Belle Rock Pokie
I've been playing Poker machines for years, and it's pretty rare for me to see something new, but the Belle Rock game has a feature that's totally new to me, with symbols representing the various casinos in the Belle Rock group to make the whole game a big advert for the sites where it can be found.
Belle Rock are one of the oldest online casino operators and run such esteemed sites as Jackpot City, River Belle, and The Gaming Club, all of which make an appearance on the reels of this game. In terms of how it plays, it bears an uncanny resemblance to Thunderstruck, which is no co-incidence, as it also comes from Microgaming, but that shouldn’t put players off, as Thunderstruck has been a big hit for a number of years, and for good reasons.
Features like tripled payouts during a free spins round, a Wild that doubles win values and a Gamble round that can multiply each win over and over, are all pretty attractive features, (although the game isn’t particularly good looking, but we can’t have it all can we?)
How It Plays
Everything is firmly related to casinos and the games found within them. A basic 5 reel layout has 9 lines across it, and to win a prize, players will need at least 3 identical symbols to line up on adjacent reels, starting from the left. Wins get substantially bigger should 4 or 5 of the same symbol land on a line, which is made easier by the presence of a Wild that counts as any other standard symbol if it helps to complete a winning combination.
Regular symbols include the standard 9, 10, J, K, Q and A, presented in crisp, uncluttered style, playing cards and Poker chips, plus the symbols for each casino in the group. Between a single, and all 9 lines can be selected, although as always, it’s recommended to wager on every line to ensure all possible winning combinations are covered.
Belle Rock
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The Belle Rock Entertainment logo has the honour of being the Wild, and as well as completing winning lines, it also pays out twice the standard win amount when it does so, and if that’s not enough for you, how about the huge value placed on the Wild even when it doesn’t complete a line. Although it’s an unlikely combination, if a player gets a full line of 5 Wild symbols right across the reels, a huge 10,000 coin prize will be heading their way, which is the biggest possible win in this game.
The other big draw is the free spins bonus round, which kicks off when at least 3 of the Belle Rock Scatters are in view following a spin. To begin with, 15 free spins play out at the same coin value as the triggering bet, but if 3 or more further Scatters appear during the round, an extra 15 spins are added on, with no upper limit on how many times this can occur.
Players who like to take a bit more risk can opt to Gamble each win, where the value can be doubled by guessing the colour of a playing card, or multiplying the win by four times by guessing the correct suit, but rounds like this are generally seen as a good way for the casino to get its money back and should only be tried out for a bit of fun, rather than be seen as a way to turn a modest win into a much bigger one.
Will It Ring Your Belle?
This pokie is basically a big ad for these casinos, and unsurprisingly, it can only be found at Belle Rock sites. While it may follow a tried and tested formula, with Wilds and Scatters, multiplier wins and free spins, that’s not a criticism and there’s a good reason why it has taken on this style. Basically, it works well, has some good payouts and keeps the punters happy, while as with all Microgaming pokies, Belle Rock is guaranteed to be fair and can be played with no download needed.