Giga Jar Slot Review

Slot Description

Giga Jar opens with an enormous grid of 7x7 size. A glance into the game reveals it's built on the cluster pays mechanics, which Push Gaming is marketing as Cluster Link, that requires at least five matching symbols to dish out a win. Moreover, the game employs cascading mechanic where winning symbols explode, and new ones drop from above, leading to multiple winning opportunities from the same spin.

Wild jars play a key role in the game, and by enabling the Push Bet option, every spin guarantees at least one wild jar symbol. Push Bet charges 80% extra on the standard bet sizes. For instance, if you play with a bet of $10, enabling Push Bet increases the bet amount to $18 per spin.

Symbols and Payouts

With several fruits making their way into the game as pay symbols, keep an eye on strawberries since they award the highest. Instant pay symbols also pay their values once a cluster of 5 or more land in the same spin. Possible values of Instant Pay symbols range between 1x to 1000x.

Bonus Features

The mocktail counter of Giga Jar hosts many features that elevate the slot's gaming experience and keep players in contention for landing bigger prizes. Most of these features are related to the Jar Meter sitting next to the grid, which contains elements such as the Wild Jar activation meter, Giga Jar activation meter, and Giga Jar multiplier upgrade meter. The features that come out of it are as follows:

Wild Jar

Wild Jar is a wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols. After landing 3 consecutive cascades, the first wild jar meter will be filled, and that wild symbol will get moved to a random position on the reels. If the Wild Jar symbol takes part in a winning combination, it moves randomly to an adjacent vacant position before the next cascade begins. Moreover, wild symbols have multipliers associated with them, starting at 1x. So, whenever a wild contributes to a winning combination, its multiplier increases by +1 and applies to the following winning cascade.

Giga Jar

The Giga Jar meter gets activated when all 3 Wild Jar symbols are in play. After hitting 3 consecutive wins in a cascading sequence, the Giga Jar feature gets triggered. Once activated, the Giga Jar symbol appears randomly on the reels. It stays in that position as a sticky symbol for the remainder of the feature.

The Giga Jar is a 2x2 wild symbol with a multiplier latched, starting at 1x. The Giga Jar symbol remains active for three consecutive cascades and then becomes inactive. However, getting another 3 consecutive cascades activates the Giga Jar symbol. With each reactivation, the multiplier increases considerably based on the progressive meter, with values being 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, and 50x.

Snowball

Up to 2 Giant symbols can randomly appear on the reels. The size of the giant symbols can vary between 2x2, 3x3, and 5x5. After appearing, the giant symbols convert to 1x1 versions of the same symbol type. Both fruits and instant pay symbols are eligible to turn into Giant symbols.

Ice Breaker

This feature gets randomly triggered and removes all instances of up to 3 symbols from the reels. Only regular paying symbols are removed during this feature; instant pay and other special symbols remain exempted from the Ice Breaker feature.

Payout Statistics

Giga Jar might not flex the max win standards of Jammin' Jars, but it still offers a luxurious 10,000x the stake. The payout becomes even more potent once we realize it's a medium volatility slot. The payouts don’t take long to arrive, but more often than not, they are below average. Although we don't mind that since the slot has features that can significantly enhance the payouts.

Giga Jar RTP of 96.48% is also a vital stat one needs to keep an eye on. It is way above the industry average of 96%, suggesting that for every 100 coins wagered, players will likely get 96.48 coins returned to them in the long run. However, the value is theoretical and therefore might significantly vary from the projected score in the short run.