The Grand Show Slot

Base Game & Features

The Grand Show is a 5-reel, 4-row Video Slot featuring 20 active pay lines, and playable from £.€0.05 per spin, up to a max bet size of £.€100 per spin.

The highest-paying character symbol produces wins of up to 100x your bet for a full 5-line winning sequence, while the lowest-paying Royal symbol awards wins of up to 4x your bet. Wilds substitute for all other symbols except Instant Prizes, Jackpots, Scatters, and Hat symbols.

The Grand Show has a theoretical RTP of 96.28%, a Medium Volatility rating, and a max win cap of 10,000x your bet. Push Gaming has also installed lower RTP modules of 94.35%, 88.47%, and 85.49%.

Push Bet

Before or after a game round, players can choose to activate 1 of 2 Push Bet functions:

• Free Spins: Raises your current bet by 40%. Once active, your chances of triggering Free Spins are higher.
• Bonus Feature: Raises your current bet by 60%. Once active, your chances of triggering the Bonus Feature are higher.

Instant Prizes and Jackpots

During gameplay, special Instant Prizes can appear with a random value from a predefined set; between x1 and x500. In addition to this, Mini (10x), Minor (50x), Major (250x), Mega (1,000x), and Grand (10,000x) Jackpots may also appear.

When a Top Hat symbol lands on reel 1 with an Instant Prize and/or Jackpot Prize on consecutive reels, starting from reel 1, their values are automatically awarded.

Bonus Feature

Landing a Top Hat symbol on reels 1 and 5 in the base game triggers the Bonus Feature, awarding 6 Spins. Any Instant Prize and Jackpot symbols present will be carried over to the Bonus feature.

The reel set transforms into a 5×8 layout with only the bottom-most positions spinning. This feature also introduces Multipliers in column 5. During this time, fixed symbols may land on reels 1-4, and reel 5 on the bottom-most position.

• Instant Prizes and Jackpots: Appear on reels 1-4. Landing these symbols on any of the bottom-most reel positions will cause them to move up by 1.
• Nudge Up: Appears on reels 1-4. This symbol causes any prize in that reel to nudge up by 1.
• Nudge All: Appears on reel 5. This symbol causes all prize symbols to nudge up by 1.
• Boost: Appears on reel 5. This symbol is responsible for increasing all Multiplier values.
• Retrigger: Appears on reel 5. This symbol awards additional spins based on the number revealed on it (+1, +2, or +3 Spins)

Bonus Buy

• Min x1 Instant Prizes: 46.4x your current bet.
• Min x5 Instant Prizes: 86.6x your current bet.
• Min x10 Instant Prizes: 147x your current bet.
• Random Free Spins: 75x your current bet.
• Bonus Feature: 58.6x your current bet.
• Super Bonus Feature: 450x your current bet.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatters in the base game causes the Free Spins round to trigger, awarding one of the following:

• 3 Scatters: Awards 10 Free Spins.
• 4 Scatters: Awards 10 Free Spins and a minimum of x5 Instant Prize symbols.
• 5 Scatters: Awards 10 Free Spins and a minimum of x10 Instant Prize symbols.

Pros and Cons of The Grand Show

Pros:

• Bonus Feature and Free Spins round
• Bonus Buy and Push Bet options available
• Alluring design and high-quality graphics
• Instant Prize and Jackpot symbols
• Multipliers in Free Spins
• Max win cap of 10,000x your bet

Cons:

• Lower RTP modules available
• The Free Spins round is too similar to the base game
• The bigger Jackpot Prizes are hard to come by

Similar Slots to The Grand Show

• Wild Wild Riches (Pragmatic Play)
• Lure of Fortune (Relax Gaming)
• Dinopolis (Push Gaming)

Conclusion

Push Gaming stand out as one of the true pioneers of online slots, few others are as carefully watched as them. Our eyes are always on the roadmap and our ears to the ground as we await new releases, and the latest while not disappointing, isn’t quite a smash hit.  The jackpot element of it will either add to the experience or take away from it depending on your opinion of them, but to us, it feels a little stale.

Much of the game itself is appealing, with elements that made games like Lure of Fortune by Relax Gaming popular. This particular bonus comes with bells and whistles that serve to enhance the experience and the potential, and the Free Spins round has elements of Pragmatic Play’s Wild Wild riches with connecting wins that award prizes.

At its best, The Grand Show is capable of up to 10,000x. It’s a fairly standard figure by today’s standards but still appealing, and while The Grand Show isn’t as grand as it could be, it’s not bad at all.