Wheel of Fortune Triple Extreme Spin Pokies
Joining a number of other Wheel of Fortune pokies from IGT, Triple Extreme Spin borrows ideas from across their range and piles them all into a game that’s sure to be popular at casinos where IGT titles are carried.
Although there are 5 reels, they have different numbers of symbols running down them, giving it a hexagonal layout, and instead of conventional paylines, players win by lining symbols up in any positions on connected reels running from either the left or right sides. With 720 different ways to do this, it’s a pokie where frequent winning spins can be enjoyed, and it’s made even better as any time a reel has more than 1 example of the symbol that made up the winning line, the prize will be multiplied.
The famous Wheel of Fortune logo sits above the main part of the game, there’s a colourful background image and the controls below it all are used to set wagers from a minimum of 0.50 per spin to a maximum of 10.00.
Playing Wheel of Fortune: Triple Extreme Spin
The most obvious difference between this and most other games is the arrangement of the reels. The first, on the left side, and fifth, on the right, each have 3 symbols on them, while reels 2 and 4 have 4 symbols each and the middle reel contains 5 symbol positions.
Traditional fruit icons form the lower order winning lines, where landing bananas, plums or oranges across 3, 4 or 5 connected reels will pay out 5, 15 or 50 coins. Cherries are worth 10, 25 or 100, and an apple pays 15, 30 or 125 coins.
Moving up in value, we get to to some of the luxury goods that Wheel of Fortune players can dream about, starting with a sports car that pays them 20, 50 or 300 coins, a big emerald which is worth 25, 75 or 400 and although it may be a little out of their price range, even with the jackpot, a huge yacht will pay out 50, 150 or 1000 coins. Even this is topped by the Wheel of Fortune logo, which will return winnings of 2000, 5000 or the jackpot of 10000 coins when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels.
Wheel of Fortune Triple Extreme Spin
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Bonus Features
The wild symbol will replace any of the above if it’s then able to complete a winning combination, although isn’t worth anything on its own. It also won’t be able to act as either of the 2 scatter symbols, as these are the triggers for separate bonus rounds.
The symbol that simply has the word ‘Scatter’ splashed across it will launch a mini game when at least 3 appear, and sees a wheel spin up instant wins of between 50x to 3850x the coin value. This top amount seems like a fairly random number, but it’s a big number, so who’s complaining?
Triple Extreme Spin Bonus Round
Landing any 3 or more of the triple wheel symbols takes players to the main bonus feature that explains the game title. Several envelopes are then shown and players get to pick a number of them, equal to the number of bonus symbols that triggered the round, revealing red, yellow or blue pointers.
The game then goes to a second round, where red, yellow and blue wheels will spin up prizes. These will vary from between 30 and 1000 coins on the blue wheel, 100 to 5000 with the red wheel and the yellow one will act as a multiplier for anything earned on the first wheels. These will range from 2x the total won, up to 10x, which can total a jackpot of 2 million coins if the perfect combination is spun up, but whatever happens, players are guaranteed to win something anytime the main bonus round occurs.
The Verdict
Wheel of Fortune pokies are invariably successful and IGT have added some exciting new features to the genre with this game. While base gameplay can be fairly rewarding, with the Multiway Xtra layout making it relatively easy to land a winning line of symbols and multipliers, it’s definitely the bonus games that bring this pokie to life.
The Mini Wheel bonus game is a quick way to collect some guaranteed winnings and is also an easier round to understand, as the Triple Extreme bonus round is a little complicated, having 2 levels and lots going on when those wheels start to spin. But as it’s another side game where players are assured of a payout, there won’t be many complaints about this.
Well designed, with plenty to offer anyone who is a fan of the whole Wheel of Fortune thing, Triple Extreme Spin is a worthy addition to the range.