How to Play Mega Moolah

Released more than a decade ago, all the way back in 2006, Mega Moolah has become a staple within the online casino world. Renowned for its record-breaking jackpot payouts in recent years, this slot offers players an exciting and potentially rewarding gameplay system with a set of different symbols, bonus features and progressive jackpots, which we will be breaking down.

If you want, you can use our article to learn more about why Mega Moolah is so popular before you read about how to play.

How to play Mega Moolah

Mega Moolah presents its players with a standard rectangular framed play table featuring 5-reels and 3 rows. These stony textured reels offer players 25 different ways to potentially win with each spin, with the players being able to bet between 0.25 and 6.25 per spin. Situated in an African Savannah, the game’s reels house a wide variety of different symbols, 10 in fact, that can be landed.

Beginning with the most conventional and familiar set, the card-based symbols are some of Mega Moolah’s lowest paying symbols. The required combinations and respective winning payouts for these are as follows:

• 10: Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols will award you a payout of 2x, 10x or 40x on your initial bets, respective to the number of successfully landed symbols.
• The Jack: Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols will award you a payout of 3x, 15x or 60x on your initial bets, respective to the number of successfully landed symbols.
• The Queen: Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols will award you a payout of 4x, 20x or 75x on your initial bets, respective to the number of successfully landed symbols.
• The King: Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols will award you a payout of 6x, 30x or 100x on your initial bets, respective to the number of successfully landed symbols.
• The Ace: Landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols will award you a payout of 8x, 40x or 150x on your initial bets, respective to the number of successfully landed symbols.

As mentioned previously, the game’s reels are set in the African wilderness. As a result, the game adapts some of the commonly found animals that call the Savannah their home as the game’s higher-paying symbols. These include:

• The Antelope, which pays out 10x, 50x or 250x your initial bet when landing 3, 4 or 5 of these respective symbols.
• The Zebra, which pays out 20x, 100x or 400x your initial bet when landing 3, 4 or 5 of these respective symbols.
• The Giraffe, which pays out 30x, 125x or 500x your initial bet when landing 3, 4 or 5 of these respective symbols.
• The Buffalo, which pays out 4x, 40x, 150x or 600x your initial bet when landing 2, 3, 4 or 5 of these respective symbols.
• The Elephant, which is the highest paying symbol, pays out 6x, 50x, 250x or 700x your initial bet when landing 2, 3, 4 or 5 of these respective symbols.

Bonus Symbols

The Mega Moolah slot also has two separate bonus symbols that are available on the reels. First is the game’s Wild symbol, which is represented by the Lion. This helps you form winning combinations on the play table as it substitutes in for any other regular pay symbol when successfully landed on the grid. However, this symbol also has an additional purpose. When part of any winning pay line, the value of the win is subject to a 2x multiplier, meaning wins that feature the Wild are doubled.

The game’s other bonus symbol is the Scatter which is represented by a creature even we are unsure of. With purple skin and orange hair, landing 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols can trigger the game’s Free Spin Bonus round, in which the player is initially awarded 15 bonus spins. However, the bonus doesn’t end there, as any win during this bonus round is tripled, meaning there is the potential for much larger payouts.

Mega Moolah Bonus Wheel

One of Mega Moolah’s largest features is the progressive jackpots they offer to players. This is triggered randomly, with every spin of the reels having the chance to launch the bonus game. The 4 jackpots include the mini jackpot, minor jackpot, major jackpot and mega jackpot, the latter being at a minimum of 1 million in value; however, due to the progressive nature of all of these, the overall jackpot values can vary.

The bonus round itself is very easy to understand. A wheel divided up into multiple different coloured sectors is presented to the player. A simple click of the reel will begin its spin before eventually coming to a halt. The jackpot you are awarded depends on the colour landed, for instance:

• Red awards the Mini Jackpot
• Orange awards the Minor Jackpot
• Yellow awards the Major Jackpot
• Silver awards the Mega Jackpot.

As the jackpots are progressive, their value will continue to grow until someone successfully wins one of them. This means the time between individual jackpot wins can vary from a few days to a couple of months or even longer.

Summary

Mega Moolah’s tried and tested formula only continues to provide even more excitement and enjoyment to the many players all over the globe. With its progressive jackpots continuously growing and its vibrant colour pallet and graphic still holding up to this day, Mega Moolah will most likely remain a staple of online casino games for years to come.