Congo Cash XL Slot – Free Demo

470 spins under a 100,000.00 ceiling

After you've taken a glance at Congo Cash XL, you can't fault Pragmatic Play for attempting to devise concepts for novel new themes. I played 470 spins of it at a 250 stake from a starting balance of 100,000.00. It is a video slot with a name that mirrors the cheerful mood of the theme if you will. Those spins wagered 117,500.00 and paid back 33,200.00. Nonetheless, this is a high volatility slot and no monkey business. The balance never once rose above the 100,000.00 it started with.

Concerning configuration, there's nothing out of the usual here, as the game is supplied with 6 reels, 4-3-3-3-3-4 rows, 1,296 ways and takes wagers between 0.25 and 250. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. Although not the highest ever launched by the firm who rates it 5 out of 6 on the volatility scale, the gameplay is high volatility. In my session 82 of the 470 spins paid, and 41 of those paid less than the stake. It's not a complex slot fortunately, and the features included are basic and uncomplicated as you will observe. The longest run without any win lasted 25 spins and ended on spin 108.

In respect of RTP, the standard configuration is 96.41%. That is the highest. A 95.41% version of the game also exists. But particular builds may employ configurations as low as 94.48%. My session returned 28.3%, and the balance ended at 15,700.00, which was also its lowest point.

A Gorilla that pays for two of a kind

Symbols on the reels comprise 10 to A royals as well as 5 creatures. The Gorilla pays for 2 or more of a kind, while every other paying symbol needs at least 3. They are a frog, a lemur, a mandrill, a leopard and the highest paying symbol. The leopard is the next best of the creatures, paying 3.2 times the stake for 6 of a kind. That is a gorilla who will award you 8 times the stake should you hit 6 across a complete way. The royals top out at 1.2 times the stake for 6 of a kind.

In the shape of a diamond, the wild arrives. It lands on reels 2 to 6 only and substitutes for every paying symbol, but not for Butterfly, Congo Cash or Congo Cash XL symbols.

Butterflies on reel 1 and reel 6

A collection feature has been introduced to the base game. It works off a Jewel Board, a row of random jewels above reels 2 to 5 that changes after every spin. Hit a Butterfly on both reel 1 and reel 6 plus at least 1 Congo Cash or Congo Cash XL symbol on reels 2 to 5, and the collection feature is activated, and when enabled, a Congo Cash symbol collects the jewel above its reel. A Congo Cash XL symbol collects between 1 and 5 random jewels from the board instead.

Minty’s Final Note: Congo Cash XL is topped at a max win of 4,400 times the stake, according to the info sheet. My best hit was 4,250.00 on spin 369, which is 17 times the stake.

Which jewel starts the Free Spins?

Collecting at least 1 Free Spins jewel activates the free spins feature. Besides Free Spins jewels, the board carries money values from 4 to 200 times the bet and fixed Minor, Major and Grand jackpots worth 20, 80 and 2,000 times the bet. It contains a guaranteed Wild in every free spin on the reel where the jewel was collected, and the free spin feature starts with 8 to 100 Free Spins per jewel, while each Free Spins jewel collected during the bonus grants extra Free Spins. I collected no Free Spins jewel in 470 spins, so the round never came up.

Funky, but no fresh ground in the Congo

It's not a groundbreaking slot in any way. Congo Cash from Wild Streak Gaming shares its name, while Gorilla Gold Megaways is a Blueprint Gaming title. It doesn't truly break fresh grounds, although it's still a decent funky fresh slot by Pragmatic Play with a touch of a twist to it.