Route of Mexico Pokie Machine
Travel down Mexico way and you could find many of the creatures, sights and characters featured in EGT’s Route of Mexico video pokie. Set in the arid deserts of the area, this game has a unique theme and a fairly special bonus round with guaranteed winnings. Wild substitutions, a gamble game and the Jackpot Cards progressive feature that’s carried across the whole EGT range are also available in this good-looking pokie that should hopefully have players saying Hola! to some big payouts.
There’s 5 reels where symbols are in 3 rows, while running from the left side, we have 20 paylines. Players are able to activate 1, 5, 10, 15 or all 20, although wins are made up of 3 or more matching symbols landing on an active line, on adjacent reels from the left side, so unless all are in play, not all potential payouts will count.
Getting all lines active means a minimum wager of 0.10, although free Route of Mexico video pokies can be found at most online casinos, and there’s a high limit of 40.00 per spin.
Playing Route of Mexico
Like many pokies, the smaller wins are going to come from landing playing card symbols across the lines, and the J, Q and K symbols will each pay 5, 20 or 100x the line bet when 3, 4 or 5 appear. The A will be worth 10, 25 or 150x, but it’s the bespoke picture symbols that punters will want to land. These are very realistic and make this an appealing game, plus they are worth more, so there’s a few more Pesos to claim when they appear.
Some of these symbols are of the wildlife that travellers are likely to see as they drive down to Mexico, although in the case of the possum and armadillo, it’s usually dead examples, while the eagle is often picking over what’s left at the side of the road. However, these animals are all higher value symbols, and the pay table sees a Mexican man and woman at the top, with the woman paying out 500x the line bet for a full run of 5, and the man is worth 1000x.
Heading on down the highway, drivers will see road signs, and one of these, with a couple of cactus plants behind it, is a wild symbol. It will only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4, so isn’t able to make up a line on its own, but the wild will be able to act as all the symbols listed above to help complete winning combinations. A player who has matching symbols on reels 1 and 3 for example, wouldn’t get a win, but if the wild was on reel 2, across the same payline, it would substitute for the missing symbol and complete a winning combination.
Route of Mexico
Unable to connect to MySQL: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory
Free Spins Bonus
A cool 1950’s car is a scatter symbol, and this another that doesn’t actually have a value of its own, but launches a rewarding free spins game when it parks up in any 3 positions on reels 2, 3 and 4 at once. At first it seems a very poor bonus feature, as only 3 free spins are awarded, however it’s anything but, as players are guaranteed multiple winnings throughout.
The high-paying Mexcian guy can be stacked on any reel he lands on, but the most valuable feature is the stacked wilds, with all of reel 2 wild on the first spin, then reels 2 and 3 are wild, while on the third spin, reels 2, 3 and 4 are fully wild.
There’s also an Extra Spin symbol that can turn up, so potentially, players will get 6 free games, but however many they receive, there’s going to be lots of winlines created throughout. Excelente!
Other Features
Like all EGT casino pokie machines, there’s a gamble option that can potentially multiply wins over and over, or lose them if the gamble goes wrong. Each win of less than 700 coins can be gambled, and if players correctly guess that a playing card will be red or black, the triggering bet is doubled.
The Jackpot Cards progressive feature is randomly triggered and starts with 12 face-down playing cards laid out. By clicking on them, the suits are revealed and once 3 of the same have been found, the Club, Diamond, Heart or Spade progressive jackpot is awarded.
The Verdict
This appealing pokie not only looks good but has a couple of decent features as well. The guaranteed wins in the free spins round are the obvious highlight, but there’s a good return to player percentage, and plenty of opportunities to get some rewarding real cash wins in the base game as well.