Chef hats at the ready as Videoslots Casino will be dishing up the latest slot from Big Time Gaming titled Spicy Meatballs Megways to their casino on the official launch day of the 14th of July 2021.

This slot has a backstory that manages to encapsulate previous releases with hints to the Bonanza Megapays setting. Of course, the cows from Beef Lightning Megaways too possibly making their way into these Meatballs, given they are a secret blend of “Mt Cashmore Beef” and an old Sicilian recipe passed down from Jose’s grandmother.

Enough the backstory though, this is a fairly regular Megaways slot with regular wild symbols in play (Chef Hat Wilds) along with 4 Meatball chutes above the reels that can add more spicy Multiplier Wilds into the gameplay, with a maximum of 2 of these allowed in play at any given moment.

There are no scatter symbols to be concerned about on this slot, instead, you are looking to get 5 or more consecutive wins, thanks to the Megaways and tumbling reels features and additional wilds all helping to form successive wins easier.

When the special Meatball Wilds form part of a win they also rise in Multiplier Value by 1x each time and move 1 position further down the reel.

With max Megaways active on a given reel these wilds can grow high in value too before reaching the very bottom of the reel and disappearing.

However, the key feature to this slot is during the free spins mode where any Multiplier values attained before triggering the bonus feature are kept and transferred into the bonus round, and any further gains are also kept until the bonus round fully completes.

With multiple re-triggers and a guaranteed Meatball wild symbol being added on every spin during the bonus round, it’s quite possible to get some crazily high multiplier values in play!

A max stated overall exposure of 55,210x Stake and a max win possible from the base game of 52,600x stake ensures this slot can certainly be categorised as Spicy!

Base Game

The base gameplay is a fairly standard Megaways slot, with regular Chef Hat Wilds present on reels 2 to 5 helping to form wins along with the Meatball Wilds that randomly drop in from the tubes above the reels on reels 2 to 5 also.

Triggering the bonus feature is slightly unusual relying completely on 5 or more reaction wins (that are easily tracked on each side of the reels) to trigger the main bonus feature.

• Chef Hat Wild Symbols – These regular wild symbols appear on reels 2 to 5 only and act as a regular wild symbol when forming any wins, subsequently they are removed from the reels entirely when a winning combination is formed.

• Wild Meatball Symbol – During any Every spin and also every reaction the special Wild Meatball symbols may be added at the top of reels 2-5. With up to 2 Wild Meatballs able to appear at any one time.

The Wild Meatball symbols start with a multiplier value displayed on the pot above the reel. This multiplier then increases by 1x every row that the Wild Meatball moves down.

Wild Meatballs will move down at least one row per reaction and they will stay on-screen through all reaction wins until they are removed from the bottom of the reels, when no more wins occur, or the Free Spins bonus round is complete.

Free Spins Round

The main free spins round in Spicy Meatballs Megaways is triggered when 5 or more reactions occur in the base game and this awards an initial starting 8 Free Spins, with extra spins awarded +1 for each further reaction after the 5th.

During the bonus round, you are guaranteed a Meatball Wild on every single spin, and these will again drop into play from the tubes above reels 2-5 only.

Any multiplier values that are gained prior to triggering the bonus feature are carried over into the bonus round giving you a nice head start on certain reels.

Re-triggering the bonus round is possible with  5+ reactions occurring in the Free Spins round awarding 4 extra Free Spins and +1 for any further reactions after that!

There is a maximum of 2 Wild Meatballs that can appear at any one time on the reels, but remember there is also the Chef Hat Wilds in play too!

The value of the Wild Meatballs are always displayed on the pots above the reels, these increase by 1x for every row that the Wild Meatball moves down which occurs after winning reactions and regular winning symbols are removed.

These semi-sticky like wild symbols will stay on-screen through reactions until they are removed from the bottom of the reel, or no more wins occur. The value of the Multiplier is updated accordingly on the pot above that reel.

Paytable

The paytable shown below shows the coin value wins for the Premium or High Paying symbols on this slot and does not reflect any of the Multiplier Wilds values that will hugely increase these kinds of wins.