Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot Slot Review
A cheese-market stall on an Amsterdam street: a striped red, white and blue awning lettered “De Lekkerste kaas!”, wheels stacked on the cobbles, gabled townhouses behind. Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot takes the most Dutch scene imaginable and bolts four progressive jackpots onto it. The name translates as “I want cheese!”, and the orange in Oranje Jackpot is no accident either.
Pragmatic Play run this one on a 7×7 grid where connected clusters of symbols pay, with high volatility and a 5,000x cap on any round. The supplier record states an RTP of 92.03%. Gates of Olympus – Oranje Jackpot worked the same trick with Zeus in place of the cheese; Fruit Party is the same engine without the jackpot plaques.
Base Game & Features
There are no paylines here. Symbols pay in blocks of 5 or more when connected horizontally or vertically on the 7×7 grid, and stakes run from 0.20 to 240.00 per spin. It’s a cluster-pays setup of the kind Pragmatic have made their own over several years of sugary and Olympian hits.
Tumble Feature
Every winning combination is paid, then disappears. The remaining symbols fall down the grid and empty positions are filled with new symbols from above. If those form new wins, the process repeats, and it keeps repeating until no further combination lands. One spin can therefore pay several times over.
Multiplier Spots
Whenever a winning symbol explodes, it marks its spot on the grid. After a second explosion on the same spot a multiplier is added, starting at x2 and doubling with each further explosion up to a maximum of x128. Any win that lands on top of a marked spot has the multiplier applied, and where more than one spot is involved the multipliers combine.
In the base game, marked spots clear once the tumbles stop. That’s the whole difference in the bonus round, and it matters. Any round, base game or free spins, is also capped at 5,000x the bet.
Symbols and Pays
The paytable runs from a watermelon fruit dish down through a ladder of cheese wedges, jars and plates, with values as a multiple of stake:
- Watermelon/fruit dish (pink): 1x at 5 symbols, 5x at 10, 15x at 12, 150x at 15+
- Cheese wheel with tomato (green plate): 0.75x at 5, 4x at 10, 12.5x at 12, 100x at 15+
- Cheese with pepper (pink block): 0.5x at 5, 3x at 10, 10x at 12, 60x at 15+
- Cheese wedge with tomato: 0.4x at 5, 2x at 10, 5x at 12, 40x at 15+
- Blue cheese wedge: 0.3x at 5, 1.5x at 10, 3.5x at 12, 30x at 15+
- Jar of honey/mustard: 0.25x at 5, 1.25x at 10, 3x at 12, 25x at 15+
- Yellow cheese wedge: 0.2x at 5, 1x at 10, 2.5x at 12, 20x at 15+
Pays climb steeply with cluster size, which is standard for this engine: the top symbol is worth five times more at 12 symbols than at 10. The jump from 14 to 15-plus is the sharpest of all, doubling the top tier in one step.
Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot Free Spins & Jackpot Bonus
Free Spins
Scatters anywhere on the grid open the free spins round, with more scatters buying a longer session:
- 3 scatters: 10 free spins
- 4 scatters: 12 free spins
- 5 scatters: 15 free spins
- 6 scatters: 20 free spins
- 7 scatters: 30 free spins
Special reels are in play during the feature, and scatter runs inside the round extend it on the same scale. The change that matters is the marker rule. Marked spots and their multipliers stay in place until the round ends, and they can keep growing with subsequent tumbles across every remaining spin.
A spot that builds early keeps paying late, and multipliers that meet on the same win combine. One hard limit applies: if the total win of a free spins round reaches 5,000x the bet, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded and all remaining spins are forfeited.
Jackpot Bonus Game
The Oranje half of the title is a progressive jackpot system with up to 4 prizes: MINI, MAXI, MEGA and GIGA. A minimum bet of 0.20 makes you eligible, and the bonus game can follow any base game spin, without warning.
Inside the bonus screen, you open items until 3 carrying the same jackpot name are revealed, and that’s the one you win. Jackpot amounts grow from contributions taken out of all participating bets. Higher stakes carry a better chance of triggering the game, but every jackpot can be won at any stake above the minimum.
The one restriction worth knowing: jackpots cannot be won during any feature. The ladder only pays on base game spins, which is where most of a session is spent but none of the big cluster wins are built.
Buy Free Spins
The free spins round can be triggered instantly from the base game for 100x the current total bet. When you buy, the triggering scatter count is drawn at random, so a purchase can deliver anything from 3 scatters and 10 spins up to 7 scatters and 30.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.9/10
This is a cheerful, busy cluster game with a lottery ticket pinned to the corner of it. The base game loops pleasantly enough: tumbles chain, spots build, small clusters keep the board moving while you wait for a scatter run. The reason to choose this build over the plain versions is the plaque row, a GIGA figure quietly ticking up on every spin from a stake of 0.20.
The strongest piece of design is the persistence rule in free spins. Multipliers that survive the whole round turn an ordinary feature into something that can genuinely snowball, and the 5,000x cap is generous headroom for a 7×7 grid.
The weakness is the structure around it. The jackpots are fed from players’ bets, and the ladder is switched off entirely during features, so the round where the real money lives never touches it.
For the small-stakes spinner who likes a bright cluster game and wants a progressive running alongside it, that’s exactly what’s on the stall. Anyone chasing returns from the feature alone has better-paying versions of this same engine a click away. Say cheese, and mind the gap between flashes.
Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot FAQs
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What is the RTP of Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
The supplier record states an RTP of 92.03%. -
Is Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game. Wins can take their time arriving, and the biggest results come from long tumble chains and the free spins round. -
How do wins work in Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
There are no paylines. Symbols pay in blocks of 5 or more when connected horizontally or vertically on the 7×7 grid, and winning symbols disappear so new ones can tumble in. -
How do you trigger the free spins in Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
Scatters landing anywhere on the grid open the round, and the more of them there are, the longer it runs: 3 gives 10 spins, 4 gives 12, 5 gives 15, 6 gives 20 and 7 gives 30. Further scatter runs inside the round extend it the same way. -
How does the Multiplier Spots feature work?
Every exploding winning symbol marks its spot on the grid, and the spot grows dangerous quickly: double up on it once and a x2 multiplier appears, doubling again with every further explosion to a ceiling of x128. Wins landing on a marked spot get boosted, multiple spots combine, and during free spins the marks never clear. -
How do you win a jackpot in Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
Any base game spin can end with the bonus screen opening, as long as you’re betting at least 0.20. There you open items until 3 carrying the same name appear, and that prize is yours from the MINI, MAXI, MEGA or GIGA tiers. Bigger stakes mean better trigger odds, though every tier is winnable at any eligible stake. -
Can you buy the bonus on Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
Yes. The free spins round can be bought from the base game for 100x your current total bet, with the triggering scatter count drawn at random. -
Who makes Ik wil Kaas! – Oranje Jackpot?
Pragmatic Play. It forms part of their Oranje Jackpot series, which adds Dutch-themed progressive jackpots to their existing game formats.
