Cricket Heroes

Cricket Heroes Slot Review

Floodlights blazing, a blurred crowd behind the boundary and the pitch cutting up through the middle of the screen: this is cricket as an evening broadcast, and Endorphina have built their slot straight into that frame. The unusual part is what sits underneath the stadium dressing. Where most games this traditional quietly trim the return to pay for their looks, Cricket Heroes pays out at a 98.00% RTP on a plain five-reel, three-row grid with 21 paylines, and it doesn’t hide the maths behind layers of features either.

The studio’s catalogue covers similar classic territory in Football 2022 and Glory of Egypt. Cricket Heroes is the sportier cousin of the two, and it keeps things deliberately simple.

Wickets, Wilds and Winning Lines

Wins pay left to right across the 21 fixed paylines, with matching symbols needing to sit on adjacent reels from the leftmost one. Scatter symbols are the exception: they count anywhere. Only the highest combination on each payline pays, and scatter wins are added on top of line wins.

The reels are filled with cricket kit and card royals: a pointing blue player, a red fielder, a yellow batsman, a bat and a purple helmet, then A, K, Q and J.

All values below are multiples of the total bet, not the line bet, so a five-of-a-kind blue player win returns just under six times your stake for the spin.

• Blue Player (pointing): 2 pays 0.0952x, 3 pays 1.1905x, 4 pays 3.5714x, 5 pays 5.9524x
• Red Fielder: 2 pays 0.0952x, 3 pays 1.1905x, 4 pays 2.8571x, 5 pays 5.7143x
• Yellow Batsman: 3 pays 0.4762x, 4 pays 2.381x, 5 pays 4.7619x
• Bat / Purple Helmet: 3 pays 0.7143x, 4 pays 2.1429x, 5 pays 4.2857x
• A: 3 pays 0.4762x, 4 pays 1.9048x, 5 pays 3.8095x
• K / Q: 3 pays 0.4762x, 4 pays 1.4286x, 5 pays 3.5714x
• J: 2 pays 0.0952x, 3 pays 0.2381x, 4 pays 0.9524x, 5 pays 2.8571x
• Wild: 2 pays 0.4762x, 3 pays 4.7619x, 4 pays 7.1429x, 5 pays 11.9048x
• 5 Scattered BONUS symbols: 4 pays 10x, 5 pays 20x

The wild substitutes for everything except the scatter, and any win it helps to complete is doubled. It’s also the game’s highest-paying symbol in its own right, ahead of the pointing blue player and the fielder, which keeps even the low-value end of the paytable worth watching when wilds are in play.

Free Games with X3 Multiplier

Three or more scattered BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free games round, and the more you land, the longer your innings.

• 3 BONUS symbols: 15 free games
• 4 BONUS symbols: 30 free games
• 5 BONUS symbols: 45 free games

Every win during the round is multiplied by x3, and the wild’s doubling still applies inside the feature, so a wild-assisted win pays six times its base value. Five scattered BONUS symbols also pay 20x the total bet on their own before the games begin.

Free games run at the same bet and lines as the triggering spin. They can also be won again during the round, so a lucky retrigger can stack another 15, 30 or 45 games on top of what’s left of the original award.

Risk Game

After any standard win you can gamble it in a card duel. Four cards lie face down; pick one and hope it beats the Dealer’s. Win and your prize doubles, and you can keep going for up to 10 attempts in total. Lose and the whole stake’s worth of winnings is gone.

The deck has teeth. The Joker beats everything and the Dealer can never draw one, but the cards aren’t equally distributed, so some picks are worse than they look. Matching the Dealer’s value is a draw: nothing changes and you get another go. TAKE WIN banks your money at any point.

The average return across a Risk Game round is 84%, but that average hides a wide spread. Your actual chances depend entirely on which card the Dealer is holding:

• Dealer’s 2: 162% return
• Dealer’s 3: 121%
• Dealer’s 4: 113%
• Dealer’s 5: 101%
• Dealer’s 6, 7 or 8: 100%
• Dealer’s 9: 92%
• Dealer’s 10: 78%
• Dealer’s J: 69%
• Dealer’s Q: 66%
• Dealer’s K: 64%
• Dealer’s A: 42%

The spread is the whole game. Facing a Dealer’s 2, the gamble is strongly in your favour; facing an Ace, most of the four face-down cards are losing picks. Reading the Dealer’s card before deciding is the only real skill the round offers, and it’s a genuine one.

Bonus Pop Buy Feature

Impatient players can skip the scatter chase entirely. The BONUS POP button activates a package of 15, 30 or 45 free games at any time, with the cost scaling directly from your total bet and the package you choose.

Bought free games play exactly like triggered ones, opening with a spin that lands enough BONUS symbols to start the round. One restriction applies: winnings from bought games can’t be gambled in the Risk Game, and the buy feature may not be available at every casino.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.7/10

An evening at this ground is a quiet pleasure. You spin, wilds double what they touch, and every so often the BONUS scatters arrive and the floodlights come on properly. The one reason to pick this over a dozen other sports slots is value: a 98% return on a game this straightforward is rare, and it’s the honest reason the session feels fair.

The free games round is the strongest part, simply because it stacks: up to 45 games, everything tripled, the wild still doubling, and retriggers that can stretch a good round a long way. The weakest is the ceiling. The paytable stops near 12x for five wilds, so nobody leaves this stadium with a life-changing cheque.

This is a game for players who like their slots classical, their returns high and their gamble to involve an actual decision, and for cricket fans who’ve waited a long time for a slot that takes the sport seriously. Anyone hunting four-figure hits will find the boundaries here too short.

Cricket Heroes FAQs

• What is the RTP of Cricket Heroes?

  Cricket Heroes runs at an RTP of 98.00%, which is well above the typical online slot. The separate Risk Game gamble has its own average return of 84% per round.
• How many paylines does Cricket Heroes have?

  Cricket Heroes is a 5-reel, 3-row slot with 21 fixed paylines. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, while scatter symbols count in any position.
• How do you trigger the free games in Cricket Heroes?

  Three or more scattered BONUS symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free games round. Three symbols award 15 free games, four award 30 and five award 45, with all wins multiplied by x3 during the feature.
• What does the wild symbol do in Cricket Heroes?

  Wilds stand in for every symbol except the scatter and double the payout of any combination they complete. They’re also the richest symbol on the reels, paying up to 11.9048x the total bet for five of a kind.
• Can you buy the bonus on Cricket Heroes?

  Yes. The BONUS POP feature lets you buy a package of 15, 30 or 45 free games at any time, with the cost based on your total bet. Winnings from bought free games can’t be gambled in the Risk Game.
• How does the Risk Game work in Cricket Heroes?

  After a win you can pick one of four face-down cards to beat the Dealer’s card. A winning pick doubles your money and you can retry up to 10 times; a losing pick ends the round with nothing. The average return is 84%, ranging from 162% against a Dealer’s 2 down to 42% against an Ace.
• Can the free games in Cricket Heroes be retriggered?

  Yes. Free games can be won again during the round, awarding another package of 15, 30 or 45 games depending on how many BONUS symbols land. The feature plays at the same bet and paylines as the triggering spin.
• What happens if you draw with the Dealer in the Risk Game?

  A draw leaves your winnings unchanged and lets you take another attempt. A losing pick ends the round immediately, so a draw is the only outcome besides a win that keeps your money in play.