Wheel of Fortune Ultra 5 Reels Slots
A staple of IGT’s gold-standard casino suite, Wheel of Fortune Ultra 5 Reels is a highly interactive and engaging five-reel video slot. The old-school 5x3 slot is as glitzy as Las Vegas in its ‘70s pomp, with an aggregation of gemstones and diamonds spangling across the grid.
The game does all it can to lure in players, with a plethora of multipliers on offer, alongside an Ultra Wheel Bonus and a Scatter Wheels Bonus. ‘Bonus’ is a bit of a watchword when it comes to games like this – players love nothing more than an enticing freebie. IGT understands this well enough, and Wheel of Fortune Ultra 5 Reels is packed with features to keep thirsty gamers returning to the well.
How to Play
The grid favoured by Wheel of Fortune Ultra 5 Reels might be small, at 5x3, but given there are 30 pay-lines in play, there are plenty of combinations to aim for. You can take a look at the pay-lines by clicking on the Pays tab near the top of the screen, but suffice to say, the lines zigzag in many directions.
The reels feature numerous fruit icons, including pears, cherries, blueberries and apples. These aren’t just any old fruit, though; they’re inset with gemstones and diamonds, the kind of glittery baubles you see hanging from fine chains on film star’s necks. The iced-out bling hints at the fortunes to be uncovered in this thrilling game.
There’s plenty to catch the eye besides, of course. Above the reels you’ll find the name of the game printed in gold and blue, lit up like a neon sign atop a high-rollers’ casino. Along the bottom, meanwhile, you can find buttons to adjust your coin value, total bet and paylines.
In addition to diamond-encrusted fruit, the reels play host to a Wheels of Fortune logo, numerous 7 icons (in green, purple, silver, blue and red), a Scatter Wheels emblem and an Ultra Wheels crest. There’s also a wild symbol, which is easy to watch out for: it simply says WILD in block writing.
Pay-outs
Given the spinning-wheel features, this isn’t your bog-standard video slot. That said, you can win some handsome pay-outs simply for hitting matching combos. Any combination of coloured 7s pays 75 for five in a line, though you can trigger 400 by landing five reds. Five blues pays 250, while five silvers pays 225. The fruit symbols, despite being garlanded with crystals, yield only modest pay-outs. The highest is 150 for five blackberries.
Mouthwatering Multiple Wilds
When utilised in a line win, the wild symbols transforms into a multiplier. It might be 2x or 3x, but it can also be 4x and 5x. The wild substitutes for all icons except the Ultra Wheel, Wheel of Fortune and Scatter Wheel. The Wheel of Fortune game logo, meanwhile, is the game’s other wild, giving gamers a 5x multiplier on wins when used in a winning line. It substitutes for all symbols except the Ultra Wheel, Wild and Scatter Wheel.
I know what you’re thinking: what if I hit two separate wilds in a line? Well, yes, there is that possibility… And yes, the multipliers can stack up, meaning you could well hit a 25x multiplier on your line win. The multiplying wilds appear on reels two and four only.
Scatter Wheel Bonus
Three or more Scatter Wheels in any position activates the eponymous Scatter Wheels feature. Each triggering symbol mutates into a wheel, which begins to spin automatically. The wheels then stop in order, from left to right. The indicated values that appear on the wheels are subsequently added together and multiplied by the triggering coin value to provide the total bonus win.
The Ultra Wheel Bonus
Like the Scatter Wheel Bonus, the Ultra Wheel Bonus is activated when a player lands three symbols in any position. After entering this bonus phase, three additional reels are spun. Each reel is related to a particular wheel in the bonus, and reels contain black spaces, Wheel symbols and Wheel + Multiplier icons. Pretty self-explanatory – just spin that bad boy and see what comes up. Huge money can be won here; wheel one contains multipliers that reach 10,000x. Ultra Wheel Bonus symbols appear on reels two, three and four.
The Wheel of Fate
There’s no getting around it – Wheel of Fortune Ultra 5 Reels is a good ‘un. You can’t fail to be impressed with the sheer number of bonuses and multipliers up for grabs. It might be short animations, but this title is a big hit with gimlet-eyed old school gamers.
