Great Rhino Slot Review
The lion takes the marquee in almost every savannah slot ever made. Great Rhino, from Pragmatic Play, hands it to something two tonnes heavier and far less interested in posing for the camera.
The cheetah, crocodile, hyena and flamingo queue up behind him on a 5×3 grid running 20 fixed paylines, with an RTP of 96.53% and medium volatility.
The ceiling is 500x your total bet, and it doesn’t arrive on a payline. It’s a Grand Jackpot, paid when the Super Respin feature fills the screen with Money symbols.
For company in the same catalogue, African Elephant is the obvious neighbour, another Pragmatic animal build with the same instinct for a big beast on reel one.
Nearby on the same shelf sits Pirate Gold Deluxe, and, of course, Great Rhino Megaways with Big Time Gaming’s flagship mechanic attached. What’s left to work out is whether a 500x savannah still earns the trip to the African plains.
Base Game & Features
Great Rhino runs on five reels and three rows.
All 20 paylines are fixed, laid out as numbered diagrams in the game’s own rules screens, and stakes run from 0.20 to 240.00 per spin.
The paytable is a straightforward animal hierarchy. The rhino sits at the top, the cheetah, crocodile, hyena and flamingo rank beneath him, and the A, K, Q and J royals fill out the low end.
Two symbols sit outside that order. The gold Money coin is the whole engine of the Super Respin feature.
The other is the Bonus symbol, which pays 2x your total bet on its own and turns up only on reels two, three and four.
The rhino is the wild, and he’s present on all five reels. He substitutes for everything except the Bonus and Money symbols, which is the standard arrangement for a game built around a collect feature.
He also arrives in stacks, so a single reel can fill from top to bottom with rhino heads. That’s where the wild paytable, the highest in the game, gets its chance.
Feature Triggers
There are two things to watch for, and they’re triggered in completely different ways.
- Free Spins: three Bonus symbols across reels two, three and four
- Super Respin: two or more full stacks of the Money symbol, anywhere on the reels
Great Rhino Free Spins & Bonus Features
Super Respin Feature
Land two or more full stacks of Money symbols and the game settles up first, paying any regular winning combinations before clearing the screen of everything except those full Money stacks.
Three respins follow. Each new Money symbol that lands adds another respin on top, so the round keeps extending itself for as long as the coins keep arriving.
When the respins run out, every Money symbol win combination on screen is added together and paid in one go. The two unusual ones are the fixed jackpots.
- Major Jackpot: 14 Money symbols on screen when the feature ends pays 375x total bet in place of the win lines
- Grand Jackpot: a 15th Money symbol stops the feature there and then and pays 500x total bet
If the Free Spins are awarded on the same spin that starts a Super Respin, the respins resolve first and the Free Spins follow afterwards.
Free Spins Feature
Three Bonus symbols on reels two, three and four award 10 free spins, with the Bonus symbol paying 2x your total bet on top.
Special reels come into play for the round, and every Money symbol on them turns wild, substituting for all symbols and paying on the wild paytable. A screen carrying several at once is where the round does its damage.
There’s no way to extend it. The Bonus symbol is stripped out of the reels for the duration, so there’s no retrigger, and the Super Respin feature can’t start while Free Spins are running. Ten spins is the whole of it.
There’s no bonus buy either. No purchase button appears anywhere in the interface, so both features have to turn up on their own.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Great Rhino is Pragmatic Play at their most conventional, and it holds up better than that sounds. The base game is a clean 20-line build with a stacking wild doing the work and nothing bolted on top of it.
The Super Respin is the reason to be here. Stripping the screen back to Money stacks and then handing over respins that renew themselves is a mechanic that’s aged well, and the two fixed jackpots give the round a target instead of just a total.
Free Spins are the weaker half. Turning every Money symbol wild is a strong idea, but the round can’t be retriggered and can’t drop into a Super Respin, so those ten spins are all there is to it.
That 500x ceiling settles who it’s for. This one’s built for players who want a feature to work towards rather than a number to chase. The rhino was never going to be the quick one, and Great Rhino grazes rather than charges.
Great Rhino FAQs
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What is the RTP of Great Rhino?
Great Rhino has an RTP of 96.53%, making it a fair-paying slot with solid returns for players. -
What are the main features of Great Rhino?
Great Rhino features free spins triggered by landing three Bonus symbols, a Super Respin feature triggered by stacked Money symbols, and Wild symbols that substitute for all symbols except the Bonus symbol. -
How do you trigger the free spins in Great Rhino?
Land three Bonus symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4 to trigger 10 free spins where all Money symbols become Wild. -
What is the Super Respin feature in Great Rhino?
The Super Respin feature is triggered when two or more full stacks of Money symbols land on the reels. You get 3 respins, and each new Money symbol adds one more respin. Land 14 symbols for a Major Jackpot (375x) or 15 symbols for a Grand Jackpot (500x). -
What is the maximum bet and minimum bet on Great Rhino?
Great Rhino allows bets ranging from 0.20 to 240.00 per spin, accommodating both casual and high-roller players. -
Is Great Rhino a mobile-friendly slot?
Yes, Great Rhino is fully mobile-optimised and can be played on Android and iOS devices as well as desktop computers. -
What are the jackpots available in Great Rhino?
Great Rhino features two jackpots available during the Super Respin feature: the Major Jackpot worth 375x total bet (14 Money symbols) and the Grand Jackpot worth 500x total bet (15 Money symbols). -
When was Great Rhino released?
Great Rhino was released by Pragmatic Play on 10th May 2018.
