Wild Wild Bananas Slot Review

576 ways and a split cast of symbols

Wins are paid across 576 ways, left to right on adjacent reels. The unusual part is the placement. The wild substitutes for every symbol except the bonus and money symbols, and it can land only on reels one and two. The bonus symbol lives on reel three alone. Money symbols show up on reels three, four and five.

This division means the interesting events need symbols from different reels to arrive together, and a spin that shows only one of them does little. It also explains why the studio built an ante bet around the wilds, covered below.

Money collect

On each spin, every money symbol takes a random value from a fixed set. A value can be a direct cash award of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 15x or 25x the total bet, or a Mini, Major or Mega jackpot value. The pack does not print the jackpot amounts, so none are quoted here.

The collect step is tied to the wilds: wild symbols must land on reels one and two next to money symbols on reels three, four or five. The text in our pack is cut off at this point, so we describe the condition but not the full payout procedure.

Free spins with growing reels

Wilds on reels one and two together with the bonus symbol on reel three trigger the free spins. The round begins with 10 spins and the money collect feature stays active throughout.

A special golden money symbol is added, and only in this round. It can land on reels three, four and five. Each time it hits, the number of possible symbols on that reel goes up by one for the rest of the round, so the reel strips gradually fill with more money symbols. A reel can be retriggered only once, and after its first retrigger the golden money symbol can no longer appear there. This limits how far a single reel can be pushed.

Numbers and costs

The catalogue and the official rules agree on one RTP of 96.1%. That is a house edge of 3.9%, or about $39 lost per $1,000 wagered on average. One hundred spins at $0.20 cost about $0.78, at $1 about $3.90, and at $5 (a total of $500 wagered) about $19.50. The ante bet raises the stake by a fifth, so the cost of every spin rises with it.

Volatility is not published, and no hit frequency is given. The maximum win is 12,000x the bet, which equals $2,400 at $0.20, $12,000 at $1 and $60,000 at $5. There is no bonus buy.

Where it sits among 2022 to 2024 releases

Muertos Multiplier Megaways from 2022 lists 96.03% and a 10,000x cap, Fury of Odin Megaways from the same year lists 95.97% and 15,000x, and Book of Golden Sands lists 96.46% and 10,000x. Later titles include Mammoth Gold Megaways at 96.03% and 10,000x (2023), Blazing Wilds Megaways at 96.06% and 10,000x (2024) and Pompeii Megareels Megaways at 96% and 10,000x (2024). At 12,000x, Wild Wild Bananas offers a higher cap than most of them.