Split Happens

Thunderkick drops Split Happens into a hazy, neon-washed bowling alley, pink and blue light spilling across the lanes while a steady soundtrack keeps pace with the reels. Ten-through-ace card symbols share the paytable with nachos, a beer, and a heavyset bowler character.

The layout is a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 10 paylines, and wins are paid both left to right from the first reel and right to left from the last, so a single spin can complete combinations running either direction. Five matching symbols return 0.5 to 7.5 times the stake, and five wilds in a row pay 5 times the stake by themselves; the wild covers every regular symbol.

Split Happens takes its name from the Walking Stacked Wilds mechanic: whenever wild symbols cover an entire reel in positions two, three, or four, a set of respins begins, and that stack shifts one column left or right with every respin depending on which side it started from. Should a complete stack appear specifically on the middle reel, it divides into two separate stacks placed on the reels either side, each then continuing to walk outward across its own respins until nothing full remains on the grid.

Three scatter symbols collected on the bonus meter open the Bonus Game, worth 5 free spins built on the same walking-wild mechanic, joined by a global multiplier that begins at 1x and climbs by 1 with every respin, applying to any line win that includes a wild stack. A Power Reset triggers whenever a fresh complete stack appears, restoring the free spins counter to its starting number — the multiplier itself is left untouched — while respins on their own never draw down the spins remaining.

A Feature Buy sends players straight into the Bonus Game for 100 times the stake, and a separate Bet+ option raises the per-spin cost in return for better natural odds of triggering it. Thunderkick lists two RTP settings for this release, 94.16% and 86.70%, alongside high volatility, a 23% hit frequency, and a maximum win of 3,000 times the stake; wagers span 0.10 to 100 per spin.