Christmas Cash Spins Slot – Free Demo

A holiday grid of 25 lines and a cupcake ladder

Studio Inspired Gaming takes a trip into the holiday period in Christmas Cash Spins, and it is loaded with mechanics. I played 370 spins at a 1.00 stake from a starting balance of 1,000.00. Not much is fresh. Pragmatic Play's Christmas Carol Megaways and NetEnt's Jingle Spin are two other Christmas slots on the site. The interaction between bonus rounds has a curious twist, though, and the grid is a plain one; the holiday slot unfolds over 5 reels. I finished on 924.50, a session return of 79.6% on 370.00 wagered.

Across 25 fixed paylines, 3 symbols show on each reel with each spin, and winning demands getting identical symbols left to right. Only 107 of my 370 spins paid anything, and 55 of those paid less than the stake.

I find Star, Heart, Bauble and Bell symbols on the bottom end of the paytable. Each of those four pays 2x the stake for five of a kind. They are trailed by an assortment of holiday items, and in rising sequence are the White Cupcake, the Red Cupcake, and the Houses valued 3 to 4 times the stake, with the Game Logo valued higher at 6x for a line of five. The White Cupcake pays 3x the stake for five, and the Red Cupcake, Green House and Blue House each pay 4x. Lastly, assisting draw in wins is the Christmas Tree Wild. When a Wild can complete a win, it expands to fill its whole reel. It shows on reels 2, 3, or 4 and stands in for any other symbol except the Bonus symbol to form combos. On spin 162 I had Christmas Tree wilds on reels 2 to 4 together, and that spin paid 21.20.

Six Bonus wheels, three respins, locked in place

Christmas Cash Spins arrives loaded with mechanics. Cash Spins paid me 60.00 in total, which was 20% of everything I won. Little is particularly fresh, though, and additions include the Second Chance Wheel and the Cash Spins Bonus Game. I triggered Cash Spins three times, on spins 12, 15 and 365.

The first of the bonus rounds is the Cash Spins Bonus Game, and getting 6 or more Bonus symbols activates the feature. The Bonus symbols that triggered it stay locked in place, and the round ends when no respins are left. The round begins with 3 respins, and when a fresh Bonus symbol lands, it resets the respins back to 3. Blocks of 2×2 or 3×3 Bonus symbols merge into a bigger Bonus Wheel with better prizes, and filling all 15 positions makes a 5×3 Mega Wheel.

Spin 239 and the wheel that stopped on Red

The most fascinating aspect is that the Bonus Game can be activated from the Second Chance Wheel. My only Second Chance Wheel came on spin 239. When 4 Bonus symbols land in a 2×2 block, they combine into a wheel. Mine stopped on Red, so no bonus game followed and the base game paid 3.40 on that spin. If it stops on Green, it triggers the Bonus Game and supplies extra Bonus symbols. My first Cash Spins round, on spin 12, paid 14.00 from its wheels.

The Minty Summary: There is nothing faulty with it as such. My balance peaked at 1,040.50 on spin 16 and bottomed out at 892.90. Christmas Cash Spins delivers a standard bit of respins play, but where it falls short is in the originality stakes, and it doesn't have a must-play vibe to it.

A Christmas compilation with a 1,000x Mega jackpot on top

The Mega jackpot of 1,000x the bet needs a 5×3 Mega Wheel, while the Mini, Minor and Major pay 50x, 100x and 250x. The possible highlight here is activating the Bonus Game from the Second Chance Wheel. In my session, 350 spins passed between the second and third Cash Spins rounds.

In some respects, Christmas Cash Spins is like a TV compilation programme. My biggest win was 37.00 on spin 15, where Cash Spins paid 12.00 on top of a 25.00 base game win. It displays best bits from a bunch of earlier instalments, and that's not necessarily a poor thing; compilation programmes can be rather amusing, yet they more often than not seem like padding. The longest run without a win I sat through was 13 spins, ending on spin 301. But it'd be pleasant to see something a touch more daring in the following Inspired Gaming slot.