Big Bucks Bandits Megaways Slot Review

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways Review

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways drops me straight into a dusty wild west shootout on a 6 reel Megaways grid with a top horizontal reel. The backdrop looks like the Grand Canyon and the soundtrack fits the cowboy mood, even if the symbols feel a bit dated. Stakes run from 20p up to £25 per spin, with up to 117,649 ways to win and a reactions mechanic that keeps single spins rolling.

On paper, the numbers are solid for a Megaways slot. The RTP sits at about 96.1% and the volatility feels medium high, drifting towards the harsher side during longer sessions. Regular line wins rarely do much beyond keeping the balance ticking over. The real draw is the Jackpot Heist Respins and the Double Cross Gamble, which push overall potential up to around 10,000 times your stake if you keep your nerve.

What are the bonus features in Big Bucks Bandits Megaways?

The main feature in Big Bucks Bandits Megaways is the Jackpot Heist Respins, also called the Jackpot Respins Bank Heist. You trigger it by landing six or more money bag symbols on the same spin. Those triggering bags lock in place and you get three respins. Any new money bag or trophy symbol that lands also sticks and resets the counter to three, while blanks simply tick a spin off your bullet stack.

Trophy symbols carry four fixed jackpots: bronze, silver, gold and platinum, worth 10x, 50x, 250x and 1,000x your bet. Bronze and silver can land several times in one feature, while gold and platinum can hit only once. When the bullets run out, all money bags and trophies are added up. In some jurisdictions you can buy this feature for 60x stake, which can be tempting when the base game drags.

Free spins in Big Bucks Bandits Megaways

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways does not offer classic free spins; the Jackpot Heist Respins round fills that role. You start with three bullets showing on the side of the screen. Each respin that lands at least one new money bag or trophy symbol resets you back to three bullets. A dead spin without new paying symbols removes one bullet, and the feature ends when you have no bullets left in the chamber.

Every sticky money bag in this round shows a cash value, usually between 1x and 30x your stake, while any trophy symbol pays its fixed jackpot. At the end, all values are totalled into one bonus prize. I have had rounds that ended almost instantly with a flat return and others that dragged on for ages, stacking bags across the grid. The swings are sharp, which fits the high variance rating.

How to play Big Bucks Bandits Megaways

Getting started with Big Bucks Bandits Megaways is straightforward, even if you are new to Megaways. I hit the hamburger icon, then the info button to check the paytable and feature rules first. After that I use the coin stack icon to set my stake between 20p and £25 per spin. You can toggle sound and left hand mode in the settings, set up to 100 autospins, then just hit spin and watch the reactions.

The 200 Spins Big Bucks Bandits Megaways Experience

Over a 200 spin test session, Big Bucks Bandits Megaways sat at around three out of ten on my private “oddly satisfying” scale. I like the whip crack when symbols drop out, though I am less fond of how long they hang in the air before new ones fall. The absence of a fast play option makes each spin feel slower than it should, even if you hammer the manual stop button.

The base game was pretty dry for me. Aside from the reactions and the occasional sheriff badge wild on the top reel, there is not much happening between features. My biggest natural hit in those 200 spins was about 6x stake, with a lot of tiny tumbles and dead spins in between. I never managed to land six money bags at once, which underlined how spiky the Megaways maths can be here.

After two hundred spins without a trigger I gave in and bought the Jackpot Heist Respins for 60x. The starting screen was full of low value money bags, most between 1x and 3x, and I picked up a couple more during the round, including a 5x. The final total came to 44x, so a net loss. I threw that into the Double Cross Gamble, bricked the wheel after a couple of steps, and accepted the wipeout without much emotion.

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways Symbols and Paytable

The paytable in Big Bucks Bandits Megaways is built around classic western imagery. Low paying symbols are whiskey jugs, cactuses, cattle skulls, stetsons, boots and pistols, paying up to around 1.2x your bet for six of a kind. Premiums are the horse, the bandit, the town lady and the golden cowboy. That golden cowboy is the real star, paying 100x stake for six and paying from just two of a kind.

Wins land on adjacent reels from left to right, with two to seven symbols on each of the six reels, giving up to 117,649 Megaways at full stretch. A sheriff badge wild appears only on the top reel and substitutes for regular symbols, helping chain reactions together. In practice, most of my big hits came from money bags and jackpot trophies during respins rather than from standard line wins, but landing a full cowboy combo still feels great.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x100
	5	x30
	4	x10
	3	x5
	2	x2
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	6	x2.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	6	x2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.7
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	Scatter

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways Review Summary

Big Bucks Bandits Megaways looks good, sounds the part and offers decent numbers, but it is light on variety in the base game. The Jackpot Heist Respins and Double Cross Gamble carry the whole show, and they can either fizzle or explode. For my taste, it plays like a familiar Megaways formula with a fresh cowboy coat of paint, but the 10,000x potential will keep plenty of gunslingers spinning.

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