The unique themed characters of the Balloonies video slots are hot air or helium-filled balloons. As being lighter than air, they float the reels. The backdrop is the vast open blue sky over which winning combinations are formed. After each winning combination, the winning balloon characters pop up and vanish leaving those empty positions to be occupied by further upcoming new characters. This creates possibilities for creating more winning combinations, and hence, more win payouts. The process continues until there are no more wins.
The free slot Balloonies game consists of 20 fixed play lines over 5 reels and 3 rows. The betting arrangement has 6 levels. It starts with 1 coin bet per payline, the next is 2 coins, then 3, and 20 coins are the max bet per line with 5 and 10 coins bets in between. Hence, with fixed 20 paylines, the minimum total stake is 20 coins, while 400 coins are the max total stake.
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Let`s dwell on the symbols provided in Balloonies Slot machine.
- Some of the symbols resemble that of card characters A, K, Q, and others are the cartoon-like animal figures of an elephant, a giraffe, a monkey, and the highest valued character bear a resemblance to the Walt Disney’s famous cartoon character Jerry the Mouse. Their payout range from 5× to 1,000× bet per payline.
- Bonus Symbol. The ‘Bonus’ label tagged balloon is the bonus symbol. Three bonus symbols appearing on the reels pay 2× of the total stake. These symbols appear on the leftmost first three reels only. They do not appear during free spins.
- The Hedgehog-like cartoon figure in the balloon is the wild symbol. It substitutes for all the symbols in base or bonus games to make their respective winning combinations. However, it cannot substitute for the bonus symbol or the scatter star-shaped multiplier symbol.
- The bright yellow star-shaped balloon is the scatter multiplier symbol, and each star symbol pays 2× of the bet per payline. Hence, it may happen that with no winning combination but with the presence of just one star symbol on the reels it will award a 5× multiplier.
- Multiplier Feature. The bright yellow star-shaped balloon is the scatter symbol as well as the multiplier of the game. Each of these symbols reveals any of the 3 multiplier values from 2× to 5× with 3× in between. In case 2 or more star symbols appear on the reels, their values will be added together. The winnings per spin will be multiplied by the revealed multiplier value of the star symbol. The star-shaped balloon symbols appear on the first three leftmost reels only. They offer similar rewards in both base game and during free spins.
- Free Spins. The ‘Bonus’ balloon is the bonus symbol of Balloonies online slot. The bonus games of free spins are activated by landing 3 bonus symbols on the reels. A new screen appears with 3 balloons of the red, blue, and green colours, and a player has to choose 1 balloon. The number revealed by the chosen balloon is the number of free spins awarded. The feature cannot be retriggered.
Conclusion
The Balloonies slot online has low to medium variance with the RTP of 96.23%. The unique gameplay and the bonus features made it impossible to predict the highest win payout. Still, the conclusion can be drawn that players should try this game for sure as the unpredictable multipliers in every spin of the base or bonus games can do magic. Try Balloonies free play to understand the gist of the gameplay.