Money Stacks Free Play in Demo Mode by Pragmatic Play

Money Stacks review

Theme and Storyline

Money Stacks slot expands the visuals of a standard one-armed bandit. However, instead of adopting the minimalist style of similarly themed slots, Money Stacks takes the theme and gives it the full bells and whistles treatment.

The slot uses lucky sevens, bells, cherries, and melons. However, it gives them all a modern, HD twist adding animations, additional game features, and a glossy sheen to the theme.

This slot is for those players who miss the old dog, but like new tricks.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

In keeping with the theme of one-armed-bandit-redux, Money Stacks’s graphics are top-notch. The animators and artists have got the most they can out of the simple theme and setup.

In particular, the animations are used to build tension, highlighting big win opportunities, and slowing down when a bonus might be triggered. This draws the player in and the tension out.

This slot’s graphics, sounds and animations are a great example of using these features to enhance gameplay rather than just as decoration.

For that, Money Stacks deserves extra credit.

Gameplay

Money Stacks is a six-reels slot. On each reel, there are four rows.

Wins are generated using an any ways win system where winning combinations of symbols can be made from symbols that land anywhere on the reels, providing they land in consecutive reels starting from reel one.

The maximum win on any given round is 5,000x of the player’s bet at the very highest.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol can be used to complete winning combinations with all other symbols except for the Scatter, Money, and Collect symbols.

The Scatter symbol pays from anywhere on the reels and if the player lands three or more Scatters, they earn a Free Spin Bonus. The player can choose between Wild Free Spins and Money Free Spins.

The Wild Free Spin bonus starts with between 8 and 30 free spins depending on how many Scatters the player hit to trigger the bonus.

During the Wild Free Spin Bonus, there are additional multipliers applied to wins using Wild symbols and additional spins can be won by landing two or more Scatters anywhere on the reels.

The Money Free Spins start with fewer spins, but the reels have only Money symbols (each with a random value), Collect symbols, and blanks. When the Collect symbol lands, the value of all the money symbols that landed are added to the player’s win counter. A Collect symbol will land on every single spin during the Money Free Spins.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player (RTP) of Money Stacks is 96.51%. This is pretty good for the industry, where our yardstick for average RTP is roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€480 per spin. The maximum, in particular, is very high, allowing high-stakes players to up the action considerably.

This game is a high-volatility slot. So, expect bigger wins on average, but expect to hit them more rarely. High volatility is great for our preferred slot strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility, so Money Stacks would work nicely with them.

Conclusion

Money Stacks is a typical slot with one of the most typical themes. As such it really doesn’t stand out against the noise of thousands of other slots.

Where it does stand out is its moderately high RTP of 96.51% and its high volatility. This combination means it will serve well with our preferred strategies.

Although it is a little bland, on the whole, we recommend this slot.