Royal Mint Slot Review

Royal Mint Megaways by Big Time Gaming

When I first loaded Royal Mint Megaways from Big Time Gaming, it felt like a glitzy spin on the UK coin minting tradition. The six reel engine, with up to seven rows, uses the full 117,649 Megaways structure, so every spin reshuffles the ways to win. The slot runs at high variance with a 96.48 percent RTP, which suits sessions where I am prepared for long swings between features.

The reels spin in front of a stately Royal Mint style building, with polished gemstones and card ranks dropping onto the grid. I like how the soundtrack leans into luxurious strings rather than arcade beeps, as it matches the gold bar collection idea. Under the refined surface, though, it is a straight Megaways video slot that focuses on reactions, win multipliers and a pair of very swingy free spin modes.

Symbols Present in Royal Mint Megaways

This game is themed around the Royal Mint building in the United Kingdom, so the symbols mix gemstones and standard playing card icons. On the reels you see A to 9 royals in bright colours, plus four gem symbols in blue, purple, red and green. There is also a jewelled WILD gem that substitutes for regular symbols to complete winning combinations across the ever shifting Megaways layout.

All the premium icons are gemstones, with the purple stone paying by far the highest, awarding 50 times your stake for six on a payline. The red gemstone pays 7.5 times, while the green and blue gems both award 2 times for six of a kind. The royal symbols sit at the bottom of the paytable, giving between 1.75 times and 0.8 times for a full six symbol hit.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x50
	5	x25
	4	x10
	3	x5
	2	x2
	6	x7.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x2
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	6	x2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.75
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.75
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	Scatter
	Scatter
	Scatter
	Scatter

Game Features in Royal Mint Megaways

Royal Mint Megaways runs on the usual Big Time Gaming engine, so each spin can show anything from two to seven symbols on every reel and anything from 324 to 117,649 ways to win. There are extra horizontal reels above and below the central grid that feed in symbols from the sides. Wild symbols only land on those extra reels, but they make a big difference when the reactions start chaining.

Every time I hit a winning combination, the Reaction feature kicks in. All winning symbols are removed and new ones tumble in from above on the main reels and from the right or left on the extra rows. One paid spin can stretch into several separate wins, and it is quite common for small card symbol hits to grow into gem wins once the extra symbols slide into place.

Free Spins and Heartstopper Feature in Royal Mint Megaways

The main free spins feature in Royal Mint Megaways is triggered by scatter symbols that spell the word MINT. You need all four letters on the reels at once to start the bonus, which awards twelve free spins as a base. Extra scatters when it triggers add more spins, so landing five or six letters together can start the round with sixteen or even twenty spins queued up.

The free spins take place inside the vault, and a continuous win multiplier is active throughout. It starts at one times and climbs by one after every reaction, which means a single long chain can ramp towards serious returns. Extra scatters on the horizontal reels award more free spins during the feature, so the multiplier has time to rise while the Megaways layout keeps throwing in fresh winning ways.

On top of this, Royal Mint Megaways has the Heartstopper Enhanced Free Spins mode. In the base game, hitting three scatters awards a gold bar, and collecting forty bars finally upgrades the next bonus. The enhanced feature starts with the multiplier at two times and it climbs in steps of two with every reaction win. It takes patience to reach, yet for me this mode is where the slot shows its teeth.

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Royal Mint Megaways

From a numbers angle, Royal Mint Megaways is very much a high risk slot. The stated RTP is 96.48 percent, with stakes ranging roughly from 10 pence up to 20 pounds per spin depending on the version. Official max exposure is shown as 4,130 times your bet, although the way the free spin multipliers stack can create runs where total session wins feel far larger than that cap.

Visuals and Mobile Play in Royal Mint Megaways

Visually, Royal Mint Megaways leans on a lavish gemstone look, with the reels framed by the mint building and gleaming pillars. The graphics and animations run smoothly on both desktop and mobile, and I have played it comfortably on an older Android handset. Touch controls are responsive, and the layout adapts well to portrait play, so quick Megaways sessions on the sofa feel just as polished as on a laptop.

Summary & Verdict on Royal Mint Megaways

After many spins, Royal Mint Megaways feels like a straight ahead, highly volatile gem slot dressed up in serious finery. The base game is admittedly quite sparse, with much of the action coming from reaction chains that may or may not lead anywhere. For me it is the sort of game I load when I am in the mood to chase that one big bonus rather than regular medium wins.

I like the way the gold bar collection teases the Heartstopper mode in the background, even during dry patches. When the enhanced free spins finally landed for me with the higher starting multiplier, the slot genuinely came alive. If you are comfortable with long, quiet stretches and you enjoy Megaways games built around escalating multipliers, Royal Mint Megaways offers a regal, high volatility grind that can deliver dramatic peaks.

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