Derby Shot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

A day at the races is never boring; now, you can experience the thrills from your home. Although the game might look simple, the range of special features will keep you on your toes while you spin the reels and try to land the top prize of 10,000x your coin bet. There are a few special symbols to watch out for in Derby Shot. The first is the gold trophy, which acts as a scatter and triggers the Money Shot Respins with the chance to win some huge cash prizes or free spins. The Jackpot Shot feature involves a spinning wheel with the chance to hit some awesome multipliers or even one of the four jackpots. The scatter symbol triggers 5x free games and a cash prize of up to 5,000.

If this is not enough, the racehorse acts as a wild symbol and can substitute for any symbols excluding the trophy or scatter and appears on any reels except the first.

Wins are found when you land three+ matching symbols along a payline starting on the far-left reel. We will look at the bonus features and paytable in more detail later.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

To keep things simple, Skywind has not done much with the soundtrack on this slot, so you won’t hear many cheers or melodies to distract you from the spinning reels. The reels are set on a racetrack and feature horses, jockeys, binoculars, betting slips, champagne, a woman enjoying Lady’s Day, and the classic jack to ace card symbols.

The overall aesthetics of Derby Shot is fairly simple and reminds us of classic fruit machine-style slots.

Derby Shot RTP & volatility

Derby Shot is a high volatility game with an RTP of 95.45 per cent.

How to play Derby Shot

Before we look at the details of this game, take some time to get your head around the controls. In Derby Shot, the controls are all found beneath the reels.

1. Start by clicking the ‘i’ icon on the left of the control panel to bring up the game rules, paytable and paylines.

2. When you are happy with the rules, set your bet by clicking the + and - buttons by the ‘coin’ option. To the left of this, you will be able to see your total bet.

3. To spin, click the large green play button on the right.

4. To turn on turbo or automatic spins, click on the corresponding buttons to the left of the play button. These will remain switched on until you turn them off.

5. You can keep an eye on your balance in the very bottom left-hand corner of the screen. To the right of this, you will see further options such as full-screen mode and sound effects.

Bet sizes & paytable

Wagers can be placed by adjusting your coin bet from 0.01 up to 5.00, giving you a total bet range of between 0.50 and 250.00 credits per spin.

The highest rewards are found by matching five symbols along a payline at the highest wager. You can use a wild to substitute for other symbols to help achieve longer winning paylines. The maximum rewards for each symbol are:

- Lady - 300
- Jockey - 250
- Champagne - 200
- Binoculars - 150
- Betting slip - 125
- Ace - 100
- King - 75
- Queen - 60
- Jack - 50

The scatter will trigger free spins if you find three+ and can award a top prize of 5,000 when you find five on the reels.

Max-win 7,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 95.54%

Bonus features

There are a few bonus features to look out for, so we have broken them down to make it easier for you:

Money Shot Respin

Six+ trophy symbols will trigger 3x Money Shot Respins in Derby Shot. In this feature, any trophies are held in place while other positions respin individually. Should more trophies land, you will receive two more spins with all trophies remaining in position.

The trophies can also contain additional prizes that are paid out at the end of the Money Shot Respins feature. These can include money shot (cash), free games, or up to 10,000x your coin bet.

Jackpot Shot

Find 15 trophies on the reels to trigger the Jackpot Shot feature. Here, you will be able to spin a wheel to win the super, grand, major or minor shot or a multiplier up to 10x. For other slots with multipliers, check out our Slots by Features page.

Free games

Find three+ scatter symbols anywhere on the reels for 10 free spins with <b>expanding wilds</b> that appear randomly on reels two/three/four/five and fill the entire reel. Find two+ more scatters to retrigger an additional five spins.

Conclusion

Overall, we found Derby Shot a well-designed slot with plenty of bonus features to keep us excited. We would have enjoyed more sound effects, as the track was remarkably quiet for a horse race, but this isn’t too much of a criticism; in fact, we know that many people turn off the sounds when playing slots anyway! The rules were a little hard to follow on the information page; however, once we started playing, they made more sense and the bonus features were very rewarding.

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