Juicy Joker Mega Moolah - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

The Mega Moolah range of slots have proven incredibly successful for Microgaming - and they’re enjoyed by players all over the world thanks to their humongous win-potential, with the progressive jackpot often running into the millions of pounds. In fact, the original Mega Moolah slot currently holds the Guiness World Record for the biggest slot win in history - coming in at around EUR13,000,000!

We’ve already seen a few follow ups to the original Mega Moolah, and the latest installment in the franchise is Juicy Joker Mega Moolah - a game that looks set to become yet another popular release from the developer, and one that offers no less than four progressive jackpots!

Format and Betting OPtions

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah is built around a 5-reel, 3-row format, and there’s a total of 20 fixed paylines in play. You’ll find yourself able to spin from as little as 0.10 credits per spin, and the maximum bet is 10 credits; a little low, but nothing too out of the ordinary for a progressive jackpot slot.

Like most Microgaming slots, Juicy Joker Mega Moolah comes with an autoplay function, and this allows you to set up to 100 spins to play out automatically. (Non-UK players can set up to 1,000 spins.) There’s also a quick spin mode available - although, again, this is unavailable to those based in the UK due to new UKGC guidelines that prevent game developers from offering quickspin to residents in the UK.

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah RTP

Unfortunately, the RTP of Juicy Joker Mega Moolah comes in quite low, at 92.03%. Microgaming haven’t (yet) announced how much of this RTP contributes towards the progressive jackpot - although, if it’s anything like previous releases, we expect it to be around 2-3%.

Payouts and Volatility

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah, like most progressive jackpot slots, is a volatile machine - and while it’s not super volatile, like some of the releases we’re seeing from other game developers like Big Time Gaming and Konami, we should point out that you should expect to see fairly brutal playing periods - it can be tough on your casino balance if you don’t manage to trigger the feature!

High and Low Paying Symbols

The game’s symbols are split into two - and first, you’ve got the lower-paying symbols. These are fairly basic, and are all playing card suits. This includes Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Spades.

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah’s higher-paying symbols are all themed around fruit machines, and these are the better-paying symbols - i.e. the ones you’ll want to keep an eye out for! The higher-paying symbols include Cherries, Grapes, Oranges and Watermelons.

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah Bonus Features

We think it’s fair to say that, for a progressive jackpot slot, Juicy Joker Mega Moolah has a lot going for it - and that’s because Microgaming has chosen to pack in a number of different bonuses and features. Below, we’ll take a look at what these bonuses and features are - and what you can expect when playing them for yourself.

Progressive Jackpot Wheel Feature

The biggest attraction of playing Juicy Joker Mega Moolah - without a doubt - is the Progressive Jackpot Wheel Feature, and this is triggered by landing three of the Golden Jokers on the middle three reels. Doing so will trigger the Wheel Feature, and you’ll then be taken to a new game screen where you’ll see a giant wheel. This is similar to the original Mega Moolah slot - although the graphics and visuals have been updated and it looks much better today!

The wheel will then begin to spin, and it’s possible for you to win:

• A cash prize of 1x, 2x or 3x your stake
• The mini jackpot which seeds at 10 credits
• The minor jackpot which seeds at 100 credits
• The major jackpot which seeds at 10,000 credits
• The mega jackpot which seeds at 1 million credits

Now, it’s hard to predict how much these progressive jackpots will be worth - as, at the time of writing, they are likely to differ to when you play - however, Microgaming “seeds” them pretty high - and this means the minimum progressive jackpot amount is always at least a certain figure.

Re-spin with Returning Wilds

The most creative addition to a progressive jackpot we’ve seen in a while is the re-spin with returning wilds feature built into Juicy Joker Mega Moolah. This is triggered by landing a re-spin wild on the middle reel - and you’ll then trigger the bonus automatically. The wild that lands (along with any other wilds in view) will then transform into “Returning Wilds”, and these lock in place and a re-spin is awarded.

Free Spins

The free-spins bonus round in Juicy Joker Mega Moolah is much better than the bonus we saw in the original Mega Moolah - and that’s because the Re-spin with Returning wilds feature is present. You’ll be able to trigger the free-spins bonus round by landing three of the scatter symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5, and you’ll then be awarded with 9 free-spins.

If, during the bonus round, the re-spin returning wilds land in view the feature will be triggered - and, from our experience, it’s pretty common to trigger this feature a couple of times during the bonus.

Max-win 5,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 92.03%

Juicy Joker Mega Moolah Review

Compared to the original Mega Moolah (while still somewhat of an iconic slot), Juicy Joker Mega Moolah is incredibly well-made. The game is really nicely done, it looks great, and play is fluid, smooth and lag-free. We really like how Microgaming have chosen to “bring the slot into the 21st century”, and while it does rely on a pretty old-school theme (fruit machine-inspired slots are getting a bit tiresome, aren’t they?) the software provider has done a great job, and the graphics, animations and sound effects work well.

We like the fact that there’s four progressive jackpots - and while winning two of the major ones will prove relatively tough, the two lower ones can be won pretty frequently, and the wheel bonus looks a lot more modern, so it’s definitely an improvement on the previous release.

We also really like the fact that there’s a returning wilds re-spin feature - this is something we haven’t seen in a progressive jackpot slot before, and it ensures that there’s more going on in the game - so we’d expect to see this going down well with players.

Our only criticism of the game is that, excluding the progressive jackpots, the maximum win is just 500X your stake. This is pretty low - and combined with the low RTP of 92.03%, we’re unsure if this will go down too well with players. However, progressive jackpot slots always seem to do well - so we wouldn’t rule out Juicy Joker Mega Moolah just yet!

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