3 Clown Monty Slot Review
Through the cracked windows of a battered circus van, a gorilla watches over a 5×3 grid nailed to weathered planks, faded clowns waiting behind a striped curtain at the bottom of the screen. It’s a shabby, fully committed piece of carnival noir from Play’n GO, and the design bet underneath it is unusual: almost nothing on these reels matters except the wild, and every bonus layer exists purely to hand that gorilla a bigger multiplier.
3 Clown Monty runs on 10 fixed paylines with an RTP of 96.23%, high volatility and a top prize of 20,000x your bet. The gorilla wild and its multiplier versions carry the game, with a scatter trail that runs from free spins up to a sticky-wild round on top. It’s the game that started the Monty line; the sequel kept the clowns but tamed the ride. Sister titles like Book of Dead and Raging Rex 2 show the studio’s range, but neither gets quite this strange.
Base Game and Paytable
Wins pay left to right across the 10 fixed paylines, with only the highest combination counted on each line. When you win on multiple lines in a single round, everything is added together, and feature wins stack on top of payline wins. Scatters can land on any reel, and winning combinations pay without gaps – a symbol has to sit on consecutive reels from the left.
The gorilla wild substitutes for every symbol except the scatter. When the Multiplier Meter is active, it can arrive carrying a multiplier of its own. The orange-haired clown is the richest paying symbol on the reels.
All symbol values are multiples of the total bet, not the line bet:
- Clown (orange hair): 2x, 5x and 50x for three, four and five
- Clown (blue hat): 1x, 2.5x and 12.5x
- Clown (green): 1x, 2x and 10x
- Van: 0.5x, 1x and 5x
- Pie: 0.5x, 1x and 5x
- Spade: 0.3x, 0.6x and 2x
- Heart: 0.3x, 0.6x and 2x
- Diamond: 0.2x, 0.4x and 1x
- Club: 0.2x, 0.4x and 1x
- Gorilla wild: 2x, 5x and 50x
The wild matches the top clown’s 50x for five, so a full line of gorillas pays as well as anything in the game. Three clowns, one gorilla-heavy paytable.
Multiplier Wilds and the Multiplier Meter
When the Multiplier Meter is active, any wild that lands can turn into a Multiplier Wild carrying a value of x2, x3, x4, x5, x10 or x25. Any win that passes through one is multiplied by the value shown. Land more than one on the same payline and each contributes its multiplier to the win.
In the bonus rounds the meter never stops running, and that’s where the x25 gorilla stops being a curiosity and starts being the point of the whole exercise.
Dealers Choice
Land two scatters anywhere on the reels and Dealers Choice kicks in. The feature randomly awards either a third scatter, sending you straight to free spins, or between two and six extra wilds dropped onto the reels.
During the feature, scatters themselves turn into Wild Scatters, and if the Multiplier Meter is running, the added wilds can arrive as Multiplier Wilds. It’s a two-scatter tease that resolves immediately rather than leaving you staring at a near miss.
Free Spins and Monty Spins
Three or more scatters trigger Free Spins, and the count is decided by a card pick:
- Three scatters: 5, 7 or 9 free spins
- Four scatters: 7, 9 or 10 free spins
- Five scatters: 9, 10 or 12 free spins
Inside the round, every wild is a Multiplier Wild and the Multiplier Meter is always active. No new symbols, no new grid – the gorillas simply run at full power on every spin, and the difference that makes to the win sizes is immediate.
The round plays out at the same bet and the same number of lines as the spin that triggered it, and the bet can’t be changed while a round is running. Your stake going in is your stake throughout.
Monty Spins
Land two or more scatters during free spins and you trigger Monty Spins, again via a card pick:
- Two scatters: 4, 5 or 6 Monty Spins
- Three scatters: 5, 6 or 7 Monty Spins
- Four scatters: 6, 7 or 8 Monty Spins
- Five scatters: 7, 8 or 9 Monty Spins
Monty Spins are where the game’s ceiling lives. The Multiplier Wild active on the triggering free spin is fixed for the entire round, and all wilds are sticky. A x25 gorilla locked in place across up to nine spins is a dangerous thing to build around.
At the end of each Monty session there’s a single chance to win +3 Monty Spins or return to the remaining free spins. Retriggers inside free spins also reset the card pick, so a long round can climb through several Monty sessions before it’s done.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.9/10
A session here is a long quiet stretch in a battered van, broken up by two-scatter moments that actually resolve into something rather than leaving you hanging. The reason to climb aboard is that the gorilla wild does nearly all the work: when one sticks with a big multiplier behind it, a single symbol can carry a whole round, and that’s rarer than it should be.
The strength is how the bonuses compound – every wild multiplied in free spins, then a round that locks the best one in place and lets it accumulate. The weakness is the road there: the base grid is thin, and two card picks stand between you and the round you came for. The sequel smoothed that journey out and trimmed the ceiling to do it, so this remains the rawer, greedier version of the same idea.
It suits high-volatility players who enjoy a long build and don’t mind a quiet grid while the meter does nothing. Players after frequent small hits will find this van a bumpy ride. For the patient, the clowns are worth the wait.
3 Clown Monty FAQs
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What is the RTP of 3 Clown Monty?
The RTP is 96.23%, which sits above the industry average for an online slot. -
Is 3 Clown Monty high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility slot. Wins can be sizeable when the multiplier wilds line up, but the gaps between them can be long. -
How many paylines does 3 Clown Monty have?
It’s a 5-reel video slot with 10 fixed paylines, paying left to right with only the highest win counted on each line. -
What is the grid size of 3 Clown Monty?
The game plays on a 5×3 grid, with five reels and three rows across its 10 fixed paylines. The grid doesn’t change during the bonus rounds; the same layout runs through Free Spins and Monty Spins. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in 3 Clown Monty?
Land three or more scatter symbols. A card pick then decides your spin count: 5, 7 or 9 for three scatters, 7, 9 or 10 for four, and 9, 10 or 12 for five. During the round every wild is a Multiplier Wild. -
What are Monty Spins in 3 Clown Monty?
Monty Spins trigger when you land two or more scatters during Free Spins. The Multiplier Wild on the triggering spin is fixed for the whole round and all wilds are sticky, giving you up to nine spins of locked-in multiplier wilds. -
What happens when you land two scatters in 3 Clown Monty?
Two scatters trigger Dealers Choice, which randomly awards either a third scatter or between two and six extra wilds. Scatters turn into Wild Scatters during the feature. -
What is the maximum win on 3 Clown Monty?
The maximum win is 20,000x your bet, one of the bigger ceilings Play’n GO have put on a game. -
Can Monty Spins retrigger in 3 Clown Monty?
Yes, in a limited way. At the end of each Monty Spins session there’s a single chance to win +3 Monty Spins or return to your remaining free spins, and landing two or more scatters during free spins triggers a fresh card pick for another Monty session.
