Thunder Cash X: Candelas de Los Muertos

Novomatic Americas

This is a unique and lively game series on Novomatic’s Diamond X and and other cabinets. The series centers around the Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) holiday celebrated in Mexico and several other Spanish-speaking countries.

The celebration’s theme is masterfully depicted with great art and animation in the three base games, “Señor Muerte, “Señorita Suerte,” and “Candelas de Los Muertos.”

Manufacturer: Novomatic Americas

Platform: Diamond X 1.55J, Panthera Curve 1.43, V.I.P. Lounge Curve 1.43, Novostar V.I.P. Royal 2.65

Format: Five-reel, 25-line video slot

Max Bet: 500

Denomination: .01 through 2.00

Top Award: Progressive; resets ranging from $2,000 to $20,000

Hit Frequency: Approximately 40%

The base games are five-reel, 25-line video slots, with reel symbols depicting one of the two creepy, costumed title characters. Particularly on the largerformat cabinets and the cushy V.I.P. Lounge setup, the animation and sound create an immersive effect during the reel-spinning.

Theoretical Hold: 5.01%-14.99%

At the heart of the two games is a hold-and-re-spin bonus event, triggered by six or more candle symbols scattered on the reels. The event also can be triggered as a mystery event revealed by any one candle symbol.

The candle symbols remain locked in place, each revealing a cash-on-reels credit award, or one of the three lower Thunder Cash X jackpots—static awards of $10 (Mini) and $50 (Minor), and the Major

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progressive resetting at $500. They remain in place for three re-spins, with the re-spins resetting to three when each additional candle symbol lands.

The bonus feature continues until there are three spins without a candle, or until all 15 reel symbols are filled with candles, which triggers the Grand Jackpot, a progressive with resets avaiable from $2,000 to $20,000.

This new game on the AGS Orion Curve cabinet displays all the glitter of Las Vegas in a unique setup. Above the five-reel, 50-line base-game reel set is a three-reel display including nothing but multipliers ranging from 2X to 10X.

Manufacturer: AGS

Platform: Orion Curve

Format: Five-reel, 50-line video slot

Max Bet: 400

Denomination: .01, .02, .05, .10

Top Award: Progressive; $10,000 reset

Hit Frequency: 29.9%

Theoretical Hold: 4.74%-15.03%

During the primary game, cash-on-reels symbols can land on several reels and pay off immediately as a mystery bonus feature. There also are frequent stacked wild symbols in the base game and the bonus feature.

There are seven jackpot levels, ranging from $10 to the top jackpot, a progressive resetting at $10,000. The lower-level jackpots are won by landing gaming chip symbols on the reels, accumulating 10 for the bottom $10 prize up to 35 for the $800 jackpot. The top progressive is won by a “blackout” in the main bonus event, with all 15 reel spots occupied by cash-onreels symbols.

Six or more of the flaming cash-on-reels symbols scattered on the reels trigger a hold-and-re-spin bonus. The cash symbols lock in place for three free spins, with the free-spin meter returning to three as each additional flaming symbol lands.

With each of the cash-on-reels free spins, the reels above the main screen can spin, and the multipliers on the three reels are added up to multiply all cash-on-reels amounts.