting multipliers worth up to 10x. Every win in succession will boast your starting multiplier by 1x. The multiplier is neither capped nor resets following a loss. Moreover, every additional scatter pocketed will award another free spin to the player’s tally.

Conclusion

There are many MegaWays slots out there, and Red Tiger Gaming has chosen to do something with the engine to help this release stand out. They have largely dropped the cascading aspect and ensured that the game has a lot in common with the original NetEnt release. Piggy Riches: MegaWays does not lose its fun factor in the process, though, so it comes highly recommended, particularly if you played the original.

Rating Mechanism

When weighing up the features, the original use of the much-in-demand MegaWays engine, and the fairness levels in the game, Piggy Riches; MegaWays scores a more than respectable 4 out of 5.