Wicked Grin - Demo & Slot Review

Wicked Grin uses 5 reels and 5 rows with Scatter Pays, meaning at least 6 matching symbols anywhere on the grid create a win. Winning symbols disappear and new ones tumble into the empty spaces until no further win forms. There are no wilds at all, so the ordinary fruit and card symbols have to do the work themselves while the special Grin symbols wait for the right position.

The highest RTP is 96.27%, with 94.32%, 92.28% and 86.28% versions also available. Volatility is medium, the maximum win reaches 10,000x the bet and bets range from 0.10 to 100. Regular symbol payouts are fairly modest, which makes the expanding Coin reels much more important than the standard paytable. In practice, the grid can look busy for several tumbles without doing much serious damage until one of those grinning skulls finally reaches the bottom.

Expanding Grins and Coins

When a Wicked Grin lands on the bottom row, it expands across its whole reel after regular wins have finished. Every covered position turns into either a Coin or a Multiplier.

Coin values are split into several tiers:

• Bronze Coins are worth 1x–4x.
• Silver Coins are worth 5x–9x.
• Gold Coins are worth 10x–50x.
• Diamonds are worth 100x–500x.
• Multipliers range from 2x to 20x.

Multipliers affect Coins above them on the same reel and qualifying Coins on neighbouring reels. The Epic Wicked Grin goes one step further: when it expands, every other Grin already visible on the grid expands as well.

Free Spins

FS and Super FS symbols also need to reach the bottom row. Once they do, they expand across their reel, with each covered position awarding 1, 2 or 3 Free Spins. One expanding symbol therefore awards between 5 and 15 spins, and a maximum of two can appear together.

A regular FS symbol starts Stash N Stack. Every reel has its own multiplier beginning at 1x. Whenever a Wicked Grin expands, Coins on that reel are multiplied by the current value, after which that reel’s multiplier increases by +1 for later spins.

A Super FS symbol instead opens Coin Craze. Each reel now has a Collector that stores Coin values from expanding Grins. Multipliers can boost those stored amounts, and nothing is paid until the bonus ends, when all six Collector totals are added together.

Both bonuses can award another 5–15 spins from new expanding bonus symbols, with up to 30 extra spins available. Stash N Stack builds power openly spin by spin, while Coin Craze keeps everything locked away until the final reveal.

Feature Buy

There are four FeatureSpins and direct-buy options for anyone who wants to get to the interesting part faster.

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins costs 3x the bet per spin and makes a bonus around five times more likely.
• Grinny FeatureSpins costs 50x the bet per spin and guarantees a Wicked Grin, but FS symbols cannot appear.
• Stash N Stack costs 80x the bet and opens that bonus directly.
• Coin Craze costs 200x the bet and starts the stronger Collector-based feature.

The 80x Stash N Stack purchase is clearly the friendlier entry point, while Coin Craze asks considerably more for the privilege of watching your money sit locked above the reels until the very end.