Monopoly Rush Hour

Monopoly Rush Hour: Slot Overview

Having seen NetEnt and Red Tiger rolling dice and buying up streets, fellow studio Big Time Gaming has decided to get in on the property development action. As a consequence, fans of the popular board game have a new Monopoly slot to consider. Titled Monopoly Rush Hour, it's a slot which pulls in a lot of things that make the board game so compelling, such as moving around streets, collecting cash, and, with luck, building an empire. On the other hand, there are a lot of Monopoly slots, and the collection is growing exponentially, so the question is if and how Monopoly Rush Hour manages to stand out from the bunch.

Whilst Monopoly might not be everyone's cup of tea, it is interesting to see how different casino game makers make use of the theme. Big Time Gaming has gone full game board in Monopoly Rush Hour. The symbol area sits in the middle, while surrounding it are the collection of streets, train stations, and utilities that have kept people entertained for decades. It's not just for show either. When dice appear, Tokens move around the board, awarding various prizes when landing in certain spots. A tastefully designed golden background and energetic tunes complete the picture of a swinging 20s, roaring 30s celebration of capitalism.

Monopoly Rush Hour is a 4x4 game, with 256 ways to create winning combinations. BTG has classed the volatility as 'very high', and the highest RTP comes in at 96.51%. With a minimum stake of $/€0.20, it is possible to bet up to $/€15.

The regular pay symbols are 9-A royals, then pieces from the board game - Dogs, Cars, Boats, and Hats. Hitting four matching pay symbols in a winning combination pays 0.2x to 25x the bet. The sparkling M is wild, which substitutes for all regular pay symbols on the reels.

Monopoly Rush Hour: Slot Features

Monopoly Rush Hour makes players feel like they're playing the real thing through its Monopoly board gameplay, Community Chest and Chance, free spins round, Power Play, and feature buy.

Monopoly Board Gameplay

Tokens start at the corners of the board on each spin, with Houses and Hotels spread about at random. A property can have up to 4 Houses or a Hotel. A Hotel counts as 5 Houses. Dice may appear on Hat, Boat, Car, or Dog symbols to determine how far the corresponding Tokens move around the board. The Token's multiplier increases by +1 for every three spaces, but can randomly increase up to x500. A prize of 0.1x to 5x is awarded if a Token lands on a space with a House or a Hotel. Prizes are multiplied by the stake and the Token's multiplier.

Chance and Community Chest

When a Token lands on Chance or Community Chest, a Card Bonus is revealed. This could be - move to a random position, move 3 steps forward, move 3 steps backwards, award a Bonus Prize of up to 5x multiplied by the Token's multiplier, or trigger free spins.

Free Spins

Chance and Community Chest can trigger 12 free spins, plus 6 for each extra trigger. Token positions, multipliers, Houses, and Hotels persist during the round. Landing on Water Works or Electric Company awards the value of the Token Multiplier times the stake. Train Stations award retriggers - when 1, 2, 3, or 4 Tokens land on Train Stations, 1, 3, 7, or 15 extra free spins are awarded, respectively. During free spins, Chance and Community Chest can award an advance of 2-12 spaces, or increase the multiplier by 2-12 steps, or add 2-12 Houses to the board. When all properties have a Hotel, the multiplier for each token increases by 50-250, and all Cards that add Houses are replaced by Multiplier Boost Cards for the remainder of the feature.

Power Play and Feature Buy

Activating the Power Play costs 8x the stake to guarantee a dice roll. Higher multipliers and free spins triggers occur more often. Alternatively, players may buy the free spins feature for 110x their stake.

Monopoly Rush Hour: Slot Verdict

Monopoly slots feel firmly back in fashion, though to be fair, it's the Evolution-owned studios that have been doing the pushing. From Red Tiger, we've had Monopoly Cash is King, Monopoly Rent Rush, and Monopoly Money Magnate, then from NetEnt came Monopoly Money Line, now this one. It's as if some brand new suit rolled into the Evolution office with a wild new idea. What is it? Monopoly. And where the executive board leans, the rest of the company has to follow. The quality has been a bit uppy downy, but Monopoly Rush Hour is a fun entry into the range for those who really like to mix slot and board games.

At times, it was easy to forget Monopoly Rush Hour was a slot and focus solely on Tokens moving around the board. More so in free spins, perhaps, where dice rolls seemed to be more common, though they did occur frequently in the base game, as well. Each dice roll brings with it an element of suspense as the Token moves; will it land on cash, or will it not? It didn't take long to realise how important Token multipliers are. Hotels and Houses don't pay much on their own, at all, yet Monopoly Rush Hour boasts winning potential of 28,600x the bet, so maxing out the multis is crucial for hitting bigger pay checks.

Hey ho, it's another Monopoly slot, but Monopoly Rush Hour is a pretty good one. Big Time Gaming has done a good job of integrating a lot of the board game's elements into a slot that shouldn't have many problems thrilling gamblers who like to mix it up with streets, Hotels, Houses, and the optimistic swing of an earlier era of capitalism.