Wild Ameri’coins Pokie Machine
Following on from the success of Wild Lepre-coins, Aussie pokie developer Aristocrat has released Wild Ameri’coins, which is a virtual clone, even down to the main character being a leprechaun in an Uncle Sam outfit.
It may be derivative, but it’s still a good game that sees various American-flavoured symbols spinning up some nice wins alongside bonus features such as stacked symbols, free spins and lots and lots of extra wild symbols added to the reels.
It all plays out at the many casinos where Aristocrat pokies are featured, although it’s currently not available online, so anyone who wants a bit of All-American gaming will have to seek it out on the casino floor.
Playing Wild Ameri’coins
There’s 5 reels with 3 rows of symbols to this pokie, together with 30 paylines along which players are looking to land 3 or more examples of the same symbol type to get a win. The minimum stake is 60 coins and players can go up in multiplies of this amount to suit their own budgets, while all parts of the game are in play at all times, so there’s no activating just a line or 2 to see how it works first.
It’s a standard format, which most people will be familiar with and should see fairly regular winning combinations turn up, with the classic playing card symbols 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K and A making up the lower value ones.
It’s the bespoke picture symbols that pay out more and give the game its unique appearance. Items are themed around the USA, and include a drum, presumably for a 4th July parade, the Liberty Bell, a roasted pig decorated in stars and stripes and a big plate full of Dollar bills, all topped off with Uncle Sam who is the highest value regular symbol.
Any of these symbols can be stacked on reels, which can fill up much of the screen with a single type for multiple winning lines in a single spin.
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Bonus Features
There’s also a wild that’s worth 25 coins when it stops on just 2 reels and anyone lucky enough to get a full line of this symbol will be paid a huge 1500 coins. As it’s wild, it will also act as any other symbol, apart from the ‘$’ scatter to help complete winning lines, plus it makes a special appearance in the bonus games for some even bigger rewards.
The first bonus feature can occur randomly after any winning spin, with a multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x or even 20x applied to the prize. Players don’t need to do anything to get this award and although they will be fairly lucky to get the 10x or 20x multipliers, it’s still a nice treat to receive.
Uncle Sam has a further treat in store with the Extra Bonus Wilds feature which sees him throwing handfuls of coins onto the reels which transform into further wild symbols. It’s possible for players to get the entire screen filled with wilds, especially if Multi-Wilds, which transform even more random symbols, are thrown into the mix.
The other bonus feature is a free spins game which starts whenever 3 or more of the red ‘$’ scatter symbols appear at once. If 3 scatters landed, players get 7 free games, if 4 triggered the round then they are awarded 10 spins and if it was 5 scatters, then the maximum of 20 free spins will begin.
However, if any of the scatters was the blue ‘$’ symbol, then the number of spins is multiplied by 2x, 3x or 5x, depending on how many blue scatters contributed to the triggering spin, making the ideal, (but unlikely), maximum number of free games 100.
The free spins can be retriggered by the scatters appearing again, with any new ones added to the end of the current round, while the Extra Bonus Wilds and random multipliers can also occur during these games.
The Verdict
A fun pokie, that doesn’t take itself too seriously and has a generous selection of bonus features should prove popular at casinos which carry Aristocrat games. Wild Ameri’coins looks good and is certainly colourful in a red, white and blue sort of way, and the main character is nicely animated to add a bit more visual appeal to the gameplay.
Random bonus features are always the best sort, as players never know if their next spin is going to result in a multiplier win, or a whole load of stacked symbols are going to bring in a big prize, while the free spins games and bonus wilds are further reasons why people should give these patriotic reels a few spins.