Money Stacks Megaways is a revamped, beefed-up version of one of Pragmatic Play’s all-time popular slots, Money Stacks. As its name suggests, this game is all about cash and more cash.

It’s against this background, therefore, that players will be fascinated to hear that there are three incorporated jackpots. As such, when spinning the reels, players don’t just look forward to reaping standard payouts from matching symbols but can walk away with massive jackpot prizes. 

The game was released on 12 December 2024. As a sequel, it borrows many of its features and mechanics from the original game.

The futuristic neon-styled backdrop best demonstrates this. Moreover, the slot retains the super high volatility level and has an RTP that exceeds the industry average, pegged at 96.52%. Continue reading this review to learn more about the game. 

Players must set the reels in motion to start playing the Money Stacks Megaways slot. On this front, players ought to note that there are two ways in which they can spin the reels. There are also other considerations to take not before spinning the reels, as highlighted below:

• Bet Option: The first key consideration is choosing the bet option corresponding to one’s bankroll management plan. In selecting the desirable bet option, note that the supported options range from 0.20 coins to 240.00 coins.

• Spin Option: The reels can be spun manually by clicking the Spin button after every spin or by enabling the auto-play mode, allowing players to set the number of times they want the reels to spin automatically.

• Turbo Mode: Enabling the turbo mode allows the reels to spin faster, guaranteeing pulsating, lightning-fast gaming action.

The Money Stacks Megaways slot features six reels and one horizontal extra reel. The number of winning ways active on each spin is dynamic, with the maximum pegged at 117,649 mega ways.

Players must land at least three identical symbols next to each other to create a winning combination and, hence, receive payouts.

The size of the payouts awarded upon landing a winning combination depends on two factors. First, the higher the number of identical symbols landed, the bigger the payout awarded.

Moreover, the type of symbols featured in the winning combination determines the size of payouts to be awarded. Below is a classification of the featured reel symbols, ranging from the highest to lowest paying.   

• Lucky 7s.
• Melons.
• Grapes.
• Apples.
• Lemons.
• Royal Poker Icons.

• Wild: A purple orb with a ‘W’ inscription acts as the wild. The symbol can substitute for all standard icons except for the scatter, money symbols, collect or super collect icons.   

• Tumble Feature: When players land a winning combination, the awarded payout is added to the open balance, and the winning symbols disappear from their positions. If any, the remaining symbols fall, occupying the open positions at the bottom.
  
  Afterwards, new symbols emerge to fill the vacant positions at the top of the grid. New winning combinations are then evaluated, making it possible for players to get successive win lines. If new win lines emerge, the respective payout is added to the open balance, and the tumble sequence continues. After a non-winning spin, the sequence ends and players receive the total sum in the open balance. 

• Money Collect Feature: The stacks of cash icon acts as the money symbol. It carries a random value ranging from 0.5x to 25x total bet or marked MINOR, MAJOR, or GRAND whenever it lands. A single spin can have only one GRAND symbol, up to 6 MAJOR symbols, and up to 21 MINOR symbols.
  
  During the gaming session, icons inscribed COLLECT and SUPER COLLECT may land. Whenever one or more of these land on the same spin as money symbols, the values of all money symbols currently on the grid are awarded. The SUPER COLLECT symbol, when it lands, it first adds a random amount of money symbols to random positions on the reels that already have at least one money symbol present on them.
  
  Then, the values of all money symbols currently on the grid are awarded. If multiple COLLECT or SUPER COLLECT symbols land along with money symbols, a random multiplier is awarded to the total value of money symbols on the grid. Possible multipliers are 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x or 10x.

• Free Spins Feature: Three or more scatters landing simultaneously on the reels help trigger the free spins feature. During the base mode, all money symbols that land on a spin without COLLECT or enough scatter symbols to activate this feature send a ray to a diamond present on the grid. Randomly, when this happens, the free spins feature can be triggered with a random amount of free spins awarded from the possible numbers. At the start of the free spins round, players must choose between any one of the following modes:
  • Free Spins with Random Wild Multipliers: If the feature was triggered by 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters, 7, 10, 12, or 15 free spins are awarded respectively. Before the round starts, players must pick a fuse to reveal a random boost. The boosts can come in the form of up to three additional free spins or up to 3x general multiplier or more of the highest value paying symbol added to the reel strips for the whole round.
    The round starts with a 1x multiplier that can also be increased by boosts revealed before the round. During the round, every tumble increases the multiplier by 1x until the end. All wins are multiplied by this multiplier. During the round, wild symbols randomly carry a multiplier of 2x, 3x, or 5x.
    This multiplier applies to all winning combinations that the wild symbols are part of. If multiple wilds are part of the same win line, the multipliers multiply each other. Two, three, four, five, or six scatters landing simultaneously during the round help players retrigger 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 additional free spins, respectively.
    
  • Money Spins: If the feature was triggered with 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols, 2, 3, 5, or 7 spins are awarded respectively. At the start of the feature, players must pick fuses to reveal boosts for the subsequent round.
    The boosts that can be revealed include an extra free spin, 1x added to the general multiplier that applies to all collections during this round, guaranteed two COLLECT symbols in each free spin, guaranteed two SUPER COLLECT symbols in each free spin, or MORE MEGAWAYS which increases the number of symbols that will land in each free spin on each reel. Only money, blanks, COLLECT, and SUPER COLLECT symbols appear during the round.
    At least one COLLECT or SUPER COLLECT is guaranteed to land at every spin. If the round has a general multiplier triggered through a boost revealed before the round, the multiplier applies to all money awards. This feature cannot be retriggered.

• Ante Bet: Players at the start of the gaming session can choose between the default 20x and 40x bet multiplier. The former sees the game play normally, while the latter triples the chances of naturally triggering the free spins round.

• Buy Free Spins: Players can instantly purchase the free spins feature via the main screen’s Buy Feature button. When purchasing the round, players must select any of the following: 
  • Pay 120x total bet to trigger the free spins feature with at least three scatter symbols guaranteed to land on the triggering spin. 
  • Pay 180x total bet to trigger the free spins feature with at least four scatter symbols guaranteed to land on the triggering spin.
  • Pay 20x total bet to trigger the free spins feature with at least five scatter symbols guaranteed to land on the triggering spin.
  • Pay 300x total bet to trigger the free spins feature with at least six scatter symbols guaranteed to land on the triggering spin.

Money Stacks Megaways is a fascinating slot machine that I highly recommend, largely owing to the presence of several innovative bonus rounds.

Its super high volatility also means that players have a high chance of winning top payouts of up to 10,000x total bet whenever they land winning combinations. The presence of three jackpots also adds to the game’s enterprising nature.