Play Golden Ticket 2 demo
A 5x5 big top that tumbles
In reality, Golden Ticket 2 is a 5x5, tumbling matrix slot, with a large set of mechanics stacked on the grid, and it dishes up a suitably colourful circus adventure. Play'n GO released it as the follow-up to its original Golden Ticket. There are more circus slots out there. But you grasp the idea. I played 400 spins at a 20-credit stake, starting from a balance of 25,000 credits.
Numerically, Golden Ticket 2 holds an RTP figure of 96.5%. Across those 400 spins I wagered 8,000 credits and won back 3,647, a session return of 45.6%. Its maths model is hugely volatile and has been scored 6 out of 6, and stakes span from 0.20 to 100 credits to obtain a sample of the circus. My balance peaked at 25,060 credits on spin 9 and finished at its lowest point, 20,647 credits.
Sixty-one winners, thirty-one of them short of the stake
Wins are attained when three or more identical symbols land in a row, horizontally or vertically, beginning from anywhere on the field, and winning symbols are then removed. Only 61 of my 400 spins paid anything, and 31 of those paid less than the stake. The leftover symbols in sight fall down to possibly form fresh wins. The longest run without a win lasted 22 spins and ended on spin 345. When a winning three symbol combo is removed, a wild symbol is set in the vacant middle position, and wilds substitute for any of the pay symbols. Five standard Wilds in a line pay 50x the wager.
From low to high, I find the minor symbols and three characters. The minor symbols are the Monocycle, Juggling Items, Target, Knives and Ringmaster's Hat, paying 2x to 4x the wager for five of a kind. Characters are worth 10x the wager for a five symbol combo. My biggest single win came on spin 233, at 1,240 credits or 62x the stake. For a five mixed character combo, they are worth 5x the wager.
Clown, Knife-Thrower and Ringmaster on the Wild Meter
Golden Ticket 2 arrives with a heap of mechanics.
On each tumble, the win multiplier climbs by +1, but in the base game it resets between spins.
Wins with character symbols fill the Wild Meter. Three matching characters fill one of its three sections, four fill two, and five fill all three. A full meter places 1 or 2 Multiplier Wilds on the matrix, and there are three kinds of them. The multiplier hinges on which character is active, and these are: Clown – x1, Knife-Thrower – x2, Ringmaster – x3.
Why the Bonus Row gets picked before every spin
Before each base game spin, a random Bonus Row is chosen. Clearing every symbol from that row reveals the word Bonus on it.
More significantly, clearing the Bonus Row of symbols triggers free spins, and furthermore, if gamers clear the entire matrix, the prize for doing so is 500x the wager.
Nine Clown spins on spin 234
When triggered, gamers can select one of three free spins choices. My session triggered the round once, on spin 234, and I picked the Clown for 9 spins. Clown, Knife-Thrower or Ringmaster Free Spins award 9, 7, or 5 spins, correspondingly, and during free spins, the chosen character's Multiplier Wilds are x1, x2 or x3, correspondingly.
Filling the Wild Meter during free spins triggers a Win Spin, in which the Multiplier Wilds land as 2x2 symbols and a win is guaranteed. Free spins cannot be retriggered.
Circus Free Spins as 8% of the haul
As far as circus themed slots go, Golden Ticket 2 is not the most conventional out there.
Minty Slots Verdict: My one round of Circus Free Spins paid 307 credits, 15.35x the stake, which was 8% of everything the session won. Max win caps out at 5,000x the wager.