Mafioso - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Set amongst the backdrop of a prohibition era US city, with the time-honoured cast of gangster caricatures, Mafioso is a new online slot from Spinmatic Entertainment. This is a five-reel, three-row slot with a novel free spins bonus.

Symbols include piles of money, 20s-style cars, sticks of dynamite, a revolver, and the obligatory bottles of hard liquor. Watch out for the wild mobsters, who also act as the entry portal to the Tribute Time bonus feature.

As with any online slot that is new to you, it is a great idea to play the Spinmatic demo slots version here at Slots Temple. This allows you to play for free and get to know the features and gameplay before staking any real money on a spin of the reels at an online casino.

Theme, graphics & soundtrack

Mafioso is set in a caricature-styled gangland in 1920s US. The iconography of this game is more for laughs than any kind of historical accuracy, thus the characters have more in common with the Ant Hill Mob from Wacky Races or the collection of rogues faced every week by Dick Tracy than with Jimmy Hoffa or Al Capone.

This imbues the game with a great sense of humour, making each spin of the reels a pleasure. One departure from this sense of humour is within the bonus feature, which ends with your character being shot. This imagery hits hard, with the glass of the screen appearing to shatter and blood pouring from the hole.

The graphics are on the cartoony side; however, they are rendered with such high quality that it is clear this is a very modern game with a great deal of attention paid to the visual aspects.

The soundtrack is, as you may expect from a game set in this era, fairly bawdy jazz, with clarinets, brass and twinkly piano featuring heavily. This pleasing score is drowned out by the very intrusive win fanfare, which seemed to be at least twice as loud as the music. After a while, it makes more sense to play with the sound muted than to continue to listen to the interruptions to the soundtrack. Thankfully, Spinmatic has made it possible within the options to play with music only, sound effects only, both or neither.

Mafioso RTP & volatility

Mafioso has a long-term average RTP of 96.44 per cent. Spinmatic quotes this game as having high volatility, meaning players will need to show patience if they want to achieve the big wins.

How to play Mafioso

1. It is always advisable to check out the paytable when looking at a game for the first time. This is achieved by accessing the menu, which is the hamburger button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. The paytable is then found by clicking the information icon, which is the fourth from the left. The paytable details the win sizes, wilds, paylines and features.

2. When on the menu screen, clicking the question mark icon will open the full rules for the game. The full rules detail the operation of each icon and give information about all aspects of the game.

3. To set the bet level, click the coin piles icon above the reel spin icon. This shows all possible bets from minimum to maximum. The selected bet will always be displayed on the bottom left of the screen.

4. For players in a hurry, Mafioso has a turbo feature. This is toggled by clicking the rocket ship icon on the top right-hand side of the screen.

5. The autoplay feature is accessed by clicking the fast forward button below the reel spin button. Up to 1,000 spins can be run automatically; what’s more, there is an option for infinite spins. Autoplay will pause if the bonus feature is entered.

6. If you are happy with all the settings, spin the reels manually by pressing the spin button to the centre right of the screen.

7. Please play Mafioso responsibly by setting a budget for each session. When the fun stops, stop playing.

Bet sizes & paytable wins

The minimum bet for a spin is 0.30, which translates to 0.03 per payline. The maximum bet is 40.00, or 4.00 per payline.

- Matching five gangster's moll or revolver symbols returns a win of 400x the bet
- Matching five money or dynamite symbols returns 300x
- Matching five cars or pub sign symbols is worth 200x
- Matching five liquor or cigar symbols returns 100x

Wins are stacked. This means that if more than one winning combination is shown on more than one payline, multiple wins can be returned.

Max-win 400x

Volatility High

Top RTP 96.44%

Mafioso bonus features

- Tribute Time

Tribute Time is the bonus feature in Mafioso. It is triggered by landing the triple wild on reels two and four and the double wild on the third reel.

When entering this feature, the player is seated at a table with a set of mafiosi. Clicking these mobsters will either win some coins or free spins or get you shot, with the latter ending the feature. All winnings are kept once you are shot.

All winnings accrued during the free spins are added to your total once the free spins are spent. It is possible to win more free spins if the three wilds are fully revealed during a free spin.

Overall review our verdict

This is a fun title with a great design and the potential for big wins during the generous bonus feature.

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