Crazy Pachinko

Game Overview

Type of Game	Slot Machine / Pachinko / Game Show
Layout	5 reels, 3 rows
Ways to win	10 paylines
Bet range	$0.1 – $1,875
RTP	95.01% – 96.05%
Max win	12,000x
Features	XXXTreme Spins, Top Up Game, Pachinko Bonus
Bonus buy	Yes (75x)
Release date	November 2023
Game provider	Evolution Gaming

Rating

Innovation	★★★☆☆
Graphics	★★★☆☆
Sound	★★★☆☆
Entertainment	★★★☆☆
Win potential	★★★★☆

Symbols and Payouts

For the slot part of the game, the following seven symbols are available, which can award prizes of up to 20 times your stake:

Symbol	5-line win	4-line win	3-line win
Wild	20x	10x	5x
Bell	20x	10x	5x
Cherry	12x	6x	2x
Letter A	3x	1.5x	0.6x
Letter K	2.5x	1.3x	0.5x
Letter Q	2x	1x	0.4x
Letter J	1.5x	0.7x	0.3x

Like any traditional payline slot, identical symbols must appear adjacently on a payline, starting from the first reel to the right, in order to pay.

For the Crazy Pachinko Live bonus game, the payouts are based on the stake used to qualify in the slot and range from 10x – 12,000x, depending on:

• Potential multipliers that have been collected during the slot machine phase.
• Potential multipliers that have been collected during the Top Up Game.
• The results of the Pachinko bonus and potential double-up features during this.

Let’s explore this further!

Bonuses and Features

The main feature of Crazy Pachinko is a bonus that is played live with a game host. In this bonus, the host will drop a ball in a Pachinko machine that will land in one of 16 pockets, each assigned a win multiplier ranging from 10x to 200x.

However, one or several pockets can randomly be assigned a “double up” feature, resulting in a new ball drop where all multipliers are doubled. This doubling can happen several times in a row, potentially leading to massive payouts.

To trigger the Pachinko bonus, players must land three scatter symbols on the slot reels. Alternatively, it is also possible to purchase direct access to the bonus, which costs 75 times your selected bet amount.

Scatter Multipliers

In addition to the “double-up” feature in the Pachinko machine, the payouts in the bonus game can also be increased via scatter multipliers.

These are multipliers ranging from x2 to x10, which can randomly appear on each scatter symbol in the slot phase of the game.

You could potentially enter the Pachinko bonus with an x30 multiplier, which would multiply all the initial payouts by a factor of 30. In other words, the 10x to 200x initial payouts would be boosted to 300x – 6,000x.

XXXtreme Spins

In addition to buying direct access to the bonus or qualifying normally, it is possible to activate an XXXtreme Spins feature during the slot phase.

This feature will make each spin cost 15 times while guaranteeing that at least one scatter symbol appears on each spin.

Additionally, the XXXtreme Spins also increase the chance for scatters to have multipliers on them.

Top Up Game

After qualifying for the Pachinko Bonus, an optional Top Up Game can be played before entering it.

This game features a 4×4 grid where multiplier symbols can be collected an unlimited number of times.

You are free to select a new bet amount, and the larger your bet, the bigger the multipliers become.

Any multipliers collected will be randomly added to one of the Pachinko Bonus’s 16 pockets.

For example, if the Pachinko bonus starts with the leftmost pocket having a 50x multiplier but you added 100x, it would become 150x.

RTP and Volatility

The return to player rate (RTP) in Crazy Pachinko varies slightly depending on the features you use:

Feature	RTP
Normal Spin	96.04%
XXXtreme Spin	96.05%
Feature Buy	96.04%
Top Up Game	95.01%

It’s important to note that the Top Up Game has a lower RTP than just playing the slot or buying direct access to the Pachinko Bonus, which means it lowers your long-term chances of profiting from the game.

In terms of volatility, we would say that Crazy Pachinko sits at a medium volatility level. If you buy direct access to the bonus, this costs 75x, and if you don’t play the Top Up Game, potential rewards are 10x – 200x, or more if you hit a “double-up” pocket.

However, the game becomes more volatile if you play the Top Up Game, as the multipliers you collect here are randomly distributed across the pockets. As a result, one pocket could potentially receive most of the multipliers and this would increase the game’s volatility.

Similarly, using the XXXtreme Spins feature compared to qualifying with normal spins or using the bonus buy feature will increase the game’s volatility due to the increased cost per spin and the randomly added win multipliers on the scatters.

Game Strategies

In our opinion, the best way to play Crazy Pachinko is to avoid the Top Up Game due to its lower RTP.

While this phase of the game can be exciting, as it randomly increases the multipliers in the Pachinko bonus, it’s a smarter move to take the money you’d like to spend there and bet more during the slot phase, where the RTP is higher.

At the end of the day, betting more during the slot phase will increase your potential payouts more than playing the Top Up Game. You will not see as high multipliers but the stake to which the multipliers apply will be higher.

The bonus buy feature is best used if you’re impatient and find the slot part of the game boring, while the XXXtreme Spins feature is great if you want to increase the risk versus reward of the game. However, in the long run, it doesn’t matter how you qualify for the Pachinko bonus.

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