The Big Ben slot by Aristocrat has 13 colored buttons with numbers on them, left of the screen and 12 similar buttons to the right. If you click on a button, you activate the paylines up to the number written on it and switch off all buttons with higher numbering. “Autoplay” button gives you an opportunity to sit back and watch the reel spin on their own. Lines widget for setting a number of paylines. “Bet” and “Total Bet” widgets adjust the bet per line and the sum of all bets per line, respectively. Next to those are the “Gamble” button, “Spin” and finally the “Win” information widget beneath the amount information of your last spin and total wins.
Gamble: This presents itself to you when you score on a basic spin. You can opt to wager your win by clicking the “gamble” button. You are shown a card with its face down to pick the color of the card or its suit. If you get the color right, you double your wins and if it’s the right suit you chose, a win gets quadrupled. A wrong guess would result in losing your last win. You may use the gamble feature only 5 times.
Big Ben Feature: It is triggered when the clock tower symbols are on reels 1 and 5. The bell chimes and how many times it rings is proportional to your win value. There are 12 possible multipliers you can score, ranging from x2 to x500 on your Total Bet.
Free Spin Bonus: This is activated when 3 or more Big Bens appear on reels. You not only win Scatter symbol combo prize, but the bonus round doubles also wins. 15, 20 or 25 free spins are rewarded for 3, 4 or 5 of these symbols. Retriggering is possible.
Reels are set against a background image of an alley facing Parliament with Big Ben posing against the night sky. It is a 5-reel, 3-row pokie with 25 paylines. It has special and regular symbols. The game has a Wild which is the Queen’s guard. It pays 30,000x total bet when you get it on 5 reels aside from it replacing every other symbol but Scatter. It also doubles the wins of combinations it completes. Big Ben is Scatter and its role has been described above. Regular symbols include Double Deck Bus which gives 500x for 5 reels fall out. Red telephone box pays 400x, Streetlamp and Old Tavern Sign both pay x250 for 5 of a kind. Low payers include regular playing cards which all pay 100x for 5 of a kind, except King symbol that gives 125x. Theoretical RTP is 95% which is decent enough to give an interesting play. The maximum bet is $62.5 while $2.5 is the minimum bet. Volatility is medium.
The jackpot in the Big Ben free slot is non-progressive and is not tied to any special feature. It comes by getting the Wild on 5 reels.
To play for actual money, you need to find an online licensed casino. They will need personal data for your registration, including name, phone number, and email address. To complete your account creation, bank card details have to be keyed in. Payment methods include popular ones like Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, and so many others. Free play and real money game versions of the Big Ben casino slot are compatible with all mobile platforms. It is HTML5 integrated and runs smoothly on iPhones and iPads. Android and Windows phones and tablets are not left out.
