Gold Cash Free Spins Super Wheel Brings Something New To iCasino

Well, this is new.

Gold Cash Free Spins Super Wheel from Inspired Entertainment is now playing at FanDuel Casino, and despite its looking like a “regular” slot machine, it’s connected to others playing the same game. As a result, the chances of winning big jackpots change, depending on how many people are playing.

In fact, according to the fine print, the RTP of the game vacillates between 89.01% and 213.24%, depending on the state of the Super Wheel, while the Fortune Bet RTP (1.2x your bet for a better chance of hitting the Super Wheel bonus) runs from 88.24% to 229.91%. Yes, you read those correctly — you can technically be playing at over 200% RTP if the wheel is loaded with Super Bonus segments from previous players’ activity.

And how do you know if that’s the case?

Two buttons up top — a wheel button and a person button — give you the state of each wheel at each price point and how many people are currently playing at that level.

Point being, this is kind of an advantage player’s dream: Theoretically, you might stumble on a wheel loaded with bonuses and no one else is playing the game. 

This slot is … well, it’s a lot

The base game is a standard 5-reel setup with what looks like traditional paylines. You’re matching 3, 4, or 5 symbols across reels starting from the left. You’re hoping for gold-bar pyramids at the top down through stacked gold bars, cash bundles, and the usual kings and queens and whatnot. Wilds substitute for everything except the Free Spins bonus symbol and appear on reels 2, 3, and 4 during normal play.

Here’s where it gets crazy: The Super Wheel feature affects your odds as you play. During the base game, between zero and five reels will light up from left to right. Light up all five and you trigger the Super Wheel, which has 40 segments shared among everyone playing at the same bet level. The wheel offers cash prizes at 8x, 10x, and 12x your bet, super cash prizes at 20x through 50x, and super bonus segments. Land on a cash prize and that segment upgrades to a super cash prize for the next spin. Land on a super cash prize and it becomes a super bonus segment. The wheel resets to just two super bonus segments after someone hits one.

The free-spins bonus triggers when you land three FS symbols on reels 1, 3, and 5, awarding 8 free spins played with a stripped-down symbol set of just four icons: wilds and three tiers of gold. The Super Wheel bonus works similarly, but awards 8 super free spins, during which you can randomly get wild spins that scatter extra wilds onto the reels.

Bets range from 20 cents to $100 per spin.

Let’s take a spin

It’s very easy to see how this game can suck you in. You really want to hit that Super Wheel and you can watch in real time as the prizes on the wheel get bigger and better.

The sound doesn’t hurt either. There is no sound until you spin, and then it’s a space-agey rat-a-tat-tat kind of thing, punctuated by a cash-register sound for each reel. It’s intoxicating. No joke.

As for the game itself? Pretty standard slot action, but again: You are always one spin away from the Super Wheel, which … I hit.

That’s right, folks. I got to spin the Super Wheel and I got a … 12x multiplier on my 20-cent bet. Huzzah!(?)

I also luckily landed the free spins feature earlier, and I crushed that. I’m talking almost 200x crushed that.

All in all, I got lucky. Then I gave back some of the money chasing that wheel again, as the 20-cent level kept growing with bonuses. When I finally pulled myself away, there were seven super bonuses on the wheel. 

Yep. Pulled myself away.

OK, fine, I spun five more times. Bupkis.

The verdict

As it says on the title page, this game features a never-seen-before bonus. And it’s true. I’ve never seen it. I’ve never played a “regular” slot game online that is dependent on other players playing.

This game is a lot of fun, there’s actual strategy — well, as far as knowing which price point to play in an effort to boost that theoretical RTP — and the lure of the wheel is strong.

This is a 10 out of 10, though it comes with a word of caution from this occasional tilter: Gold Cash Free Spins Super Wheel seems pretty easy to tilt out on. “Just one more spin” feels like something players will be saying under their breath a lot.