Stinkin’ Rich Slingo Slot Review
A skunk in a top hat, bins overflowing with banknotes, and a mansion on the hill: the original Stinkin’ Rich never took its own wealth fantasy seriously, and that joke is still the whole appeal. Stinkin’ Rich Slingo keeps the gag and changes the machinery underneath it, replacing paylines with a climb. It’s a braver conversion than the branding suggests, because it doesn’t just re-skin the old game’s extras – it makes you earn them one grid line at a time.
Gaming Realms handle the build, in the same house style as Slingo Cash Eruption. The action runs on a 5×5 number grid with a slot reel column alongside it, and there are no paylines. Ten lines is the ceiling, and everything below it is a step on a ladder. The big prize up top is a 1000-point jackpot tier.
Base Game & Features
Each round gives you a set of spins to work through. Every spin rolls the reel column beneath the grid, and any number that appears gets marked off its matching square automatically. Complete a line of five, horizontally, vertically or diagonally, and that’s a Slingo. Marked numbers stay in place between spins, so the grid fills in gradually across the round.
Each Slingo moves you up a pay ladder, and the ladder’s upper rungs are where the bonus games live. A COLLECT button lets you bank your position at any point, and the climb is tracked in full view so you always know what the next line is worth. It’s a steady build rather than a sudden hit.
A round, in order, looks like this:
- Two grid positions start already marked off
- Numbered spins roll the reel column and auto-match the grid
- Each completed line of five is one Slingo
- Each Slingo steps you up the pay ladder
- Cash steps pay as you climb
- The bonus games sit at the ladder’s upper levels
- The COLLECT button banks your ladder position
- Extra spins are offered after the round ends, priced above your base stake
Free Marks
Two grid positions are already marked off when a game starts, which gives every round a small head start. It doesn’t guarantee anything on its own, but a free mark can be the difference between finishing a line and watching it sit one square short. Because lines count horizontally, vertically and diagonally, one lucky mark can contribute to several lines at once.
Extra Spins
When the allocated spins run out, extra spins are offered at a price, and that price can exceed your base stake by a wide margin as the grid gets closer to a big ladder step. It’s the classic Slingo decision point: pay to finish what the round started, or walk away with the position you’ve reached. The price scales with what’s left on the grid, so a spin near the top rungs costs far more than one at the bottom.
Star Symbols
The grid isn’t only numbers. Star symbols populate squares alongside the digits, and they count towards the jackpot rather than the ladder, so a spin that helps the jackpot line can look like it’s done nothing for your Slingo count. Both systems are live at once, and a single spin can serve either.
Numbers already matched sit highlighted on the grid, which makes it easy to see at a glance which lines are one mark from paying.
Stinkin’ Rich Slingo Bonuses & Jackpots
The ladder does more than pay cash steps. Its upper reaches award entry to the bonus games, and matching numbers on the reel with the grid is the only way up. Two named bonuses wait at the top, plus a three-tier jackpot ladder. Every element of the game feeds the same climb, which means nothing on the reel column is ever a dead result: a number serves the ladder, a star serves the jackpot.
Keys to Riches Bonus
Keys to Riches is the carried-over centrepiece from the original slot, and reaching it is a matter of climbing far enough up the pay ladder during a round. There’s no scatter combination and no symbol to watch for on the reel column; the ladder is the only route in. The route never changes: lines, rungs, bonus.
Once triggered, it runs on its own rules, separate from the number-matching of the base grid. That separation is the point of the reward: after a round spent marking squares, the bonus plays out as something entirely different.
Trash for Cash Bonus
Trash for Cash sits alongside it, riffing on the brand’s rubbish-to-riches gag. Like Keys to Riches, it’s reached through the ladder rather than a symbol combination, which keeps the whole game pointed at one goal: complete lines, climb, collect. Two named bonuses at the top of one ladder means a strong round is always working towards something, even if the cash steps themselves are modest.
Jackpots
Five adjacent jackpot symbols trigger the jackpot, which pays from a three-step ladder:
- Smelly Rich: 50
- Filthy Rich: 150
- Stinkin’ Rich: 1000
The ladder values are fixed amounts rather than stake multiples, and the top step is the game’s single biggest named prize. There’s no published maximum win figure for this one beyond that ladder, so the 1000 Stinkin’ Rich tier is the ceiling to set expectations by. The gap between the steps is steep, too: the top rung pays nearly seven times the middle one, so it’s the Stinkin’ Rich tier or nothing much.
Between the bonuses, the jackpot and the cash steps, the ladder carries the entire game. There’s one thing to aim at, and every spin either advances it or doesn’t.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
This is a long, patient climb with a guaranteed decision at the end, and the reason to pick it is that both of the original’s beloved bonus rounds wait at the top of the ladder. A grid half-full of marks and one line from paying is where the game lives – the skunk would call it one bin away from the mansion.
The best thing about the build is that nothing is wasted: every number serves the ladder and every star serves the jackpot, so no spin is ever a blank. Where it thins out is the payout structure. The cash steps on the lower rungs are small, and the gap between the middle and top jackpot tiers is steep enough that most rounds end nowhere near the big one.
It suits players who enjoy the slow accumulation of a Slingo grid, fans of the original who want its bonuses back, and anyone who likes a game they can bank mid-climb rather than ride to the end. It won’t satisfy chasers of large multipliers – the rewards here are modest and earned slowly, much like sifting through bins for the good stuff.
Stinkin’ Rich Slingo FAQs
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What is the grid size of Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
The game uses a 5×5 Slingo number grid with a separate slot reel column underneath it. Numbers on the reel are matched against the grid and marked off automatically. -
Who makes Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
Gaming Realms, the studio behind the Slingo format and titles such as Slingo Cash Eruption. -
How do you win a jackpot in Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
Five adjacent jackpot symbols trigger the jackpot. The prize is paid from a three-step ladder: Smelly Rich at 50, Filthy Rich at 150 and Stinkin’ Rich at 1000. -
How do you trigger the Keys to Riches and Trash for Cash bonuses?
Both bonuses are reached by climbing the pay ladder. Each Slingo line you complete moves you up the ladder, and the bonus games are awarded at its upper levels. There is no scatter or symbol trigger for either. -
What do the free marks at the start do?
Two grid positions are already marked off when a game begins, giving each round a head start on completing lines. -
How does the pay ladder work in Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
You match numbers on the reel with the grid to complete Slingo lines, and each line moves you up the pay ladder. Cash prizes and bonus games are awarded as you climb. -
Can you buy extra spins in Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
Yes. Extra spins are offered after the allocated spins run out, and the price can be in excess of your base stake, particularly when the grid is close to a high ladder step. -
What is the biggest prize in Stinkin’ Rich Slingo?
The biggest named prize is the Stinkin’ Rich jackpot at 1000, awarded for five adjacent jackpot symbols.
