Bicicleta Slot – Free Demo

Coin values from 0.01 to 4 across 25 lines

One method to talk to the souls of gamblers is by letting them realise that the slot in question is capable of doling out wins large enough to finance a shopping weekend in London. That is what drew me to Bicicleta in the first place, in all candour. Bicicleta is a football-themed slot from Yggdrasil Gaming, the studio that also made Vikings Go Wild. Promise, however, can be found in most slots these days. If you wish punters to head back for more, it'll need more subtlety than that. I played 400 spins at 2.50 credits each, starting from a balance of 11,000.00 credits.

It is playable from 0.25 to 100 credits per spin. Bicicleta reaches that range through coin values of 0.01 to 4 across 25 paylines. It arrives supplied with an RTP of 96.30%, and although not poor by any means, Bicicleta is a rather plain slot, not only in game layout but also in terms of visual look. Ordinary line wins in the base game pay small amounts at this stake: of the 133 spins that paid anything, 75 returned less than the 2.50 credits wagered.

Footballers, card suits and a Trophy on reel 5

On the reels you will discover footballers and card suits. The football is the Free Spin symbol, and the Trophy lands only on reel 5. You will discover wilds as well. The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Free Spin symbol and the Trophy, and where it could complete more than one combination it takes the one that pays most.

Nineteen spins out of four footballs

3, 4 or 5 Free Spin symbols activate 8, 16 or 24 free spins. My first round came on spin 13, when four of them landed for 16 spins. During the bonus, 2 to 4 additional spins are added to the count whenever a Trophy on reel 5 grants them. In that first round a Trophy added 3 more, making 19 spins, and the round paid 1,737.50 credits, 695 times the stake. Only one of my three bonuses received additional spins from a Trophy, so punters can't necessarily hope to enjoy more spins than the ones originally granted. The other two, from three and five symbols, paid 10 and 23 times the stake.

When a bicycle kick nets a goal during the free spins, player symbols can become Sticky Wilds, remaining on the reels until the feature finishes, and aside from the Sticky Wilds, punters also get the Wild Reel as a Trophy reward. Each Trophy in the feature gives one of three awards: extra spins, a coin win or the Wild Reel. With it, one random reel converts wholly into Sticky Wilds. Nothing sticky leaves the reels before the feature ends, so the number of wilds can only rise as the round goes on.

Minty Slots Verdict: Of the 2,387.35 credits the session won, 1,820.00 came out of three free spins rounds, and 1,737.50 of those out of the one where a Trophy stretched 16 spins to 19. Across the 400 spins, 75 of the 133 paying ones were worth less than the 2.50 bet.

12,387.35 credits after 400 spins

The game layout is somewhat basic. I fairly enjoyed Bicicleta despite it. The balance ended at 12,387.35 credits and never dropped below 10,989.75 along the way.

It's a mid volatility slot. My longest run without a win lasted 19 spins, ending on spin 386. It's far from harsh, though, and at times it even proved to be rather bet friendly, with lots of promise to it as well. Free spins supplied 1,820.00 of the 2,387.35 credits I won, or 76%. The max win, however, is pegged at 1,900 times the stake. In other terms, the promise is not of the explosive sort so to speak. My first bonus paid a little over a third of that maximum. But it's there nonetheless. Football Star Deluxe is another football-themed slot on the site.

It might very well be one of the finer football slots I've encountered in a while.