Carnaval Jackpot Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Carnaval Jackpot Review

The Streak Respins feature has been trending for a while now, and more and more developers are throwing their contributions into the mix. Microgaming’s first recent flirt with this feature came via partner, Triple Edge Studios, excellent Assassin Moon. This time another up-and-coming partner, which goes by the fancy name Pulse 8 Studios, has been given the assignment. Their Carnaval Jackpot is a much simpler, yet enjoyable, creation.

The medium volatility will appeal to medium risk casual players, and everything is about the Jackpot Respins feature in this game. You can land decent payouts via the regular base game also, of course, but scatters will land to tease you almost non-stop until the feature finally triggers. The top jackpot is worth 4,000x your stake, which is pretty solid for this kind of volatility, and it can be quite a thrill-ride to climb the jackpot ladder, hopefully all the way to the top!

Carnaval Jackpot Reel Screen

Carnaval Jackpot Features

The dressed-up wild symbol can land on the 3 middle reels only (that is reels 2, 3 and 4), and it will step in for all regular pay symbols like wilds usually do. The scatter symbol can land on any reel however, and it comes with a scatter win of 2x, 5x or 8x, respectively, when you land 3, 4 or 5 in sight.

When you land at least 3 scatters on the same spin, you also trigger the Jackpot Respins feature.

The triggering scatters are held in place, and you will now land only blanks or new scatters on the reels. All new scatters you land also become sticky. The feature ends when you don’t land any new scatters, or you fill the whole screen.

Filling the whole screen with 15 scatters lands you the ’Carnaval Jackpot’ worth 4,000x your stake. Below is a list of all the smaller prizes you can also win by climbing the Jackpot Respins ladder:

• 14 scatters = 400x jackpot
• 13 scatters = 80x jackpot
• 12 scatters = 48x jackpot
• 11 scatters = 32x jackpot
• 10 scatters = 24x jackpot
• 9 scatters = 16x jackpot
• 8 scatters = 14x jackpot
• 7 scatters = 12x jackpot
• 6 scatters = 10x jackpot

The 200 Spins Carnaval Jackpot Experience

The base game is basically an endless scatter tease, but we had some smaller payouts also. At 1:18 into the 2-minute highlights video we finally trigger the Jackpot Respin feature.

We can reveal up front that we didn’t go all the way to the top, but you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button.

Review Summary

The central feature in this game has so many names that it might be confusing at times. Originally, it was called Streak Respins, but nowadays it goes by names like Hold & Spin, Hold & Win or even HyperHold. Microgaming partner, Pulse 8 Studios, has called it “Jackpot Respins”, which is actually a pretty good name for it. Simple and to the point.

The same can be said about the game itself, its simplicity is its strength. Base game wins keep you afloat between Jackpot Respin triggers, and if you climb all the way to the top of the Jackpot ladder you win 4,000x your stake. The second highest jackpot could perhaps have been a bit higher than 400x, but with medium volatility casual players can enjoy the ride without too much risk.

Pros

• Climb the Jackpot Respins ladder
• Medium volatility for casual gaming
• Win up to 4,000x your stake

Cons

• Second highest jackpot is “only” 400x

If you enjoy Carnaval Jackpot you should also try:

Brazil Bomba - is an Yggdrasil carnaval slot that’s visually far more impressive than the game at hand. It plays out on a 6x8 grid, and you will benefit from cascading cluster wins, multipliers and a bonus round for payouts up to 8,975x your stake.

Rio Stars - is a nicely done festive slot from Red Tiger, and it comes with 5 reels and 30 win ways. A drumroll initiates 1 of 4 random base game modifiers, and these play out on every free spin during the bonus round.

This can lead to payouts up to 2,000x your stake.

Assassin Moon - is a highly competent spy-themed slot from Microgaming partner Triple Edge Studios. The Streak Respins feature, called HyperHold here, is central to the action, and it comes with 4 fixed jackpots. There is also a bonus round with mega symbols, stacked wilds and win boosters for payouts up to 12,500x your stake.

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