Soccer is not so popular in the United States, but it is the number one sport in Europe and rest of the world. Cayetano Gaming used this information to create a video slot called Ball of Shame. They hoped to attract all of those who love to have fun on the pitch and place bets on the outcome of games! What are you skills of hitting the net? Honestly, they don’t have to be good at all for you to win in this game.
Theme
In Europe, people enjoy watching football and drinking beer and Cayetano used that knowledge and placed this sport as a theme for their slot. The background is a locker room with a bunch of elements that do and don’t belong.
However, the reels are somewhat simplified. The surface is baige and the icons simplified. Players will find all the symbols from 9 to Ace, but there are some additional icons which look slightly better. Red cards, a trophy, a sports magazine and football boots are included.
The graphics, artwork and music are all average. Animations are also simplified, making this software product visually mediocre.
Betting Options and Other Functions
Ball of Shame consists of 3 rows and 5 reels, accounting for 20 paylines. Selecting your bets is pretty straightforward. Setting a coin value and the number of coins you want to use in this game doesn’t exist here and all you have is a “Total Stake” sections with “Plus” and “Minus” signs. The minimum stake is 0.20, but it goes up to 300.00!
Auto play is also an option and that button is set next to the “Spin” in the right corner. However, you can only select 5, 10, 15 and 20 spins. All of the controls are below the reels, making this game easy to play.
Features
With the plain design, plain features follow. Cayetano could have added lots of interesting bonus rounds here, but for some reason, they were sticking to the basics. For example, with the soccer theme the first thing that comes to mind is penalties as the bonus round, but you will find none of it here! Instead, the features are:
- Free spins – To unlock extra rounds, at least three or more balls need to land anywhere on the reels. With the spins comes a progressively increasing multiplier!
- Random Wilds – The bouncing balls appear randomly and trigger the random wilds that are expended to the entire reel.
- Instant win – Misguided pigskin in necessary to activate this prize and it suddenly appears on the screen.
Our take on Ball of Shame
Cayetano Gaming had an opportunity to create an entertaining soccer world that would attract players all over the world with cool football related bonuses, extra fun products and what not. Instead, all we’ve got is an ordinary, tolerable title that is not too much amusing. One of its advantages is simplicity and it could be potentially great for the less experienced players!
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 20Pay lines
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.2 - $100Betting Range
- 0.01 - 5.0Coin bet range
- 1Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 20Max coins
- NoScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature