Megaways Slots

How do Megaways work?

Megaways are preferred for the twist they bring in the video slots. The twist enables more action to be carried out thus activating big wins. For a start, these slots are designed on a six-reel structure that hosts an extra horizontal reel hosting 4 symbols in some cases. The developer designs the game engine via a reel modifier mechanic in a way that whenever a spin is taken on any reel, a random number of symbols will be triggered in the range of two (2) to seven (7). This randomly changes the value of the payouts from the multiple potential ways of winning created. Thus, the more symbols, the more multiple ways of winning are created.

In the 6-reel slot, if two symbols are activated on each reel after spins, the Megaways created will be as follows:

2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 324 ways to win

If seven symbols are displayed on each reel after spins, the Megaways created will be as follows:

7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 = 117,649 ways to win

There also exist other Megaways types that offer different ways to win. You will find some offering up to 15,625 and 16,807 with the top-end being up to 586,971 ways to win. Some special slots such as Spartacus Megaways go extremely high to offer up to 1,000,000 ways to win.

How to Activate

As opposed to traditional slots that require lining up of same-kind symbols on the paylines, a winning combination on Megaways slots is triggered if you land on same-kind symbols on any adjacent reels starting from reel 1. The symbols can be as few as three (3) up to six (6). 

It is from these number of symbols forming a winning combination on the reels that will determine the Megaways you can activate.

Features of Megaways slots

Among the features you can trigger on these slots include:

• Cascading Reels ─ Also referred to as Avalanche or Reactions. After a winning combination is formed, the symbols disappear, and the above symbols shuffle/cascade down. This brings multiple ways of winning from a single spin.

• Progressive Win Multiplier ─ Building up from cascading reels, a progressive win multiplier will start from 1x after any win and will increase by one (1) on any subsequent avalanche. Thus, the more the cascades, the more the multipliers.

• Bonus Buy ─ The feature allows players to skip the base game procedures of activating bonuses to directly purchase the bonus game option at a premium price. 

• Mystery Symbols ─ Once these symbols land, they will all change and the same common symbol will be revealed.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Megaways

Various reasons to try Megaways slots include:

• Bigger max winnings ─ The max potential winnings at Megaways slots are high with most slots providing up to 50,000x (stake).
• Multiple ways of winning ─ The major benefit attached to the slot is the activation of multiple ways to win when the symbols are triggered. Most of the slots offer up to 117,649 ways to win.
• Medium/high volatility ─ All Megaways slots are either medium or high volatile meaning that players can get monster wins after several spins.

Various reasons to reconsider Megaways slots include:

• Hitting the top-end scale is difficult ─ Despite the attractive multiple ways to win, hitting the top-end scale such as 117,649 ways to win on each spin a player takes is very rare.
• Tough for beginners ─ Megaways slots require more time and experience to understand every concept. For beginners, these might not be the most ideal slots to try at first.
• Medium/high volatility ─ While they signify monster wins, the hit frequency is extremely low and will require a huge budget.