Flying Pigs

Flying Pigs Slot Review

A dirt track curls between green fields towards a half-hidden red barn, a white fence runs along the path, and the pigs are on the cards rather than the reels. Flying Pigs puts the most interesting decision in video bingo in your hands: whenever a card finishes one number short of a real prize, the game offers to sell you the missing ball at a price worked out from your actual chances of winning.

From Play’n GO, a studio that has kept pigs before in Piggy Bank Farm and the bingo-flavoured Piggy Heist Bingo, it’s a high volatility title built on four bingo cards of 15 numbers each, with 30 of the 60 balls drawn every round. Whether the cards fly as high as the title promises is decided one number at a time.

Cards, Balls and Patterns

You choose how many cards to play with, up to four, toggling each one on or off individually. Each card holds 15 numbers in a 5×3 layout, so a full game covers up to 60 numbers. Press NEW CARDS to reset the numbers on every active card, then press PLAY to start the round.

A round runs in a fixed sequence:

1. Set your cards on or off and choose your stake
2. Press NEW CARDS if you want a fresh set of numbers
3. Press PLAY to draw 30 balls from the pool of 60
4. Matches are marked on your cards and completed patterns pay
5. Buy extra balls if the feature offers, or press COLLECT to bank and move on

Matching numbers are marked automatically as the balls land, and a win needs those matches to complete a valid pattern on an active card. There are 14 different patterns in the game, each with its own prize.

The paytable patterns sit at the top of the screen so you can track how close each card is running. With only 30 balls drawn from the pool of 60 in each round, closing a full pattern is where the difficulty sits, and it’s why the smallest patterns matter as much as they do.

Patterns must be fully completed before they pay. Complete more than one pattern on the same card and you’re paid for each of them, with one exception: if a pattern sits entirely inside a higher-paying one, only the top prize counts. That overlap rule matters on a 5×3 grid, where small patterns frequently nest inside the bigger ones on the same card.

There’s no wild or scatter here, so patterns do all the work symbols would do in a reel game. Prizes are multiples of the total bet, and the ladder steps down like this:

• BINGO pattern (top-left, red) – 375x the total bet
• BONUS pattern (top, first) – 150x the total bet
• BONUS pattern (top, second) – 125x the total bet
• Bottom-row pattern (first) – 50x the total bet
• Bottom-row BONUS pattern (second) – 37.5x the total bet
• Bottom-row BONUS pattern (third) – 25x the total bet
• Right-hand pattern group, top row – prizes of 200, 200, 50 and 50

Extra Ball

The Extra Ball feature triggers when you’re one number away from a prize of x8 or more – the cross pattern or better. It’s the game’s way of making near misses count, and it’s where Flying Pigs puts most of its tension.

When it offers, you can buy up to 12 extra balls, one at a time. Each ball’s price is calculated from the probability of winning, so a shot at a bigger prize costs more than a shot at a small one. Observed prices range from 3 coins to 9 coins depending on what’s on the line, which keeps every offer honest about what it’s worth.

An Extra Ball sequence works like this:

1. Finish the 30-ball draw with a card one number short of an x8+ prize
2. Check the price on offer, which reflects the prize you’re chasing
3. Buy the ball, or decline and press COLLECT to bank your patterns
4. Repeat up to 12 times, with the price recalculated after every ball

You buy through the EXTRA BALL button in the menu or by clicking the ball zone in the middle of the game area. Press COLLECT at any point to bank what you’ve won and move on to the next round. Twelve buys at climbing prices can add up quickly, so the COLLECT button earns real work in long rounds.

Bonus Round

Two patterns are more than prizes here. Complete the square or the rails pattern shown onscreen and you enter the Bonus game, a separate screen away from the cards. Both patterns sit on the paytable alongside their prizes, so a completed square pays its pattern prize and opens the bonus.

It’s a picking game with a farmyard twist. You pick pigs to move them inside a fenced area, and each pig you move safely wins a prize. The evil boar ends it: pick him and the Bonus game stops on the spot, with everything still fenced kept.

There’s no retrigger structure or modifier layered on top. The round runs until you either pick the boar or run out of pigs to move, and the prizes you’ve banked before that point are yours. It’s a short, sharp detour from the cards rather than a destination in itself.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

Most of a round here is quiet farmyard watching: balls land, numbers get marked, patterns edge closer. The moment that makes it worth sitting through is the one where a card stops a single number short and the game holds up a price for fixing it. Buy or bank, with the odds in plain view, is the whole reason this farm is worth a visit at all.

That pricing is the smartest thing here – the offers stay fair exactly when they’re hardest to refuse, and most games dodge that by burying the maths. Beyond it, the pickings thin out. The pig-picking bonus ends the first time the boar shows up, and the pattern ladder stops at 375x with nothing above it, which is a modest summit for a high volatility game.

Bingo players and anyone who likes a slow, deliberate game with a real decision in it will get on well here. Multiplier chasers will find these fields far too quiet – but for everyone else, the farmyard holds up.

Flying Pigs FAQs

• Is Flying Pigs high volatility?

  Yes. Flying Pigs is a high volatility game, so wins tend to arrive less often but in larger amounts when patterns complete.
• What is the grid size of Flying Pigs?

  Flying Pigs uses four bingo cards, each with 5 columns and 3 rows. That’s 15 numbers per card and up to 60 numbers in total across a full game.
• Can you buy the bonus on Flying Pigs?

  No. The BUY EXTRA BALL button purchases extra balls for the bingo round, not the bonus round. The Bonus game can only be reached by completing the square or rails pattern.
• How does the Extra Ball feature trigger?

  Any card sitting a single number short of a prize worth x8 or more unlocks the option, which typically means the cross pattern or above. From there you can purchase as many as 12 additional balls, with each price set by the probability of completing the win.
• How do you reach the Bonus game in Flying Pigs?

  Complete either the square or the rails pattern shown onscreen and you enter the Bonus game, where you pick pigs to move them inside a fenced area to win prizes.
• What happens if the evil boar appears in the Bonus game?

  If the evil boar appears, the Bonus game ends immediately. Any prizes you moved inside the fenced area before that point are kept.
• Can more than one pattern pay on the same card?

  Yes. Every pattern completed on a card pays its own prize, unless the pattern is fully covered by a higher-paying pattern on the same card, in which case only the highest prize is awarded.
• When is Flying Pigs released?

  Flying Pigs’ release date is 19 September 2016.
• Who makes Flying Pigs?

  Flying Pigs is made by Play’n GO, the studio behind a wide range of slots and video bingo titles.