Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes

Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes: Slot Overview

If one of your personal wishes was to see Blueprint Gaming's Genie Jackpots slot range hit double digits… consider your wish granted. Rising from the studio's design lab like smoke from a lamp is Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes, the tenth slot to date. Is the studio running out of ideas for them, though? Only asking because Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes is a redo of King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas, except this one's been wired into the Jackpot King network. Guess that's something to crow about. Maybe?

Graphically, Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes follows tradition rather than getting all experimental to mark the occasion. If you've played Blueprint Gaming's cash-collect games before, then the view of locked collector symbols next to the reels will feel like déjà vu. Behind it all is a blurry Alladin's cave kinda spot full of loot and whatnot. A funky Arabic-inspired tune gives the ears a massage and occasional commentary from the rumble-voiced Genie adds to the atmos. Eh, fairly standard fare, but charming enough if genies are your thing.

Whether gambling with a supernatural being or hunting down jackpots is the biggest draw card, players will have to pick a stake to start, and the options vary from 10 c to $/€10. Jackpots are funded by contributions from players' stakes, and the RTP works out at 94.5% + 0.38% JP + 0.11% reserve. Medium-high volatile, Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes' game grid utilises a 6x4 formation with 4,096 ways to win.

All symbols pay left to right from the rightmost reel, on at least 3 adjacent reels for the low pay 9-A royals or 2+ reels for the premium symbols. The premiums are a book, a bag of treasure, swords, a gem, and a lamp. Hitting 6 OAK low combinations is worth 1 to 1.5 times the bet, while 2x to 5x is paid for hitting 6 matching high pays. Appearing on all reels bar the leftmost reel is the wild symbol, substituting all regular pay symbols.

Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes: Slot Features

The features here are, for the most part, those found in King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas and Bankin' More Bacon, including the Cash Collect feature, where Cash symbols are collected and Collect symbols unlocked. Then there are free spins, where Collect symbols themselves are collected, leading to extra free spins with multipliers. Also, be on the lookout for the Jackpot King Deluxe Pot System.

Cash Collect

On each spin, Cash Money symbols may land on all reels. Cashpot Money symbols may also hit. Cashpots are the Mini, Major, or Mega jackpots worth 20x, 200x, or 2,500x the bet, respectively. Both Cash symbols and Cashpot symbol values are awarded when there is a Genie Collect symbol in view. At the start of a session, the Genie Collect symbol only appears on the rightmost reel until further upgrades occur. A Genie Collect symbol landing at the same time as one or more Cash symbols triggers the Cash Collect feature.

During the feature, the Genie Collect symbol expands to cover the whole reel and collects the values shown on the money symbols after any regular wins. Following a Genie Collect win, a new Genie Collect symbol may be unlocked. Any unlocked Genie Collect symbols are active from that point onwards. The upgrading goes:

• Dual Collect – when a Genie Collect symbol collects Money symbols, it becomes possible to land Genie Collect symbols on the leftmost reel as well as the rightmost.
• Lock & Spin – when a Genie Collect symbol collects Money symbols again, the Lock & Spin Genie Collect is unlocked on both the leftmost and rightmost reels. When landing one of them, any Money symbols are held while the reels spin for a chance to hit extra Cash symbols. This continues until no new Money symbols land. If 2 Lock & Spins land, an extra life is granted, so when there is a spin with no new Money symbols, a second Lock & Spin is started.
• Cash Boost – when a Lock & Spin Genie Collect symbol collects Cash symbols, the Cash Boost Genie Collect symbol is unlocked on the leftmost and rightmost reels. When landing one of these symbols, the Cash symbols in view are boosted in value by up to 5x before being collected.
• Golden Chest – when a Cash Boost Genie Collect symbol collects Cash symbols, the Golden Chest symbol is unlocked. If a Golden Chest is on the reels when Genie Collect symbols collect a win, it accumulates Cash symbol values before being collected with them.

Genie Free Spins

Landing 3 or more scatter symbols awards 10 free spins. Also, when 4, 5, or 6 scatters trigger the round, a cash payout of 20x, 100x, and 500x the bet, respectively, is made. During free spins, Genie Collect symbols are collected when they hit. When 3, 6, 9, or 12 have been collected, players get +5 extra free spins at each stage, along with a multiplier of x2, x3, x5, or x10, respectively. Multipliers apply to collected Cash symbols.

Jackpot King

The Jackpot King bonus can trigger on any spin. When it does, players are able to win bet multiplier prizes or one of the three jackpots.

Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes: Slot Verdict

The biggest problem with Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes was that it just had nothing new or interesting to bang on about. After the Kong game, the Bacon one, and numerous related slots such as The Goonies Hey You Guys, D10S Maradona, and Funky Budha, this stuff is stale. Especially since it's been jammed onto a slot that is the tenth, tenth one in the Genie range. Not saying you can't keep a series going across the years. Indeed, there is something comforting in a decent franchise that drags on, knowing you're going to cross paths with it again in the future. Not so much when it's the same old same old which Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes was.

But, probably not every gambler will have played all of the previously noted brother, sister, and cousin slots. In which case, fair enough, there is entertainment in Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes to be had. Not to mention the enduring allure of colossal jackpot prizes, which the Jackpot King is capable of delivering. Therefore, an unlockable set of collector symbols actually makes quite a good accompaniment to patiently hitting the spin button in hopes of triggering the jackpot feature. The collector symbol system gains depth as it progresses, and it is augmented by the Big Bass-style extra free spins with a multiplier feature in the bonus round section. The whole set-up is good for non-jackpot wins of up to 10,000x.

At the end of the day, Genie Jackpots Even More Wishes gets the job done, but it's far from being a memorable game. In fact, the overriding thought process during and after the review session was whether Blueprint Gaming itself gets bored reusing the same old stuff so thoroughly?