Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS Slot Review
The sunglasses on the sarcophagus are a fair warning: this tomb isn’t taking itself seriously, and it doesn’t need to, because BGaming have put the money in the maths rather than the dressing. A 97% RTP on a refill-driven ways game is a serious claim hiding under a grinning mummy, and it’s the reason to look past the cobwebs. Plenty of cartoon Egyptian slots coast on the artwork; this one has the returns to argue back.
Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS runs six reels holding two to seven symbols each, an extra row above the middle four, and up to 200,704 ways to win. The RTP is 97%, which is about as high as this format gets. Sister titles like Dragon Queen Megaways and Book of Hidden Tombs tread nearby ground for the same studio. Even the undead get bored, and this tomb is his remedy.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins are ways-based rather than line-based: the same symbol landing anywhere on adjoining reels, left to right, pays. There’s no payline map to read and no leftmost-reel requirement beyond the left-to-right order itself, which makes every spin feel wide open.
The reel setup drives that width. Each of the six reels holds between two and seven symbols, and those symbols come in varying sizes, so a single large icon can fill a reel while another reel stacks seven small ones. Reels two to five carry an additional row above the main grid, which is where the biggest way counts come from.
The ways total is recalculated every spin and displayed above the reels, and the swing is dramatic. A spin can show a few hundred ways and the next can show tens of thousands. The symbols pay as follows:
- Jester King: 2.00 for two, 4.00 for three, 8.00 for four, 20.00 for five, 40.00 for six
- Falcon: 1.50 for three, 2.50 for four, 5.00 for five, 12.50 for six
- Jackal: 1.00 for three, 1.50 for four, 2.50 for five, 7.50 for six
- Cat and Monkey: 0.60 for three, 1.00 for four, 1.50 for five, 3.00 for six
- A and K: 0.40 for three, 0.60 for four, 1.00 for five, 2.00 for six
- Q: 0.20 for three, 0.40 for four, 0.80 for five, 1.50 for six
- J and 10: 0.20 for three, 0.40 for four, 0.80 for five, 1.20 for six
- Bonus symbol: 10.00 for four, 40.00 for five, 200.00 for six
The paytable splits into three tiers. The Jester King, Falcon and Jackal carry the Egyptian character art and the money, with the Jester King the only symbol that pays from two of a kind. The Cat and Monkey sit in the middle, and the card royals fill out the bottom of the ladder.
The drop from tier to tier is steep. Six Jester Kings pay 40.00, while six Jackals pay 7.50 and six Cats pay 3.00, so the character symbols are doing very different amounts of work despite sharing the top half of the table.
The Bonus symbol is the only one that pays scattered, and it does so handsomely at six of a kind. A pyramid Wild appears on reels two to five only, substituting for every symbol except the Bonus.
Refilling
Every winning combination bursts and pays out. The symbols above drop down, new ones fall in from the top, and the process repeats for as long as new wins form. All winnings from the chain are added to the balance once Refilling ends.
It’s a cascade system, and it does most of the work in the base game. A single spin can stack several payouts before the reels settle. Because the winning symbols are removed rather than held, each step of the chain is a fresh draw on a fresh grid.
Refilling also runs inside the bonus round, where it carries extra weight: every win in a chain there can bank another Wild multiplier before the lot is paid at the end.
Free Spins
Landing four or more Bonus symbols in a single spin awakens the Pharaoh and awards 12 to 22 Free Spins, with the count scaling with how many Bonus symbols triggered the round. The round runs on the same reels and the same ways system, so nothing about the base mechanic changes on entry.
Retriggers are straightforward. If three or more Bonus symbols drop in one spin during the round, another five spins are added.
Wild Multipliers
During Free Spins, the pyramid Wilds carry random multipliers of x2, x3 or x5. Any Wild that takes part in a winning combination has its multiplier set aside, and each further win in the same refill chain sets aside more of them.
Only when Refilling finishes are the collected multipliers multiplied together and applied to everything that spin produced. Two x5 Wilds in one chain don’t add ten; they multiply to 25 on the combined win, which is where the round’s real potential sits.
There’s a second, quieter rule worth knowing. If a win forms without a Wild in it while a Wild sits anywhere on the reels, that Wild’s multiplier still applies to the total win of the spin. A stray multiplier is never wasted, and it’s the reason every Wild landing matters even when it misses the action.
The Buy Bonus feature runs at the same 97% RTP as the main game, so nothing is lost or gained by taking that shortcut. Volatility isn’t stated, but a refill-driven ways game with multiplier wilds in the bonus rarely plays gently.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.8/10
Playing this one is a lot of waiting punctuated by bursts: the refills do the entertaining, and the Pharaoh does the lounging. Somebody would choose it for that bonus round, where the multipliers stack across a whole chain and pay out together at the end. That payout mechanic is the best thing here, because a chain that builds quietly can still finish loud.
The worst of it is the base paytable, which is too flat to reward the waiting, with six of the top symbol paying 40.00 while everything below the Jackal barely registers. It suits anyone who likes a generous return and refill chains that can run away with a spin, and it isn’t for anyone who wants big line-pay hits between bonuses. The mummy clearly knows which side of that deal he’s on, and either way, he’s wearing the sunglasses.
Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS FAQs
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What is the RTP of Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS?
The RTP is 97%, which is well above the average for online slots and among the higher figures you’ll find on a Megaways game. -
How many paylines does Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS have?
It doesn’t use paylines. It’s ways-based, with up to 200,704 ways to win. A bet wins when the same symbols appear in any place on adjoining reels, left to right. -
What is the grid size of Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS?
There are six reels, each holding two to seven symbols of varying sizes, with an additional row sitting above reels two to five. The number of ways changes with every spin. -
How do you trigger Free Spins in Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS?
Four or more Bonus symbols landing at once wake the Pharaoh and start the round with 12 to 22 Free Spins. -
Can Free Spins retrigger in Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS?
Yes. If three or more Bonus symbols drop in one spin during the round, you get five additional Free Spins. -
What do the Wild multipliers do in the Free Spins round?
Wilds carry random multipliers of x2, x3 or x5. Every Wild involved in a win has its multiplier set aside until Refilling ends, at which point the collected multipliers are multiplied together and applied to the spin’s winnings. A Wild that isn’t part of the win still applies its multiplier to the total. -
When is Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS released?
Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS’s release date is 12 March 2026. -
Who makes Magic Mummy MEGAWAYS?
BGaming. The Megaways mechanic itself is used under licence from Big Time Gaming.
