Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways Slot Review
Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways charges you for its jackpot twice: 5.30% of every wager skims off into the four progressives, and the headline return of 86.93% sits well below what the same stake buys in a non-jackpot Megaways game. That’s the deal, and the glitzy vault around it, all mirror-ball and fanned banknotes, is there to make you forget the arithmetic. Whether that’s a fair exchange is the only question this game asks.
Triple Edge Studios built it on six reels with up to 117,649 ways, high volatility, and bets from 0.10 to 20.00 a spin. It sits in the studio’s catalogue alongside Cash ‘n’ Riches Megaways and Lara Croft: Fortune of the Eclipse, with Book of Oz also worth a look. If you’re chasing the WOWPOT, this is the disco where it lives.
Base Game & Features
Wins pay left to right, starting on the leftmost reel, on adjacent reels in any position. Each reel can carry up to seven symbols, and every spin deals a different number of them, so the ways count shifts from spin to spin. Only the highest combination pays on any single way.
A way is simply a pattern of adjacent symbol positions running across the reels, and there’s no payline map to read: matching symbols on consecutive reels from the left all count, whatever row they sit in. Ways wins are multiplied by the bet multiplier, and if several winning combinations land on a single way, only the highest of them pays. The total payout of a spin is the sum of every way win plus any scatter wins.
The ways count isn’t fixed at its ceiling. Most spins deal something well short of 117,649 ways, and the running count sits on screen so you can see exactly what each spin is working with.
Extra Reel
An extra row of symbols sits above reels two to five, adding one symbol to each of the reels it hangs over. It’s present on every spin, and it’s where the game’s two most important symbols live: scatters and wilds both appear only up there.
That thin strip of reel does a lot of work. The wild substitutes for everything except the scatter, and it only ever lands on the Extra Reel, so every wild that arrives also counts towards the jackpot collection explained below.
Rolling Reels
Rolling Reels run in both the base game and free spins. Every symbol that forms a way win is removed after it pays, and new symbols drop in to fill the gaps. One spin can therefore chain several consecutive wins, each one building on the last.
In the base game the chains simply pay out and stop. In free spins they matter far more, because each roll bumps the win multiplier, and that multiplier has no stated limit. The base game’s job is really to keep the reels moving between bonus rounds, and a hit rate of 31.75% keeps the rolls ticking over often enough.
Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways Free Spins & Jackpots
Free Spins
The trigger works from the scatter symbols, which land only on the Extra Reel:
- Four scatters – 12 free spins
- Five scatters – 17 free spins
- Six scatters – 22 free spins
- Every extra scatter beyond four – 5 additional spins
All bets during the round match the triggering spin. The win multiplier starts at one and climbs by one after every roll of the Rolling Reels, with no ceiling on how high it can build, so a long chain late in the round is where the biggest normal wins hide.
Retriggers work from the Extra Reel only, since that’s the sole place scatters appear during the round. Three scatters award five additional spins and four award ten.
Progressive Pick Game
Every wild that lands during Rolling Reels play gets collected. Once a roll sequence finishes, those collected wilds give a chance of triggering the Progressive Pick Game, and the more wilds gathered, the better the odds. It can fire in the base game or in free spins, though only one play can be awarded per wager.
Trigger it and the feature runs in steps:
- 12 facedown tokens appear, each tied to one of the four progressive jackpots
- Pick a token to reveal its associated jackpot
- The first three matching tokens revealed award that jackpot
- Any jackpot win ends the feature immediately
Every jackpot win is independent of your bet, so the minimum 0.10 stake has the same claim on the WOWPOT as the maximum 20.00. Progressive jackpots are only available to real-money players, and when one is won, every player worldwide is notified and the pot resets.
The four tiers stack up like this:
- WOWPOT – the top of the ladder and the game’s reason to exist
- Major – second tier, still a life-changing sum when it’s grown
- Minor – third tier
- Mini – the entry rung, most frequently won
Each tier climbs continuously and the live values sit on screen at all times, nudging upwards between spins. When a jackpot actually drops, the payout is settled on the casino server’s value rather than whatever the display was showing at the moment of the win, and the pot then resets from its base.
The progressives are the game’s ceiling, and no other maximum win figure exists for it. The jackpot funding comes out of that separate 5.30% contribution on every wager, which is also why the headline return reads as low as it does.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.4/10
Playing this is mostly standing in a lit vault, waiting for the one door that matters. The reels roll, the wilds collect quietly, and the jackpot ticker does the talking; the WOWPOT is the single reason to be here rather than anywhere else, and the game never pretends otherwise.
The best thing about it is free spins, where the unlimited multiplier climbing with every roll can turn one late chain into the round of your night. The worst thing is what the jackpots cost you between features: at 86.93%, ordinary returns run thin, and long stretches show it.
This suits jackpot hunters who’ll fund the ladder at small stakes and take the rest as it comes. Anyone after a rich all-round Megaways session will be happier in the studio’s non-jackpot titles. The lights in this disco are on for one reason, and if that reason is yours, it’s a good night out.
Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways?
The RTP is 86.93%. A further 5.30% of each wager goes to the progressive jackpot contribution, which is why the return sits well below a typical non-jackpot slot. -
How do you trigger free spins in Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways?
Landing four scatters starts the round with 12 free spins, and each additional scatter on the triggering spin adds five more. Scatters only appear on the Extra Reel above reels two to five. -
How does the Progressive Pick Game work?
Wilds collected during Rolling Reels play give a chance of triggering the pick game once the rolls finish, with more wilds meaning better odds. You then reveal facedown tokens until three matching ones appear, which awards the corresponding progressive jackpot. Only one play can be awarded per wager. -
Can free spins retrigger in Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways?
Yes. Three scatters during the round award an additional five free spins, and four scatters award ten. During free spins, scatters only land on the Extra Reel. -
What does the wild symbol do in Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways?
The wild substitutes for all symbols except the scatter, and it only appears on the Extra Reel above the main reels. Every wild that lands is also collected towards the Progressive Pick Game trigger. -
How many ways to win does Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways have?
The game uses six reels with a variable number of symbols on each, giving up to 117,649 ways to win. The Extra Reel above reels two to five adds an extra symbol to each of those reels. -
What are the stake options on Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways?
Stakes run from 0.10 to 20.00 per spin. Progressive jackpot wins are independent of the bet, so every stake level has the same claim on the four jackpots. -
When was Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways released?
Cash ‘N Riches WOWPOT! Megaways’ release date is 30 June 2022.
