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Ainsworth
Stacked Bears hold reels 3 to 5 in the base game and slide over to reels 2 to 5 once the free games start, where every win they complete picks up a 2x to 8x multiplier. I spent 340 spins at 5.00 on this Ainsworth cave and triggered ten free games three times, none of which retriggered.
Cash Cave, with 100 paylines, is a 5-reel, 3-row Ainsworth slot, and the RTP is 94.04%. The number of active lines can be cut in steps of 5, down to 30. The lowest stake is fixed to €0.01. I played at 5.00 a spin, which is 100 lines at 0.05 each, from a starting balance of 5,000.00. The top cap permits a maximum wager of €75. Over 340 spins I wagered 1,700.00 and won back 1,069.50, a session return of 62.9%, and finished on 4,369.50.
The high-payers arrive in the shape of the red dollar, gold bars and stack of cash. The other regular symbols are diamond dice, jewels and the card symbols 9 to A. The red dollar is the most lucrative, pulling in 2x for 5 across a payline. Of my 340 spins, 102 paid something, and 54 of those paid less than the 5.00 stake.
The wild is depicted by a bear. It substitutes for every symbol except the Cash Cave logo scatter. It appears stacked on reels 3 to 5 in the base game. On spin 38 stacked Bears on reels 3 to 5 paid 45.00, 9x the stake, with five Bears on line 90 among the winning lines.
Initially, however, you need to hit 3 or more Cash Cave logo scatters anywhere on the reels, which grant 10 free games, and 3 or more scatters during the free games contribute 5 extra. The scatter also pays anywhere on its own, 100x the line bet for five of them.
During the free games, the Bear drops on reels 2 to 5. The 5 added games from that Cash Cave feature run on a separate, more rewarding paytable with multipliers up to 8x. Any win it substitutes in is boosted by 2x to 8x contingent on the symbol, plain and unfussy, typical retro Ainsworth. I triggered the Free Games Feature three times, on spins 28, 256 and 302, with 228 spins between the first two, and none of them retriggered.
To put it mildly, the max win of 10,000 times the stake is striking.
Minty’s Closing Thought: The best I saw was the first Free Games Feature on spin 28, which paid 225.00, or 45x the stake.
There will be lots of punters chasing them bears, and I do not question that.