Ready to Blow: Thundershots Slot Game Overview
Ready to Blow: Thundershots is a 5-reel, 20-line slot game by Playtech.
How to Play the Game
- On the entry screen, press PLAY to start the game.
- Press – or + on TOTAL BET to choose the total bet.
- The total bet shows how much is being bet in total on a single spin.
- Press the SPIN button to spin the reels with the current bet.
- In the case of a winning spin, the WIN field displays the accumulating winnings.
- On a given payline, only the highest winning combination pays, while simultaneous winnings on different paylines are accumulated.
- All wins shown in the paytable are relative to the current bet.
Paytable
- To open the paytable, press the i button.
- To navigate the paytable, press the arrow buttons.
- To close the paytable and return to the game, press EXIT.
Paylines
- Active paylines are represented by lines that appear over the reels, as illustrated in the paytable.
- Wins can only form on active paylines.
- Winning combinations must start from the leftmost reel, and the same symbol has to be on every consecutive reel.
Maximum win limit
The maximum win in the game has an upper limit. For more information, see the Terms and Conditions.
Wild symbol
- The Wild symbol can stand for any other symbol, except the Scatter symbols, to make the best possible winning combination.
- Wild symbols can appear on every position of the reels.
- There is also a separate payout for 3 or more Wild symbols on an active payline, as seen in the paytable. This is paid out instead of the regular symbol win if the win amount from Wilds is larger than the win from the regular symbols (by Wild standing in).
Free Games
- 3 Scatter symbols in view awards 10 free games.
- Winlines are attached to dynamite.
- Any wins achieved on the reels will light up the dynamite. After all winlines have been evaluated, all lit dynamite will explode, revealing a random cash prize.
- Dynamite and prizes then reset for the next spin.
- On each spin a randomly chosen special winline will highlight.
- Getting a win on this winline and revealing a diamond nugget behind dynamite will level up the mine cart to the next stage and reset the number of free games to 10.
- There are three stages in total with upgraded prizes on each stage.
- Revealing a diamond nugget on the third stage may randomly award Thundershots™.
Exploding Wilds
- During any game round – including free games – either a stacked exploding Wild or a stacked exploding double Wild may randomly appear on the reels.
- The exploding Wild will slide around on the reels until coming to a stop before all reels land.
Thundershots™
- Thundershots™ may be randomly won by finding the diamond nugget in the gold stage of free games.
- Thundershots™ will begin after all free games have been played.
- Press the spin button to spin the Thundershots™ wheel, or press and hold to make the wheel spin automatically.
- Prizes on the wheel consist of cash wins, extra Thundershots™ spins, and free games.
- The first time you land on a feature segment, you will win the feature, which will be played at the end of the Thundershots™ feature.
- Landing on the same feature segment again will increase the multiplier you play the feature with by one.
- During free games, the Thundershots™ feature can be won again.
- Nothing is awarded for landing on an empty segment.
- The outcome of any spin is not necessarily that shown by the odds displayed.
Return to Player
- The theoretical percentage return to player (RTP) is 93.08%.
- The RTP value is the theoretical return to player, calculated by dividing the total winnings by total amount bet from 1000000000 simulated game rounds.
Note on disconnections
- If you are disconnected from the Internet during:
- A spin, the reels will display the result after you reconnect, and any winnings will be added to your balance.
- A bonus feature or the triggering spin, you will be automatically directed to the feature after you reconnect.
- To see the outcome of your previous round after you log back into the portal, press the game history icon on the bottom toolbar.
