Reel Spinner Slot Review with RTP Paytable and Free Spins

What Reel Spinner is

Microgaming released Reel Spinner to its operators on July 6, 2016, on desktop, mobile and tablet. The provider's launch announcement described a five-reel, 15-payline fishing game with bright maritime symbols and a new two-stage bonus round, plus built-in achievements. Microgaming's catalogue is now distributed by Games Global, so you may see either name in a casino lobby.

The reels are laid out 5x3 over an open sea. The cast is the kind of catch you would hope for on a sport fishing trip: a cabin cruiser, a compass, a fishing reel, a fighting chair and five fish. The Reel Spinner logo with a leaping marlin is the wild, and a marlin emblem marked Scatter starts the feature.

RTP, volatility and stakes

Microgaming does not list these numbers anywhere it still publishes, so the figures below come from the game's long-standing published data and its own info screens. The RTP is 96.38%, which means a long-run expected cost of about 36.20 for every 1,000.00 you stake. The game is rated medium volatility: wins land at a steady pace, and the free spins provide the bigger swings.

All 15 lines are always active, so your stake is the line bet times 15. Stakes run from 0.01 to 0.75 per line, which is 0.15 to 11.25 per spin. The game's info screen advertises wins of up to 112,500.00 at the 11.25 maximum stake, which works out to 10,000x your total bet.

How a spin works step by step

1. Set your stake. The number of lines is fixed at 15, so you only choose the line bet.
2. Line wins pay left to right from the first reel and are multiplied by your bet per line. Only the highest win on each line is paid.
3. The wild substitutes for every symbol except the scatter.
4. Scatters pay in any position, multiplied by your total bet, and the scatter win is added to your line wins.
5. Three or more scatters anywhere start the free spins feature, played at the same bet and lines as the spin that triggered it.

Our guide to paylines, ways and clusters explains how fixed lines differ from ways-to-win slots if you are new to the format.

Reel Spinner paytable

The in-game paytable shows cash values at your current bet. Converted to multiples of your line bet, they read as follows. To get cash amounts, multiply by your line bet; at the minimum 0.15 spin the line bet is 0.01.

The scatter pays on your total bet instead: 50x for five, 10x for four and 2x for three. At a 1.50 spin, three scatters pay 3.00 on top of starting the feature, while five pay 75.00. Note how steep the wild line is. Five wilds pay twice as much as five cruisers, which is why the stacked wilds in the bonus matter so much.

What the base game pays in practice

Between features, Reel Spinner behaves like a classic 15-line slot, and the paytable tells you how much a typical hit is worth. At a 1.50 spin, with a 0.10 line bet, three flying fish or three barracuda pay 0.50, which is a third of your stake. Three tuna pay 1.00, and three of the cruiser pay 5.00. The fish symbols carry the small, frequent returns, while the four equipment symbols and the wild deliver the hits that actually move your balance.

The wild changes the picture more than any single symbol. A wild that lands on reel 2 or 3 can complete combinations on several lines at once, since every position sits on more than one of the 15 lines. Two cruisers plus a wild on the same line already pay 50x the line bet, 5.00 at a 1.50 spin. Several wins on different lines are added together, so one wild in the middle of the grid can turn a dead-looking spin into a solid one.

Wins of four and five of a kind are where the steps get large. Going from three to five compasses multiplies the prize by 15, from 50x to 750x the line bet, so the base game does carry some upside of its own even without the bonus.

The two-stage free spins bonus

Three or more scatters start the free spins feature, and it plays out in two steps.

1. Pick a boat. Six boats appear on screen, and each one awards a different number of free spins. Your choice reveals how many you get, up to 20.
2. Spin the reel. A fishing reel then spins to reveal the free spins multiplier, up to 5x, which applies to your wins in the round.

During the free spins, wilds land stacked on all reels. That is the real engine of the feature. In the base game a wild fills one position at a time, while in the bonus a full stack can cover a whole reel and connect wins across many of the 15 lines at once.

Worked example of a free spins round

Say you play 1.50 per spin, so your line bet is 0.10. Three scatters land and pay 2x your total bet, 3.00. You pick a boat that reveals 10 free spins, and the fishing reel stops on 3x.

• On one free spin, a stacked wild fills reel 2 and five tuna line up on a single line with its help. Five tuna pay 200x the line bet, 20.00, and the 3x multiplier lifts that to 60.00.
• On another, four compasses land on two lines thanks to the same kind of stacked wild. Each pays 150x the line bet, 15.00, so the pair pays 30.00, and with 3x that becomes 90.00.
• The other eight spins return smaller wins totaling 12.00 before the multiplier, which become 36.00.

The round pays 60.00 + 90.00 + 36.00 = 186.00, plus the 3.00 scatter win, for 189.00, or 126x your stake. These numbers are an illustration of the arithmetic, not a typical result.

How the 10,000x top win is reached

The ceiling follows from the paytable. If stacked wilds cover every position, all 15 lines pay five wilds at 2,000x the line bet. That is 30,000x the line bet, or 2,000x your total bet. With the maximum 5x multiplier, a single spin reaches 10,000x, which at 11.25 is the 112,500.00 shown on the info screen.

Reel Spinner versus other fishing slots

Fishing themes are crowded, and Reel Spinner sits at the simpler end. It has no money collect symbols and no bonus buy. Its draw is the stacked wild free spins with a fixed multiplier for the whole round.

If you want collection mechanics and a bonus buy, the other two are the better picks. If you prefer a classic line game where the feature leans on multiplied wild wins, Reel Spinner does that cleanly.

How to try it and what to check in the rules

We could not confirm an official public demo for Reel Spinner, so this page has no free demo block. If your casino offers a practice mode, use it to get a feel for how often three scatters land at your stake. Before you play for money, open the help screens and check the RTP line for your version, the line bet range in your currency and the paytable at your bet. Keep stakes at a level that survives long gaps between features, because the free spins carry much of the return.

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