Piggy Riches Megaways Slot Review: Mega Wilds and Free Spins

Piggy Riches™ Megaways™ game artwork by Red Tiger

Piggy Riches™ Megaways™ takes the familiar wealthy-pig setting and shifts the interest to two interacting kinds of scale: the number of symbol ways changes with reel height, and a full-reel Mega Wild can multiply a winning combination. The largest advertised configuration is 117,649 ways, but that is a maximum arrangement rather than a fixed count on every spin. Free spins then use a separate multiplier that rises after wins and does not reset during the round. Together, these rules make the game about variable access to combinations and how wild multipliers overlap, not simply about chasing a large number on the title screen.

Piggy Riches Megaways at a glance

ProviderRed Tiger
Genre / themeAnimals, Glamour & Luxury
Game typeVideo slot
Reels / grid6×7
Reference RTP95.71%
Volatility21.5
Payout mechanic117649 ways maximum
Maximum win10474x stake the bet
Release date22 January 2020
Main featuresSix variable-height reels offer up to 117649 ways; full-reel Mega Wilds carry up to x7 and multiply together on a shared win; scatters trigger wheel-awarded free spins with a persistent win multiplier that rises after wins.

RTP and stake limits can vary by version and market. Check the information screen in the game you open. Maximum win is a ceiling, not an expected result.

Ways change with the reel heights

The official layout is six reels by seven rows, with Megaways determining the available combinations from the symbols on each reel. A spin can therefore present a different number of ways depending on how many symbols land in its columns. If all six reels show the maximum seven symbols, the game can reach 117,649 ways. That top count describes the full-height configuration; shorter reels produce fewer combinations. It is a ways-to-win format, not a list of fixed paylines, so the useful question on a particular result is which matching symbols connect across adjacent reels and how many positions each reel contributes.

The game adds Mega Wilds that cover an entire reel. Each carries a ways multiplier of up to x7, and as many as three can land on a spin. If more than one Mega Wild is part of a winning combination, their multipliers multiply: two x3 wilds on the same winning way produce x9, not x6. This interaction is powerful but conditional. The wilds must participate in the same win for the values to combine; merely seeing multiple full-reel symbols does not establish a multiplied payout. Because the reel heights vary, both the number of candidate ways and the placement of these wild reels matter to the result.

A wheel sets the free-spin starting point

Three Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger free spins. At the start of the feature, a wheel awards up to 22 spins and a starting win multiplier of up to x10. The wording makes both awards variable, so the maximum values should not be treated as the guaranteed feature package. Each win during free spins raises the multiplier by one for the next win, and this multiplier does not reset for the duration of the feature. That persistence is the round’s central progression: an early win can raise the value applied to a later one, and another win can increase it again.

Each Scatter landing during free spins awards one additional spin. The supplied rules do not say that the multiplier resets on a retrigger, nor do they give a cap for added spins, so those details should not be inferred. The established sequence is enough to distinguish the feature from the Mega Wild mechanic. Mega Wild multipliers combine when multiple such wilds contribute to a single win; the free-spin multiplier instead steps upward after each feature win and remains in force for the round. A result may involve both systems, but the rules do not specify a more elaborate formula combining them, so the review should not invent one.

Configuration and limits

Red Tiger lists a 95.71% RTP, volatility of 21.5, six reels with up to seven rows, and a maximum payout of 10,474x stake for this standard game. Its official data identifies Megaways and lists a maximum of 117,649 ways. These figures describe the published configuration, not a prediction of how soon either bonus mechanic will appear. No alternative RTP setting is recorded in the source data. The rules explain the multiplier interactions clearly, but do not provide the wheel’s award distribution or the frequency of Mega Wilds, leaving the practical pace of the game’s biggest opportunities unspecified.

Strengths and weak points

Strengths

The rules distinguish clearly between changing Megaways counts, multiplying Mega Wilds on one win, and the free-spin multiplier that rises after every feature win.

Weaknesses

The largest ways count and wheel awards are maxima; the game data does not show their frequency, the wheel distribution, or the chance of stacked Mega Wilds.

Our Editor’s View

Piggy Riches™ Megaways™ has a coherent mechanical hook: changing reel heights make the number of ways fluctuate, while full-reel Mega Wilds can multiply when they jointly contribute to a win. Its free spins add a different form of escalation, with a wheel setting the initial award and each win increasing a multiplier that persists for the round. That gives players two rule sets to follow without confusing their roles. The limitation is that the headline maxima do not reveal how frequently high-reel counts, multiple Mega Wilds or generous wheel awards occur. The listed volatility and payout ceiling also signal that the published top end is not a routine outcome. It suits players comfortable tracking conditional combinations and a feature multiplier that develops one win at a time.