Piggy Riches Megaways Slot Review
Stone pigs pluck at harps beside little blue fountains, and the reels hang in a gilded frame on the front of a wealthy pig’s country mansion: a bright summer’s day rendered in glossy storybook cartoon. Red Tiger plays the opulence straight, and it works.
The unusual thing here is where the big moments live: in the base game, on the back of wilds that cover whole reels and multiply each other, not saved up for the bonus round. That choice is the reason to pick this one up. The rest is familiar ground: six reels with up to 117,649 ways, 95.71% RTP, a 10,474x maximum win, and stakes from 0.10 to 50 per spin. Its sequel, Piggy Riches 2 Megaways, built directly on these systems, and the original sits alongside Dragons Fire Megaways and Golden Leprechaun Megaways in the studio’s catalogue.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins pay across the Megaways grid rather than on fixed lines. Each spin deals a different number of symbols onto each of the six reels, and the number of ways to win shifts with it. Land the maximum seven symbols on every reel and there are 117,649 possible ways.
The counter above the reels ticks over constantly, and the win potential follows it. Counts swing from a few hundred ways to well past ten thousand between consecutive spins. A spin can open small and end on a full grid once the reactions get involved.
Chain Reaction
Winning symbols disappear and new ones drop in to take their place. Any new wins formed by the fresh symbols pay out too. The reaction continues for as long as it keeps producing wins.
It pairs naturally with the variable reels. A reaction can rebuild a grid that started small, because every wave of dropping symbols deals a fresh symbol count onto each reel. Long chains are where the mid-sized wins live in this game.
Symbols and Values
The paytable splits between themed symbols, all of them money in one form or another, and the royal run from A down to 10. Values as printed on the paytable:
- Gold coin bag: 0.2 for two, 1 for three, 2 for four, 5 for five, 20 for six
- Purple banknote: 0.7 for three, 1.2 for four, 2.5 for five, 5 for six
- Green ‘P’ key card: 0.5 for three, 0.7 for four, 1.2 for five, 2 for six
- Blue moneybag: 0.4 for three, 0.6 for four, 1 for five, 1.6 for six
- Pink piggy bank: 0.3 for three, 0.5 for four, 0.8 for five, 1.2 for six
- A: 0.2 for three, 0.4 for four, 0.6 for five, 0.8 for six
- K: 0.2 for three, 0.3 for four, 0.5 for five, 0.7 for six
- Q: 0.1 for three, 0.3 for four, 0.4 for five, 0.6 for six
- J: 0.2 for four, 0.3 for five, 0.5 for six
- 10: 0.1 for three, 0.2 for four, 0.3 for five, 0.4 for six
The coin bag stands well clear of everything beneath it. It’s also the only symbol that pays for two of a kind, which matters on a grid where a single reel can hold seven matching symbols.
The themed symbols generally outpay the royals by a wide margin at every count. The royals are there to keep the reactions fed between the bigger hits.
Mega Wilds
The Mega Wild is the game’s signature symbol: a pig in a top hat that covers an entire reel. It substitutes for all paying symbols. It arrives with a ways multiplier of up to x7 attached.
Up to three of them can land on any spin, with no trigger condition behind it. There’s no collecting, no charging meter, no scatter count to track. They simply turn up.
When more than one Mega Wild forms part of the same win line, their multiplier values combine rather than add. Two x3 wilds in one win produce a x9 multiplier on it. Stack a x7 alongside a x6 and the maths gets serious quickly.
Three of them across a full grid, all feeding one chain of reactions, is the route to the bigger base game results.
A wild that lands mid-reaction takes part in every win it touches from that point on. In practice that means a single spin can escalate well past what the symbol values alone suggest.
Free Spins
Three scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins round. It opens with up to 22 spins and a win multiplier of up to x10, both set at the trigger.
There’s no pick’em screen and no choice to make. The scatters land, the numbers are decided, and the round begins.
A golden piggy coin-bag symbol appears during the round and awards a bonus spin on top of those already running. Combined with the chain reactions, that extra spin is worth more than it sounds. A single cascade with wilds in the right places can turn one award into several paid wins.
The maximum win across all of this is 10,474x the bet. With a 37.63% hit frequency in the base game, wins come round regularly enough to keep the reels moving while you wait on the scatters.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.5/10
This is a slot you play with one eye on any spin, because any spin is where the money is. The harp-playing pigs are pure decoration. The reason somebody picks this over a dozen other Megaways games is that its best work happens outside the bonus round, and you never have to wait for scatters to see it.
The Mega Wilds are the best thing in the game, because they compound: two or three in one win line turn a modest chain reaction into something the paytable alone never suggests. The weakness is the free spins round, whose spins and multiplier are set at the trigger, so the headline feature plays second fiddle to the base game.
It suits players who like their big moments spread across a session rather than hoarded for a bonus, and anyone who wants a round that escalates should look elsewhere. For everyone else, the pigs have built something worth a proper look at, and the mansion is still standing.
Piggy Riches Megaways FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Piggy Riches Megaways?
Three scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins round, which starts with up to 22 spins and a win multiplier of up to x10. -
What do Mega Wilds do in Piggy Riches Megaways?
A Mega Wild covers an entire reel and substitutes for all paying symbols, carrying a ways multiplier of up to x7. Up to three can land on any spin, and when more than one forms part of the same win line, their multipliers combine, so two x3 wilds give a x9 multiplier. -
What is the Chain Reaction feature in Piggy Riches Megaways?
After any win, the symbols that formed it disappear and new symbols drop in. If the new symbols form further wins, those pay out too, and the reaction continues for as long as new wins keep appearing. -
What does the golden piggy coin-bag symbol do in Piggy Riches Megaways?
During the free spins round it awards a bonus spin, added on top of the spins already running. -
What is the RTP of Piggy Riches Megaways?
The RTP is 95.71%. -
What is the maximum win on Piggy Riches Megaways?
The maximum win is 10,474x your bet. -
How many ways to win does Piggy Riches Megaways have?
Each spin awards a different number of ways depending on how many symbols land on each of the six reels, up to a potential 117,649 ways when all six reels hold seven symbols. -
What is the hit frequency of Piggy Riches Megaways?
The base game hit frequency is 37.63%, so roughly one spin in three produces a win of some size.
