Narcos Mexico Slot Review

Narcos Mexico Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Narcos Mexico slot comes with 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways to win. Winning combinations are created when 3 or more matching symbols appear anywhere on adjacent reels, beginning from reel 1. For example, you would need a K royal symbol on reels 1, 2 and 3 to land a 3-of-a-kind win.

Available to play from 10p to £10 per spin, there is a Stake box below the reels. Click on the plus and/or minus buttons to adjust your bet accordingly. It’s simple enough. Outside of the UK, there’s a Turbo Mode for quicker spins and there’s also an Auto function for autospins.

The Narcos Mexico RTP rate is 95.7%. This is just below the 96% online slots average but only marginally. The volatility is in the medium to high category with the bigger wins coming from the features.

The max win is 10,486 x your total stake. This will undoubtedly come in the Cartel Spins feature which is described in full detail below.

Theme – are you bold enough to take on the cartels?

The Narcos Mexico slot is the official game for the Narcos: Mexico TV series shown exclusively on Netflix. The story is focused on the Mexican drug war in the 1980s and follows the true story of the Guadalajara cartel’s ascent. The visuals have a photorealistic look which is very similar to the Narcos slot created by sister provider NetEnt.

Beautifully designed, the soundtrack is the official one from the series which is called ‘Tuyo’ from Rodrigo Amarante. On the reels you will see A, K, Q, J and 10 royals which are black and white. The 4 higher value symbols are represented by the cartel bosses.

These are, in order of value, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán (Alejandro Edda), Juan Nepomuceno Guerra (Jesus Ochoa), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (José María Yazpik) and Benjamín Arellano Félix (Alfonso Dosal). Benjamín is the highest paying symbol giving you 1, 2.5 or 5 x your total stake for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

The cocaine packages with a scorpion on it is the wild symbol and substitutes for all paying symbols mentioned above. Other symbols include the Cartel Spins scatter which is represented by the series’ main character Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (played by Diego Luna). You will also see plane and phone symbols which only appear during the Cartel Spins feature.

Narcos Mexico Mobile

Producing using HTML5 technology, Narcos Mexico is compatible with mobile, tablet, PC and laptop devices. The 5×3 reel setup works particularly well on smartphones. Saying that, the best visual and auditory experience will always be on a larger screen in my opinion.

Narcos Mexico Bonus Features

There are 4 bonus features in the Narcos Mexico slot game. With 2 random extras giving you wilds and doubling wins, there’s a Win Exchange element which can be used to gain access to the all-important Cartel Spins feature. Here cartel bosses battle for territory. Respins are awarded which give you stake multipliers and phone/plane symbols which boost your stake multiplier prizes.

Supply Drop feature

Randomly during a base game spin, the Supply Drop feature can activate. The airplane flies across the reels dropping cocaine wild packages onto the reels.

Double Cash feature

Randomly after a winning base game spin, the Double Cash feature can be triggered. A cartel boss makes a call to double your current win.

Win Exchange feature

When you win 100 x your total stake or more, you can activate the Win Exchange feature. You can swap your win for entry to the Cartel Spins feature. If you won 120 x stake for example, you would gain access to the Cartel Spins and also collect the remaining 20 x stake left over.

If you win between 30 and 100 x your total stake, you have the option of exchanging the entire win for a chance to enter the Cartel Spins feature. A gamble wheel appears with an equal amount of red and green segments. Landing on red will see you lose whilst landing on green will see you enter the Cartel Spins feature.

For your reference, the Win Exchange feature was first found in the Gold Megaways slot by Big Time Gaming. The provider is part of the Evolution umbrella which Red Tiger Gaming is also part of.

Cartel Spins feature

The Cartel Spins feature can be played when landing 3 Cartel Spins scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 simultaneously. It can also be won from the Win Exchange feature. With 3 respins awarded, you will then see a 10×10 grid where the cartel bosses appear in a corner each (2×2 in size).

With the remaining spaces displaying blanks, mystery territory prizes, phone or plane symbols can land. If they appear next to a cartel boss, they are activated, lock in position with the number of respins resetting to 3. Here what these special symbols offer:

Mystery Territory	Stake multiplier
Phone	Doubles all multipliers from that territory
Plane	Increases all multipliers from that territory between 1 and 5

When rival cartel territories are adjacent to the same Mystery Territory symbol, the Cartel War begins. The stronger boss captures the rival’s turf with his power growing. This can lead to bigger wins. The feature continues until you run out of respins or achieve the max payout of 10,486 x stake. The cartel bosses are well connected so can make a few calls to grow their production.

Narcos Mexico Review Summary – much better than original NetEnt slot

The Narcos Mexico slot shares the same visual style as the original Narcos game from NetEnt. This is where the similarities end. Both offering 5 reels and 243 ways to win, you can play the Mexico edition for just 10p a spin as opposed to 20p in the original. The RTP is 95.7% here whilst it’s 96.23% in the NetEnt version.

In terms of gameplay, there are 2 random base game features which will give you small wins. The Win Exchange feature is a nice addition and worth using to enter the Cartel Spins feature. The latter is where the bigger wins will come.

With the original Narcos slot offering 1,506 x stake max wins, Narcos Mexico offers 10,486 x stake max payouts which his significantly higher. The key to winning big is from the Cartel Spins where landing plenty of phone and plane symbols will boost the stake multiplier values. The more territory 1 of the bosses occupies, the higher your chances of landing a big payday.

Whilst the original game was closer to the TV series with drive-by shootings, Narcos Mexico offers much bigger wins and will appeal to players who go in search of decent payouts as well as fans of the series. Overall, it’s a good game from Red Tiger Gaming that is much better than the prequel. Pablo Escobar would be proud.