Megaways Jack

Iron Dog Studio built Megaways Jack on Big Time Gaming's licensed Megaways engine, taking the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale as its backdrop — a cottage that looks anything but poor, and a beanstalk climbing off the right side of the reels into the clouds, scored by a dreamy soundtrack. The six-reel grid can show anywhere from two to seven symbols per reel, translating into up to 117,649 ways to win, and stakes run from 0.20 up to 20 a spin.

Wins are formed through a cascade mechanic: symbols involved in a payout explode off the grid, and new ones drop in to fill the gaps, with the process repeating for as long as fresh wins keep appearing. The low-value symbols are the standard 9 through A card ranks, while the higher-paying set includes a cow, a golden goose, Jack's mother, the giant, and Jack himself as the top symbol, worth 25x the stake for a six-symbol hit and paying out from as few as two matching symbols rather than the usual three. A wild symbol appears on reels two through six in both the base game and free spins, substituting for any regular paying symbol.

A magic harp sits beside the reels and can trigger randomly in the base game, awarding up to four extra wilds on a tumble, a multiplier of up to 5x on a win, extra positions on the beanstalk, or a free respin that keeps the current beanstalk progress intact. Magic beans can also land during tumbles — up to three at a time — each adding one to three positions on the beanstalk. Reach 8 or more positions and free spins begin: the exact number awarded and any starting multiplier scale with how far up the beanstalk play has climbed, up to a maximum of 12 free spins with a 3x starting multiplier at the highest tier. Free spins carry their own uncapped win multiplier that rises by 1 with every cascade, four consecutive tumbles add two extra spins, and further tumbles beyond that keep adding more, up to a limit of four bonus spins. Landing seven symbols on a single reel during play locks that reel at seven rows high for the rest of the round. A bonus buy option lets players choose between 6 and 10 free spins, with or without a reel already locked, for prices ranging from 30x to 130x the stake.

Megaways Jack carries high volatility, an RTP of 96%, and a maximum win of 25,000x the stake.