Hop on down to the Australian Outback in Jumping Jack Cash from Spin Games. With over 1,000 ways to win and a bonus-heavy free spin feature, this otherwise spare slot successfully evokes the open landscape that inspires it.
Theme
The vast expanse of the Outback, with its blue skies and endless landscapes, stands behind this game’s five reels. For all the country’s austerity, however, a playful and cute design rules over the actual gameplay. Gaming symbols include the smiling, sunglass-sporting kangaroo called Jumping Jack, as well as a blue koala, a resplendent cockatoo, red and orange lizard, a brown, broad-brimmed hat, and a boomerang, as well as the playing card symbols ace through ten. The game title symbol acts as wild, which adds a double or triple win multiplier during free spins, while a road sign acts as scatter. A bar extends across the top of the reels, explaining the results of each spin – with so many active ways to win, this is a welcome feature.
Betting Options and Functions
In such an extreme climate, there’s no hope to survive, let alone prosper, without a well-organized plan. Fortunately for players, the team at Spin Games has taken care of this, so players can focus on the pleasure of gameplay. Eschewing traditional paylines, this slot offers 1,024 discrete ways to win, each paying from left to right. “Bet per” is adjustable from 1–5 in this coin-based slot, yielding an overall per-spin betting range of 50–250 credits, with credit denomination options of 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.25 times the betting currency. Autospins are not available, unusual for a modern slot; sound options are available under the ‘menu’ tab, along with paytable information, detailed game rules, and a quick spin option for players who prefer a faster game tempo. The theoretical RTP is very strong at 95.95%.
Features
With so many ways to win, Jumping Jack Cash tends to award many low-level prizes (often lower than the cost of the spin itself). If players want to see meaningful payouts, the bonus feature is the only way.
Three or more road sign scatter symbols trigger free spins, with seven, ten, or fifteen spins awarded, depending on how many were involved in the feature. During the feature, wild symbols award double or triple payout multipliers to all wins in which they are involved; what’s more, additional free spins are added to the total any time two or more scatter symbols appear on the reels. In this way, the bonus feature is both extendable and extra profitable.
Our Take
Despite a charming theme and effective design, as well an excellent free spin feature, Jumping Jack Cash ultimately disappoints. There are too many micro wins, not enough larger ones, and nothing except the longed-for free spin feature to break up the monotony of the reels.
