Donuts

Food-themed slots always do well if they look great, and the Donuts slot, available at Big Time Gaming casinos, offers players tons of awesome-looking donuts that may just make you hungry by the time you're finished playing. Graphics aren't all that this game has to offer, however, because there are tons of ways to win and some great and innovative features that combine to create a very exciting style of gameplay. Along with this comes a low volatility, a high hit-rate and smaller swings than what you see in the average video slot.

Slot Format

The format of the game is a little different than what you normally see with four reels and four rows. The all-ways layout is in place as well, which means players have 256 ways to win as the regular symbols behave like left-to-right scatters. This increases the number of wins that you'll get and puts the game in a position to focus a bit more on low- and mid-level payouts. Wagers from $0.10 to $40 per turn are available as well, and that will suit everyone from low stakes slot fans to high rollers the overwhelming majority of the time.

Wild Symbols

A rainbow-colored treat in a golden frame is the wild symbol. It will substitute for every symbol in the game other than the golden donut, which we'll look at below. It does not have its own payouts, however, because it's only going to appear on the second and fourth reels. However, this is still plenty because there are four symbols on each reel and the ability to have 256 ways to win on each spin, at a minimum. When combined with the donut box symbols, which we'll also explain below, they have a lot more value than you would expect for only showing up on half of the game's reels.

Golden Donut Scatter Symbols

Whenever you get three or more of the golden donut scatters on the reels at once, you'll be given a set of free spins. This comes in the form of 12 or 20 free turns for three or four of this golden donut symbol, respectively, and they are truly scattered so that it doesn't matter where they appear on the reels in terms of triggering this feature. Players will get a multiplier on their wins as well as a part of the bonus round.

Donut Boxes Clusters

The donut box symbols are pretty interesting in this game because they offer opportunities to get a lot more winning combinations. At random, they will be one of the red, blue or green donut symbols with between two and four donuts in each. These count as having that many of that donut symbol on that particular reel. Additionally, they can give wild multiplier of 2x to 4x, and those multipliers will be applied to any winning combination that uses that wild symbol. It's a really cool way to add value to the game without falling too far into the same patterns as what you see from games from other providers.

Payouts and Prizes

The purple donut with yellow glaze gets you 15x for four of a kind. You can also earn 2x for four of the red donut or 1x for four of the blue. The green one also earns 1x for four of a kind, and all of the donut symbols pay for three of a kind or more.

The purple A gets you 0.6x for five, and five of the red K or blue Q is worth 0.4x. Wins of 0.2x come for four of the green J, yellow 10 or light-blue 9 symbols. All of the card rank symbols need at least four of a kind for a prize.

Our Thoughts

There are a few things about the Donuts slot that stand out, and Big Time Gaming definitely deserves some credit for what they've done with this game. First off, the graphics are very strong with a fun donut shop backdrop and donut symbols on the reels that will definitely put you at risk of getting hungry while you play. The format is a bit different as well while maintaining a high hit-rate and low volatility, and it's made even more interesting with the donut box symbols. From there, you have the balanced pay table and the free spins mode with an additional bonus feature and multipliers, so there are lots of ways to get paid and run up some serious winnings.