Casino Rewards 20th Year Celebration Progressive Jackpot Slot

It is incredible to think that the Casino Rewards Network is celebrating its 20^th year of existence and there have already been a number of promotional items on offer at the network to celebrate that fact. However, there is now something else available for players to enjoy; a brand new slot game all based on that landmark date.

The Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration Progressive Jackpot Slot may not have the name that rolls the easiest off the tongue, but it is a slot game that has attempted to bring together many of the most popular features players have experienced on the myriad of slot releases hosted by the network over the years.

That means that alongside the two progressive jackpot prize, you have four Free Spins bonus games (unlockable one after the other), a dedicated random base game bonus plus your usual Scatter and Wild symbols on the 5x3 reel set. Other bonuses available in Free Spins include Multiplier Wins, Added Wilds and the popular Rolling Reels and Multiplier Trail bonuses.

So does this celebration of Casino Rewards go with a bang, or does it fall flatter than 2 day old champagne? We decided to take a closer look to find out.

Overview

• Game: Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration
• Developer: Microgaming (exclusively for Casino Rewards)
• Reels: 5x3
• Pay Lines: 243 ways to win
• Minimum Bet: 0.30
• Maximum Bet: 15.00
• Jackpot: 12,000x
• Free Spins Bonus: Yes (four)
• Other Bonuses: Yes
• Progressive: Yes - Two (Hourly and Daily)
• Volatility: Medium

Presentation

The presentation of the Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration slot is very simple, it is set at a very luxurious party, as you would expect for a business that is celebrating the end of its second decade of operations. The backdrop to the slot is a rather ostentatious party hall, with a very ornate staircase as the central aspect, decorated by party lights and with different guests, all elegantly dressed, dotted around the scene. It's a very simple backdrop and it isn't animated apart from a few glittery disco lights, but even so it does work well.

The reels are semi-transparent and are located in the middle of the screen with the two progressive jackpots you can win playing the game, the Must Be Won Jackpot Prize and the Hourly Jackpot prize shown in a separate column on the left-hand side of the reels. The controls are to the right of the reels and as you would expect from a Microgaming slot, it is all very user-friendly and intuitive to use. The musical accompaniment to the game takes a rather celebratory tone and it fits the game well and is rather agreeable. You don't be hitting mute on this slot I don't think once you start playing.

What is on the reels?

There are a whopping 14 symbols on the reels, which partly explains why the slot is of a medium variance in the main. The lower value symbols are the playing card low symbols and they start with the 9 and progress through to the Ace. Wins start at 0.125x your bet but can increase to 5x your bet for five of the Ace or King symbols across the reels on a single pay line.

The higher value symbols are all linked in with the party theme and include items such as 20^th anniversary balloons, a present, a cocktail in a glass, a piece of cake, a disco ball and the highest standard symbol is the tray of champagne. Wins on these symbols range from 0.5x your bet up to 16.66x your bet for five of the Champagne symbols across the reels.

There are two feature symbols on the reels too, the Wild and Scatter and we will explore what these offer in the sections below.

Wild features

The first Wild feature of the two in the game is the standard Wild symbol, which can appear anywhere across the five reels. As well as acting as a substitute symbol for all of the standard symbols outlined above, you can also land the highest value wins in the base game by landing three or more Wilds on the reels from left to right. Wins range from 3.33x your bet up to 50x your bet for five across the reels.

In addition to the standard Wild symbol, there is also Go Wild feature, which can trigger on any base game spin at random. When this bonus occurs between one and five of the reels on screen will turn completely Wild and of course, the more reels that do turn Wild, then the better the chance you have of landing a big value win.

There are other bonuses linked to Wild symbols in the game, but they tend to come in the Free Spins bonus rounds, which we have more details on below.

Free Spins features

It is clear that to celebrate the company's 20^th year, Micorgaming wanted to produce a quality game for Casino Rewards and they have utilised one of the most popular Free Spins bonus rounds in this new game. It is, what I call, unlockable Free Spins, which have been seen on slots like Thunderstruck II and Immortal Romance previously.

Essentially what this means is that there are four Free Spins bonus rounds but you can only access them as you trigger successive Free Spins bonus rounds. The rounds and the thresholds to trigger them are outlined below.

From the 1^st Trigger you will trigger the 10 Free Spins bonus round which comes with a standard 5x multiplier on all wins in the bonus round and the good news that you can re-trigger this bonus from within the free spins themselves.

On your 5^th Trigger of Free Spins you will then play the 15 Free Spins with Musical Notes free spins bonus. When you land Musical Notes on the reels during this bonus round these will randomly turn Symbols into 2x or 3x multipliers and wins of up to 6x the standard amount are possible in this bonus.

When you trigger the Free Spins bonus for the 10^th time, then you will now play the 20 Free Spins with Rolling Reels bonus. There is also a Multiplier Trail in operation here where you can trigger multiplier wins of 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x the standard amounts on succeeding Rolling Reels wins.

Finally, on your 15^th trigger of the Free Spins bonus round you will play the 25 Free Spins with Wild Party Feature game. Here you get a special Wild Party symbol on the third reel during this bonus round and if you manage to land it, then it will turn other symbols landed on the reels into additional Wilds. Furthermore, if you can land, two, three, four or five Scatters on the reel in this bonus game, you will trigger, 1, 2, 3 or 4 additional Free Spins respectively.

Once you have played all of the Free Spins games five times apiece, on any subsequent spin you will be able to select which of the four different games you would like to play.

It should also be noted that there are two randomly awarded progressive jackpot prizes available to be won on the game. There is a smaller Hourly Jackpot prize, which can be won across several Casino Rewards Network games which is won at least once every hour. Therte is also the Must Be Won Jackpot, which is won once a day and offers a significantly larger prize, usually running into a few thousand.

Best feature of the Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration slot

With so many different features and bonuses on the Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration slot, it is hard to identify which one is the best but I think the return of the four different Free Spins bonus games, which proved to be such a smash hit success on games like a Thunderstruck II and Immortal Romance, is always a great idea. It is nice that players will get to use a similar feature on this newer slot and it works well with the different Wild bonus features available in the game to give the slot plenty of appeal to players. The progressive jackpots are also a draw, although they are not the largest in the world, they can be won frequently and that will also have appeal to players.

Conclusion

I have to say that I do like the Casino Rewards 20^th Year Celebration slot. I like the fact that the company has put together some of the most popular features from the slot games it has hosted over the years into this celebratory game and the way it is designed is a great way to celebrate the anniversary of this popular casino network. Add to that two progressive jackpot prizes and it will also have appeal within the demographic of progressive slot players too. There is a lot to like about this game and if you would like to see if in action, why not take a look at our special play-through video of us playing a few spins?