Big Money Frenzy Slot Review
A jeweller’s vault of gemstones and cash, framed like a casino marquee: Big Money Frenzy mounts its reels on a deep emerald wall, the gold cabinet around them studded with pearls and white brilliants. Blueprint Gaming have dressed this one to the nines, and the dressing is doing a lot of the work, because the machine underneath is stripped to the bone.
Underneath the gilding it’s a compact build: five reels, three rows, 10 fixed paylines and a total RTP of 95.00%. It’s a tighter, more traditional shape than the Megaways work Blueprint are best known for, closer in spirit to Fishin’ Frenzy The Big Catch or Buffalo Rising Megaways than to their licensed showpieces. Ten lines and one carrying symbol make it a game you can read at a glance; the interesting question is how much that simplicity gives back.
Base Game & Features
The base game is built around one symbol. Every reel carries stacked Mystery symbols, marked with a question mark, and each one transforms into any other symbol when it lands. When stacks align across neighbouring reels, the same symbol can fill several winlines at once.
That’s the whole of the base game, and it’s an effective one. A full stack of premium symbols is always live in theory, so every spin carries the possibility of a loaded board. Three or more Mystery symbols in view also do a second job: they award Money Spins, the game’s feature round.
Wins pay left to right across the 10 lines, numbered 1 to 10, and each win is multiplied by the line bet. Only the highest combination on each line counts towards a payout, so a line carrying both a three-of-a-kind and a four-of-a-kind pays the longer one only. The paying symbols, and what they return as multiples of the total bet:
- Diamond: 50x for three, 200x for four, 1,000x for five
- Gold Bars: 20x for three, 100x for four, 500x for five
- Cash Stack: 10x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- Blue Coins: 10x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- Pink Gem: 5x for three, 20x for four, 100x for five
- Purple and Green Triangle Gem: 5x for three, 10x for four, 50x for five
The Diamond sits above everything else – a five-of-a-kind returns twice what the next symbol down pays. It’s a top-heavy ladder.
The cash and coin symbols cluster together at the bottom of it, paying identical values at every tier. The gap between a good spin and a great one is wide, and the Diamond does most of the separating. On a ten-line grid with five distinct pay tiers, most of the routine wins come from the lower half of that ladder.
There’s no separate wild or scatter here. The Mystery symbol does both jobs on its own: it substitutes by transforming, and it triggers the feature round in place of a scatter. One symbol carries the base game and the bonus trigger at once – an economical design, and the reason the reels stay interesting to watch between features.
Big Money Frenzy Bonus Features
Two features carry everything here, and the second only exists inside the first. The triggers, in order:
- Mystery Stacked Reels: active on every base game spin – each reel contains stacked Mystery symbols that transform into any symbol
- Money Spins: 3 or more Mystery (?) symbols in view
- Frenzy Spins: a Frenzy Spin symbol in view during Money Spins
- Additional Frenzy Spin: a further Frenzy Spin symbol in view during Frenzy Spins
Money Spins
Land three or more Mystery symbols in view and Money Spins begins. The 5×3 grid stays in place but fills with cash-value tiles and stacked dollar Mystery symbols.
You start with three spins, and the round works on a reset mechanic: every new Mystery symbol that lands in view sets the remaining spins back to three. Each of those symbols collects a cash prize when it lands. The round ends only after three consecutive spins bring nothing new, so a lucky streak can keep it alive well beyond the opening trio.
The order of events matters. A symbol that lands collects immediately, the counter resets, and the next spin runs against a board that already holds every prize collected so far. Nothing is banked separately – the tiles stay where they landed for the duration of the round.
It’s a familiar rhythm, and the reset counter gives every spin something riding on it. A board that’s quiet for two spins can come alive again on the third, right up to the moment the count runs out.
Frenzy Spins
Land a Frenzy Spin symbol in view during Money Spins and the round changes character. During Frenzy Spins, every cash value in view is awarded on every spin, not just the new ones. The board you’ve built up stops being a collection and becomes a repeat payer.
Another Frenzy Spin symbol in view during the mode awards an additional Frenzy Spin, so the paying streak can extend itself. The late stage of a round is the valuable one – a board loaded with high cash tiles under Frenzy Spins pays out on repeat, which is where the game’s real potential sits.
There’s no bonus buy in this game. The route into Money Spins is the Mystery symbols themselves, three or more in a single spin, and nothing shortens it. Everything the round pays comes from the cash tiles you collect along the way.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Playing Big Money Frenzy is a long look through the vault glass. One symbol does everything, so the base game is a single repeated question – what will the stacks become – and the answer only really matters when Money Spins arrives. That’s the reason to pick it: a short, tense round with a genuine second act, which is more than plenty of ten-line games ever manage.
The strength is Frenzy Spins. Turning a whole collected board into a repeat payer, with the chance to extend it, gives the back end of a round real weight. The weakness is everything before it: below the Diamond the paytable is flat, and at 95.00% the game quietly keeps more of your money than most of its contemporaries.
It’s a good fit for players who like one clean mechanic and a bonus round worth waiting for, and a poor one for anyone who wants variety between features. The vault holds fewer treasures than the frame suggests, but the ones inside are real.
Big Money Frenzy FAQs
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How do you trigger Money Spins in Big Money Frenzy?
Three or more Mystery symbols in view in a single spin award Money Spins. Every new Mystery symbol that lands during the round resets the remaining spins to three. -
What does the Mystery symbol do in Big Money Frenzy?
The Mystery symbol appears stacked on every reel and transforms into any other symbol. It substitutes for everything in the base game, and three or more in view also trigger the Money Spins round. -
What are Frenzy Spins in Big Money Frenzy?
A Frenzy Spin symbol in view during Money Spins starts the Frenzy Spins mode. During it, every cash value in view is awarded on every spin rather than only when it first lands, and another Frenzy Spin symbol awards an additional one. -
Can Money Spins retrigger in Big Money Frenzy?
Yes. Each new Mystery symbol that lands in view during the round resets the remaining spins back to three, so the round continues as long as new symbols keep landing. -
What is the RTP of Big Money Frenzy?
The RTP is 95.00%. That sits below the return most modern online slots offer, which is worth weighing against the game’s bonus potential. -
How many paylines does Big Money Frenzy have?
Big Money Frenzy has 10 fixed paylines, numbered 1 to 10. Wins pay left to right, with only the highest combination on each line counting. -
What is the grid size of Big Money Frenzy?
It’s a 5×3 grid: five reels and three rows. The same layout carries into Money Spins, where it fills with cash-value tiles and stacked Mystery symbols. -
Is there a bonus buy in Big Money Frenzy?
No. The only route into Money Spins is landing three or more Mystery symbols in view during the base game, and there’s no shortcut purchase option.
