Slick Riches Slot Machine
Lovely greasy oil, it may not be the most glamorous business in the world, but everyone knows that they are plentiful riches to be had in the oil industry. And there are also plenty of big money prizes to be found in Slick Riches, a 5-reel slot machine by Novomatic which spins around the theme of the booming oil business.
Helping players prospect the best lines to drill for black gold are numerous bonus symbols such as a wild icon, an expanding wild icon and a bonus triggering scatter symbol.
Slick spins
If you don't mind getting your hands dirty for your riches, then this is the slot machine for you. Based on the multi-billion dollar oil industry, Slick Riches spins with reels that are greased up with a whole variety of props and emblems from the black gold business. There are wrenches, hard hats, oil drums, pumpjack machines, stacks of cash, oil tanker ships and an offshore oil rig – all of which constitute the lower paying game symbols.
As for the big buck icons, players should keep a look out for land-based oil rigs, an oil tycoon and the “Slick Riches” logo. The game's two wild symbols are depicted by a splodge of the black stuff with the word “Wild” and a gold tower, the latter of which is an expanding wild which will extend upwards and downwards to cover all of the reel positions on the reel which it appears.
The game's scatter symbol is represented by a drill head, and it will only appear on reels 1, 3, and 5.
Drill for some bonus spins
Should three of those scattered drill heads appear one any one spin, then spinners will be taken to the “Random Drill Region Selection Feature”. OK, so it's not the snappiest of bonus feature titles, but it should still provide plenty of excitement gameplay.
This game automatically gives players an award of 2x their total bet in credits as well as 7 free spins with 1 scatter wild and a 1x multiplier. However, punters will have to chance to boost their bonus bounty with a special pick 'em side game with the opportunity to select additional credits, more free spin, extra scatter wilds and increased multipliers.
First of all, players will be presented with a map of four regions, each of which will offer a range of those four bonus prizes, although there will be a higher chance of winning certain prizes in each of the regions as indicated. One of these four regions will be chosen at random on behalf of the player to show nine selection options. Players have four chances to pick extra bonus rewards, after which the free games will be players according to the special modifiers that were found in the side game.
Prospect for black gold
Let's face it, that bonus game won't come around with every spin of the reels. However, spinners have many opportunities to prospect some winning lines in the base game with 25 paylines available to play with. If they so desire, players can limit the number of paylines in play to just 1 single line while the bet per line options range from as little as 2 credits to 400 credits.
There is no monetary reward for finding three scatters in this slot machine, only the chance to play a bonus game. Therefore, all wins during the base game are made up of various multiplier values which are applied to the value of the bet per line. The smallest of these wins is a 5x line be multiplier which is awarded when three wrench icons are lined up on a payline from the leftmost reel going to the right.
The most valuable icons are the two wild symbols, both of which will pay a 1,500x multiplier when five fill out a payline. You can see all of the various winning combinations and their respective line bet values in the paytable below:
Gritty game with glamorous winning potential
Slick Riches may not be the most glamorously designed slot machine out there, but it sure does serve up some big winning potential with its duo of wild symbols and bonus game which offers cash prizes and free spin modifiers such as multipliers and extra wilds. This game isn't going to appeal to a universal audience with its gritty theme and basic two-dimensional design, but it does offer a nice change from the many fantasy themed games and historical titles which dominate the slot machine world.