Midway Money is a colourful and vibrant new online slot game from game developer Yggdrasil Gaming in collaboration with Reel Life Games.
For players who live outside of North America, Midway refers to a fair where various amusement rides, carnival games and water parks take place. As you can assume, Midway Money takes place at a fun fair.
At the fun fair, you can expect a myriad of smells, sights and sounds, and this online slot game does a great job of capturing the atmosphere. The result is a very colourful and stunningly designed slot game with many features and extras.
The game is set up across 5 reels, 4 rows and 40 paylines. The reels can also expand up to 8 rows during the Strongman feature triggering up to 80 paylines.
The game’s symbols include a variety of playing card symbols as well as the fun fair’s main characters. Landing five or more similar low paying symbols can pay between 1.5x and 2.5x your bet.
The highest paying symbols include the female fire eater, milk bottles, the teddy bear, the circus manager as well as the strong man. These can pay between 3x and 7x your bet for five of a kind.
There is also a Wild symbol which is represented by a MM symbol. In addition to substituting for other symbols, it can also pay up to 10x your bet for five of a kind on a single spin.
Short facts
- Developer: Yggdrasil Gaming
- RTP: 96%
- Volatility/Variance: High
- Layout: 5 x 4-8
- Paylines: 4o to 80 paylines
- Bonus features: Wilds, free spins bonus round, scatter symbols, Strength Tester Persistent Feature, Ferris Wheel Feature, Duck Shoot, Fire Eater and Strong Man
- Bets: £0.20 to 50
- Max wins (coins): 7,602x your stake
Midway Money jackpots
There are no Midway Money jackpots available in this online slot game.
Midway Money free spins
To activate the free spins bonus round, you would need to land three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. You are also entitled to a minimum win guarantee. The free spins bonus round will start with a minimum win of 1x, so even if your spin does not generate a win, you will still win something.
When you land a winning combination that is bigger than 1x, then that will your new minimum win which will stay put for the remainder of the round.
When you land three bonus symbols, you will immediately be rewarded 7 free spins. If you land three more during the free spins bonus, you will receive an additional 7 free spins. In total, you can receive up t 35 free spins during this round.
Midway Money bonus features
You will be pleased to learn that Midway Money is jampacked with various features, whose role is to bring more thrills and wins to your gambling session.
To trigger any of the below features, you would need to win the Strength Tester Persistent feature by ringing the fell. When this happens the Ferris Selection wheel will pop up. You will have to spin it to see what feature you have landed. These include:
Duck Shoot
This feature swaps the Strength Meter Symbols and sometimes other random symbols into targets. Once all the targets have been added to the reels, they will be shot and transformed into regular wild symbols.
Fire Eater
The Fire Eater feature transforms all Strength Meter Symbols and Scatter Symbols into 10s before a random symbol is randomly selected. Each symbol that is lower than the selected symbol will be swapped with the selected symbol. Two wild symbols will also be randomly placed onto the reels.
Strong Man
The Strong man is a burly guy wearing a yellow tank top and a big moustache. He will flex his muscles to expand the rows high. When he does, it will also boost the number of paylines as follows:
- 5 rows get you 50 paylines
- 6 rows get you 60 paylines
- 7 rows get you 70 paylines
- 8 rows get you 80 paylines
Wilds
The Wild substitute with other symbols in a bid to create a winning combination. Landing 5 wilds on a single spin will reward you with 10x your bet.
Midway Money RTP
The Midway Money RTP stands at 96%. However, the game also comes in other versions. Other payout percentages include 94%, 90.5% and 86%. The casino is unlikely to tell you which version you will be playing. Trying it out in free demo mode will give you a good idea.
The game’s volatility level is also very high, with the hit frequency standing at an average of 35.5%.
Verdict
No one can doubt that the Midway Money slot game is not a stunning and impressive game. Yggdrasil Gaming, in collaboration with Reel Life Games, has done a spectacular job of bringing the American-style fun fair theme to our screens.
The game comes with a retro feel with it that is reminiscent of 1990s video games. However, it more than compensates with numerous features. The only weakness that we can spot in this game is the fact all the features except for the free spins bonus round can only be triggered by winning the strength tester persister feature first. It is also notoriously difficult to win this round.
Despite its many features, the maximum win only stands at 7,602x your bet, which is technically quite weak for a modern online slot game.
It is a fun game to play, but it can also prove terribly frustrating, especially if you are trying hard to land one of the key features. Since they are hard to activate and the game comes with high variance, you can end up losing track of your bankroll and time.
There is absolutely no guarantee that you will be able to trigger them at all. You could go and play several rounds without winning a prize, so rookie players should take this game with a pinch of salt.