Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven Slot Review

About the Game

Piggy Riches™ 3: Hog Heaven is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot with Walking Wild re-spins with multipliers, Free Spins with the Colossal symbol and an Elevate feature with 5 options. The game is played with a variety of bet values and 20 fixed bet lines. Bet line wins are paid if they appear in a row, from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel, with no gaps. Simultaneous wins on different bet lines are added together and only the highest win on each line is paid. A bet line win is equal to the value shown in the paytable, multiplied by any applicable multiplier. The symbol payout values shown in the paytable are dynamic and change depending on the selected bet value.

Walking Wild Re-Spins

Mr. Piggy and/or Mrs. Piggy Wild symbols appearing on the reels during the main game activate the Walking Wild Re-Spins feature.

At the start of each re-spin, Wild symbols move horizontally to the next position until they disappear from the reels. Mr. Piggy Wild symbols move to the right, while Mrs. Piggy Wild symbols move to the left. The re-spin ends when there are no Wild symbols left on the reels.

Mr. Piggy and Mrs. Piggy Wild symbols can appear on the same row, where they collide and turn into a huge Wild symbol. The huge Wild symbol has a random chance to move left or right until it disappears from the reel.

The Wild symbol size is 3×3 if the collision occurs in the middle of the reel, and 3×2 if the collision occurs at the top or bottom of the reels.

All Wild symbols appearing on the reels have a x1 multiplier, which increases by 1 if the Wild symbol is part of one or more winning combinations during the same re-spin round after the win is calculated. If 2 or more Wild symbols with x2 or higher multipliers are part of the same bet line win, their multipliers are added together to multiply the win. The Wild symbol multiplier is determined by adding the multipliers of the Wild symbol collisions.

For each bet line win that starts with a Wild combination, the payout is determined by the higher of the win from a combination consisting of only Wild symbols or a winning combination with a Wild symbol. If the win from both combinations is the same, the win is paid according to the regular winning combination. If the win from Wild symbols is higher, the win is paid according to the combination with Wild symbols.

Wild symbols substitute for all symbols except the Golden Pig scatter symbol. Substituting for a Wild symbol brings the highest possible winning combination on a bet line, according to the paytable.

When the Respins are finished, the total win from the Respins is added to any wins from the round that activated the Respins. Respins are played at the same bet as in the round that activated the Respins.

Free Spins

In the main game, the Golden Pig scatter symbol appearing anywhere on the reels activates 10 free spins in the 5-reel, 5-row play area. During free spins, only the Coin, Jackpot, x1 Multiplier, +3 Extra Free Spins, Pearl, Level Up, and Mystery Wheel symbols can appear on the reels.

At the start of the free spins, a 2×2 Pearl symbol appears in the bottom left corner of the reels and collects all symbols that fall within its borders. When a Pearl symbol appears on the reels that is outside the Pearl symbol borders, the Pearl symbol moves to collect it, along with all other symbols that fall within the Pearl symbol borders, to a new position. If no Pearl symbols appear on the reels during a spin, the Pearl symbol remains in its position.

Pearl symbols appearing on the reels can be worth 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 25 times your bet. When you collect Pearl symbols, they are added to the accumulation meter, where they award the following wins:

• Collecting 5 Pearl symbols expands the Colossal symbol to 3×3 and awards 2 extra free spins.
• Collecting 9 Pearl symbols expands the Colossal symbol to 4×4 and awards 3 extra free spins.
• Collecting 12 Pearl symbols expands the Colossal symbol to 5×5 and awards 4 extra free spins.

When collecting a Level Up Symbol, the Collection Gauge fills up to the next available Gem, and the Colossal Symbol’s size increases from 2×2 to 3×3, or 3×3 to 4×4, or 4×4 to 5×5, depending on the stage it is in. Once the Collection Gauge is full, it will no longer receive Pearl or Level Up Symbols.

The +3 symbol awards 3 additional free spins. The x1 symbol increases the multiplier counter by 1, reaching a maximum value of x10.

Coin symbols appearing on the reels can have a value of 2.5, 5, 10, 25 or 50 times the bet, while Jackpot symbols can have a value of 1000, 2000 or 5000 times the bet. Coin, Jackpot and Pearl symbols appearing on the reels are multiplied by any applicable multiplier before they are collected by the Colossus symbol.

When the Mystery Wheel symbol lands in the Colossus field, the wheel appears and spins, awarding a x1 multiplier, +3 extra free spins, a level up or coins. If several or all symbols land within the Colossus field, they are collected in the following order: Pearl symbol, Multiplier symbol, Coin symbol, Jackpot symbol, Mystery Wheel symbol and Level up symbol.

The Total Win next to the reels displays the total value of all Coin, Jackpot, and Pearl symbols collected during Free Spins. Free Spins are played at the same bet as the round that triggered the Free Spins. When the Free Spins are over, the total winnings from the Free Spins are added to any winnings from the round that triggered the Free Spins, and the game returns to the round that triggered the Free Spins.

Elevate Feature

In-game features can be activated using the Raise feature. Within the Raise feature, one of the following features can be activated in one round of play:

	Golden Pig	Increase your bet by 5x to increase the chance of Scatter symbol appearing on the reels and activate Free Spins.
	Walking Wild Re-Spins	Activate the Walking Wild re-spin feature, multiplied by 10.
	Colliding Wilds	For 30x your bet, trigger the Walking Wild Re-Spins feature with guaranteed Mr Piggy and Mrs Piggy symbols appearing on the same row on the reels and colliding.
	Free Spins	At 100x your bet, activate free spins immediately, without any main game wins.
	Free Spins & Collide	For 500x your bet, activate Free Spins with a x5 multiplier, and after Free Spins are over, the Walking Wild re-spin feature is activated with a guaranteed Mr. Piggy and Mrs. Piggy clash.

Paylines

The game has 20 fixed bet lines. Line wins are paid if they appear consecutively, from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel, without gaps. The winning options are clearly shown in the illustrations above. Only the maximum win on each bet line is paid. A malfunction cancels all payouts and games. For more information, see the section “Unfinished game rounds”.

Return to Player

• The theoretical return to player for this game is 96.06%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Golden Pig is 96.02%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Walking Wild Re-Spins is 96.05%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Colliding Wilds is 96.09%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Free Spins is 96.07%.
• The theoretical return to player in the Elevate Feature with Free Spins & Collide is 96.07%.

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