The Great Pigsby Megaways Slot Review

The Great Pigsby Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Great Pigsby Megaways slot is played on 6 reels with up to 117,649 ways to win. Using the Megaways mechanic from Big Time Gaming, each reel will randomly display between 2 and 7 symbols each. The more symbols per reel, the more Megaways, or ways to win.

To see 117,649 ways to win, you will need to land 7 symbols on each of the 6 reels. Winning combinations consists of 3, 4, 5 or 6 matching symbols on successive reels, regardless of position, beginning from reel 1.

Bet options vary between 10p and £50 per spin. Below the reels, click on the plus and minus buttons to change your stake. To the right of that is the Turbo Mode button for quicker spins. On the right on the main Spin button is the Autoplay button. This allows infinite autospins along with loss, win and single win limits (optional). Both the latter functions are not valid in the UK due to UKGC regulation.

The Great Pigsby Megaways RTP is 96.08% which is slightly better than the online slots average of 96%. It’s a high volatility game (4/5) with a 29.59% hit frequency rate (meaning a win every 3.37 spins).

In terms of win potential, the max win per spin is 20,000 x your total bet. Bigger payouts are available in the base game as well as the 3 main bonus features but your chances increase in the free spins as you can deactivate low value royals to play with more higher value symbols.

Theme – go back to the golden age of film once again

With a pig theme, The Great Pigsby Megaways slot is inspired by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby novel. Graphically, it’s identical to The Great Pigsby Megapays game which has a 1930s/art deco feel. Set in the golden age of film, there’s an air of elegance of opulence.

With a well lit mansion forming the backdrop, the jazz soundtrack is catchy and upbeat. On the reels, you will see A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. Then you have bourbon tumblers and cigars, photographs, Charleston headpieces as well as Lady and Pigsby. The Pigsby is the most lucrative symbol with 0.7, 1, 1.5 or 3 x your total bet awarded for 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination. He looks a lot like Jay Gatsby/Leonardo Di Caprio from The Great Gatsby movie (2013).

The Piggy Bank Coin is the wild symbol and can appear on all reels except reel 1 (i.e. reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). Substituting for all symbols, the wild will expand to cover the entire reel when landing (more details below). Look out for the envelope scatter which only appears during the free spins.

Symbol	Payout/Info
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
Bourbon Tumbler and Cigar	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 x bet
Phonograph	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 0.8 x bet
Charleston Headpiece	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 1 x bet
Lady Pigsby	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 0.8, 1 or 2 x bet
Pigsby	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.7, 1, 1.5 or 3 x bet
Piggy Bank Coin Wild	Substitutes for symbols above + expands
Envelope Scatter	Only appears during free spins

The Great Pigsby Megaways Mobile

With Relax Gaming being a mobile-first provider, The Great Pigsby Megaways can be played on most smartphone devices, including iOS, Android and Windows. The game has also been optimised for play on laptop, PC and tablet devices.

The Great Pigsby Megaways Bonus Features

The Great Pigsby Megaways slot benefits from 3 bonus features. Wild symbols landing on the reels expand to cover the whole reel. They are also collected in the Piggy Bank appearing above the reels. Every collected wild gives you the chance to trigger the 3 bonus features randomly.

Wild Respin feature

In the Wild Respin feature, you are awarded with a respin where between 2 and 5 reels are turned completely wild. The multiplier value on the wild reels shows how many wild symbols the wild reel represents.

Great Pigsby Respin feature

In the Great Pigsby Respin feature, a number of Pigsby symbols are placed randomly on the reels before the reels stop. Basically, a random number of the highest value symbols are added to the reels for a decent chance of a big win.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature begins with 10 free spins. Look out for envelope scatters which award 2 additional free spins as well as deactivating 1 of the royal symbols. All instances of the deactivated symbol is replaced by a high or medium value symbol.

The lowest value royal (i.e. 10) will be deactivated first with the J, Q, K and A following with each envelope scatter that lands. Landing 5 scatters will see all low value royals removed and a total of 10 extra free spins awarded. This means a total of 20 free spins if you’re lucky.

Finally, this is no Bonus Buy feature available. This may change and can be added nearer the release date. We will update the review if this is the case.

The Great Pigsby Megaways Review Summary – a clone of the Megapays version without the jackpots

Graphically, it looks like Relax Gaming have literally made a Megaways version of The Great Pigsby Megapays. The Great Pigsby Megaways slot looks and sounds the same as the Megapays version.

In terms of the gameplay, the bonus features are almost identical. The Piggy Bank Coin Wild symbol is key to triggering all 3 bonus features. There are wild respins with up to 5 wild reels as well as free spins with royal symbols removed from play. The Great Pigsby Respin feature is new and sees more high value Pigsby symbols added to the reels. Unfortunately, it’s not worth harping on about.

The Megapays version offers the chance to win 4 progressive jackpots with the Mega Jackpot worth £319,570.83. In contrast, the Megapays feature occupies 9.44% of the RTP which makes the actual RTP of The Great Pigsby Megapays 86.75%. In the Megaways version the RTP is 96.08% which is significantly higher.

The max win is 20,000 x bet which is the same as the Megapays version. This is good but other Megaways slots offer a lot more. If you take Apollo Pays Megaways and Bonanza Megaways (both by Big Time Gaming), you can win 116,030 and 26,000 x bet respectively.

In summary, The Great Pigsby Megaways is The Great Pigsby Megapays without the 4 progressive jackpots. From a gameplay perspective, there is a lot more to offer from countless other Megaways slots.