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Who Wants To Be a Millionaire from Big Time Gaming: Slot Review - is that your final answer?

Ask the audience, phone a friend, or go 50-50 to win big on the reels in this excellent quiz show slot!

Take to the hot seat for the chance to win a fortune in this new release from top software studio Big Time Gaming! Who Wants To Be a Millionaire is the first branded slot from the company and is based on the hit TV quiz show where contestants answer a series of questions in order to take home a cool 1 million cash prize. The show first aired in 1998 and was presented by Chris Tarrant all the way up to 2014. It has made a comeback recently and is now hosted by popular TV personality Jeremy Clarkson this time around. Let’s find out what cash prizes are on offer in this slot as we take part in the ultimate TV quiz show!

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire is a 6 reel slot with up to 117,649 ways to win that includes Free Spins, a Gamble Mode, Reactions, and Increasing Multipliers.

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Screenshot

Special Features

The first feature to mention is that this game incorporates the MegaWays game engine as seen in other Big Time Gaming slots such as Bonanza as it offers up to a staggering 117,649 ways to win! Who Wants To Be a Millionaire features 6 reels which can feature anywhere between 2 and 7 symbols which means that the number of ways to win changes every time you spin the reels. Wins are created when you land matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from left to right and when you form a winning combo then the winning symbols will disappear to be replaced by new symbols from above. This is know as the Reactions feature and continues until no more winning combinations appear on the reels.

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire features a selection of gems and A – 9 icons with the purple diamond symbol being the most valuable. Land 6 of these symbols on the reels and you will be smiling big time with an excellent payout worth 50X your stake!

The Wild symbol in this game is a multi-coloured circle with the word ‘Wild’ placed below it. This symbol substitutes for all other symbols except for the Scatter to help form winning combinations on the reels. Speaking of the Scatter symbol, it is represented by an image of the logo of the TV show. Land 3 of these symbols anywhere on the reels and you will trigger the Free Spins feature where you will be awarded 4 or 8 Free Spins for 3 or 4 Scatters.

Once you have activated Free Spins, you will enter the Hot Seat Free Spins Gamble feature where you can decide to ‘walk away’ with the Free Spins you have or you can gamble them for the chance to win up 50 Free Spins. To gamble, all you have to do is answer from A, B, C, or D and then press Final Answer. For every successful gamble, you will move up a rung in the prize ladder. Make it to Rung 2 and you are guaranteed 10 Free Spins whereas Rung 7 awards 20 Free Spins. These are safety nets and guarantee you will take home a certain number of Free Spins by reaching these stages. If you gamble successfully all the way to Rung 12 then you will win a top prize of 50 Free Spins but bear in mind the first gamble is the riskiest as if you guess incorrectly here then you will lose all of your Free Spins. To tie in with the TV show, you can choose from lifeline options such as ‘Ask the Audience’, ‘50-50’, or ‘Phone a Friend’ to help you decide on which answer to pick with either A, B, C, or D being singled out as the most likely one to be correct. It is then up to you to decide which answer to gamble with.

Once in Free Spins, you will be pleased to know that every Free Spin comes with a multiplier which starts at 1X and increases with each Reaction win on the reels. It is also possible to retrigger Free Spins by landing 3 or 4 Scatters to get 4 or 8 Free Spins. It's important to highlight that the Scatter symbol only appears in the Extra Reel (reel 7) below the main reel in this feature.

Best Welcome Bonus for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire MegaWays

Theme, Graphics and Sound

The presentation of the game is flawless as it replicates the set and exciting atmosphere of the TV show immaculately on screen. Symbols are nicely designed and consist of a bunch of different coloured Gems and Diamonds along with your typical A – 9 icons. The animations are wonderful as stage lights flash brightly as the reels spin and symbols explode spectacularly when part of a winning combination. The Hot Seat bonus feature in particular ties in perfectly with the TV show as you gamble and use lifelines to your advantage to climb the rungs to get your hands hopefully on a whole heap of Free Spins.

The music is tense and atmospheric and taken straight from the TV show. Needless to say, it ties in perfectly with the quiz show theme of the game.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game has up to 117,649 ways to win, a solid RTP of 96.24%, and a top maximum payout worth a staggering 50,000X your wager.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels.

Bet Range: 0.20, 0.40, 0.60, 0.80, 1.00, 1.20, 1.40, 1.60, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00

  • Purple Diamond Symbol: 2 for 2X, 5 for 3X, 10 for 4X, 25 for 5X, 50 for 6X
  • Red Gem Symbol: 1 for 3X, 2 for 4X, 2.5 for 5X, 7.5 for 6X
  • Blue Gem Symbol: 0.25 for 3X, 1 for 4X, 1.5 for 5X, 2 for 6X
  • Green Gem Symbol: 0.25 for 3X, 0.5 for 4X, 0.75 for 5X, 2 for 6X
  • A Symbol: 0.2 for 3X, 0.4 for 4X, 0.6 for 5X, 1.75 for 6X
  • K Symbol: 0.2 for 3X, 0.4 for 4X, 0.6 for 5X, 1.75 for 6X
  • Q Symbol: 0.2 for 3X, 0.25 for 4X, 0.6 for 5X, 1 for 6X
  • J Symbol: 0.15 for 3X, 0.25 for 4X, 0.5 for 5X, 1 for 6X
  • 10 Symbol: 0.15 for 3X, 0.25 for 4X, 0.5 for 5X, 0.9 for 6X
  • 9 Symbol: 0.1 for 3X, 0.2 for 4X, 0.4 for 5X, 0.8 for 6X

Our Verdict on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

This slot comes from Australian-based software studio Big Time Gaming and I’m happy to report is a more than faithful adaptation of the hit TV show. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire features superb graphics, a tense soundtrack, exciting gameplay, as well as a slew of excellent bonus features. The MegaWays engine provides plenty of opportunities to win on the reels with Reaction Wins and up to a whopping 117,649 Ways to Win. The Free Spins feature is the star attraction of the game with an excellent Hot Seat Gamble feature where you can win up to 50 Free Spins and it’s great that each Free Spin comes with a dynamic multiplier to further boost your chances of landing a big win. Variance-wise, I found this slot to be High with lots of patience and bankroll needed in order to win big on the reels. For slots with a similar TV show theme, check out Game of Thrones and Vikings.

Gamble your way to fortune on the reels when you play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire!