The Great Pigsby

Players on the lookout for the best online slots won’t want to miss out on The Great Pigsby, the porcine Gilded Age title from Malta-based Relax Gaming.

The Roaring 20s have never looked so delicious crispy as in this game. In addition to Art Deco glitz and glamor, players will enjoy Piggy Bank Wild Collection, where wild symbols expand to fill entire reels, while also triggering Free Spins with high-value symbols only and re-spins with whole reels turned wild.

Theme

Relax Gaming takes a porky, high-brow turn in their latest online slot. Glamorous pigs in diamonds, tuxedos, and ball gowns roam a beautiful mansion, seemingly just waiting for their fabulous guests to arrive.

Players can hope that some of the wealthy piggies’ good fortune transfers into their bankrolls!

Gaming symbols include the blond-haired, blue eyed Great Pigsby himself, holding a glass of champagne, as well as his glamorous lady pig in pearls. Gramphones, emerald rings, and cocktails also appear, as well as Art Deco renderings of the playing card values ace through 10.

The most important gaming symbol on offer, though…

… is the golden piggy coin. This acts as the wild symbol, substituting for other symbols to form wins while also expanding to cover entire reels at a time. More importantly, however, any wild on the reels is collected into the Piggy Bank.

Each collected wild can trigger the Free Spins or Wild Reels Re-spin features.

Betting Options and Functions

Instead of along a traditional payline structure, wins are awarded whenever matching symbols appear on three or more adjacent reels, beginning with the leftmost. This yields 243 ways to win.

Overall per-spin bet is set simply from 0.10 – 200.00 times the betting currency. Autoplay is available for up to 1000 spins, or as a simple on/off toggle, with optional win/loss limits available.

Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via an expanding menu at the lower left corner of the game screen. An accelerated game tempo can be enabled at the upper right corner of the game screen. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is excellent at 96.55%.

Features

• The process of Piggy Bank Wild Collection is active at all times.
• Any wild landing on the reels will expand to cover the entire reel. It will also be collected in the big bank above the reel area.
• Each collected wild can trigger either Free Spins or Wild Reels Re-spin.
• If collected wilds to not add a feature, they may still alter the state of the piggy bank.

• If and when Free Spins are triggered, 10 freebies will be awarded.
• During the feature, every other spin will have low value symbols replaced by a mystery symbol that can only turn into mid or high value symbols. The replacement continues after that spin, so that no low value symbols are left on the reels for the two final freebies.

• Wild Reels Re-spin consists of one re-spin where 2–4 reels will be taken up entirely with wild symbols.
• The leftmost reel is exempt from stacked wild status.

• A Great Pigsby spin may be awarded at random on any spin.
• Here, the quantity of Pigsby highest-value symbols will be added to the reels before the spin, potentially opening the way for outstanding payouts.

Our Take

Relax Gaming hasn’t been releasing its own games for very long, and is not yet a household name. With titles like this one, though, this surely won’t stay the case for long. Every player will find lots to enjoy here, whether they’re a gourmand, vintage enthusiast, literature fans, or even a vegetarian.

Players who enjoy this designer’s approach should explore King of Kings, an Ancient Egypt slot that comes packed with features and offers somewhat milder design.