Rakin' Bacon Sahara - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Rakin' Bacon Sahara Slot Review

If you’re a fan of slots, you’ve probably played a game inspired by the Egyptian pyramids. Have any of them focused on a main character who’s a pig? Probably not. Nevertheless, the series of AGS slots focusing on the porcine adventurer Cornsquealius has now expanded to the sands of the Egyptian desert. It has a similar five-reel and 243-way format, and again the bonus features include free spins and a pick game.

Golden Pig

If you ever had a piggy bank, you’ll realise why a pig is such an appropriate character for a video slot like this. These games are often about trying to find coins and gold, whether literally or metaphorically. Cornsquealius is a golden pig with a dollar sign embossed on his side, here dressed up for the occasion with a pharaoh’s headdress. He stands on a pile of gold above the reels, and more golden coins flood the foreground. 

Golden Desert

Between those foreground coins and the coins above the reels is the desert. Now the Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, spanning most of North Africa, so you might be thinking that Rakin' Bacon Sahara will take you through Mali or Algeria or Libya, but instead, like in so many other slots, the focus is clearly Egypt. There are pyramids and obelisks in the background, there are scarabs, ankhs and more pyramids on the reels.

Rakin' Bacon Sahara RTP and Variance

The RTP of the Rakin' Bacon Sahara slot is 94.01%. The variance is unknown.

How to Play Rakin' Bacon Sahara

It’s still suitable for vegetarians:

• Have your budget in mind beforehand, and keep checking that you’re within your loss, single win and session length limits as you play.


• You can also use your budget to inform your betting. The minimum is 0.88.


• There’s a bit of information on the loading screen, but head to the menu for details on everything from the payout potential of winning symbols to how bonuses work.


• Also in the menu is the sound button.


• Once you’re familiar with the rules and have your settings how you like them, you’re ready to spin.


• Your session may timeout automatically after a certain period, and some casinos have their own self-exclusion functions, but you should try and stay on


• Enjoy, but be responsible.

How to Win at Rakin' Bacon Sahara

Slots with five reels are a dime a dozen, though they don’t all have have the maximum possible 243 ways to win. In Rakin' Bacon Sahara, this is powered by the PowerXStream dynamics, and it basically means that as long as at least three matching symbols run adjacent and consecutive, starting on the leftmost reel, you can win. Find some special symbols and you may also manage to trigger free spins or the jackpot game.

Top Wins

• The paytable shows you the value of winning symbols assuming you have an 88 bet. It won’t change if you increase your wager.


• Card symbols are at the bottom of the paytable, and all four of them are worth the same. When the win multiplier is applied to a five-symbol match, the 88 turns into 50.


• A win multiplier on the same bet, but applied to five matching Cornsquealius symbols, takes you all the way to 1000.


• Wilds can appear on any reel but the first in the base game, but they don’t pay in their own right. They slide in when there’s a gap in your combination of winning symbols

Rakin' Bacon Sahara Bonuses 

The Rakin' Bacon Sahara bonus features aren’t that different to those in the original. There’s a free spins round that can add extra wilds to your reels, and there’s a pick game with jackpots up for grabs.

Free Spins

The pot of gold symbol exists mostly to trigger free spins. It’s not a true scatter symbol like most slots would use because it has to be consecutive across the first three reels. This symbol can also pay up to 20x your bet. The free spins round starts with 10 free spins, 

During free spins, there’s a new symbol, the arrow, that can expand a reel to six rows rather than just five. More arrow symbols on the same reel can add up to 10 extra free spins or between one and three wilds. Wilds don’t occur naturally in free spins outside of this mechanism.

Jackpot Pick Bonus

A jackpot symbol is a scatter symbol, able to work from anywhere on the reels. It’s also a wild, and it can trigger the jackpot pick bonus. During this feature, you need to pick one of 12 hidden symbols. The game ends when you find three matches and a jackpot is awarded. Jackpots can be mini, minor, major or grand.

Rakin' Bacon Sahara Review - Summary 

We’re coming to the end of our Rakin' Bacon Sahara slot review, which means it’s time to summarise what we’ve learned. This is the second in a series of slots featuring Cornsquealius the pig, with similar features but this time in an Egyptian setting. That means it has its own style. The features in question include the ever popular free spins bonus and a jackpot pick game that has the potential to boost your total win. Just never forget the risks of choosing online slots real money options.

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