Day Of The Dinero

You’ve probably heard of Día des los Muertos – the Day of the Dead. Mainly celebrated in Mexico – the Day of the Dead is the celebration of the life of those that have passed, a way of paying respect to friends, family and loved ones. Gift giving, humour and sugar skulls are all part of the celebration, giving the macabre concept of death a much lighter tone and giving families and loved ones the opportunity to gather and grow closer. We imagine Día des los Muertos helps give those who celebrate it a perspective that death is a part of life, instead of it’s adversary.

Gamesburger Studios decided to hone in on this day, bringing the fun and light-heartedness to the online slot world with Day of the Dinero. Bright colours and mariachi music adorn the game, and while the artwork is fairly basic, there is a certain charming quality to the character design that helps keep the festive tone while you play. Day of the Dinero is a low volatility slot, with an RTP of 96% and a maximum bet of €50 it caters well to those who want something a bit less risky, albeit with lower payouts.

Day Of The Dinero Base Game play

Base Game and Features

Day of the Dinero is a 5×3 table with 30 pay lines where each of the 15 reels spin independently.

There are 10 basic symbols in total. From lowest to highest these are 9, 10, J, Q, K, A and the bottle, maracas, guitar and sombrero. As expected, you will need to form matching sets of adjacent symbols starting from left to right along any of the pay lines with only the highest win per line being paid. On top of the the basic symbols, there are also special symbols that will appear during your playtime. These symbols include the collector’s symbol (only appearing on the centremost reel), the cash symbol & rising rewards jackpot symbols (mini, minor, major mega & grand) which appear on all reels except the centremost. Exclusive to the free spins feature, there are also the extra spins symbols, ranging from +1 to +3, more on this later.

Upgrade Feature

One of the features Day of the Dinero offers is the ‘symbol upgrade’ feature. A reel with a non-winning symbol has a chance to be upgraded to a special symbol. A non-winning symbol on the centremost reel has a chance to be upgraded to the collectors symbol, all other reels have a chance to be upgraded to either a cash symbol or a jackpot symbol.

Collectors, Cash and Rising Rewards Jackpot Symbols

So we’ve touched on the special symbols available in the game, but what do these symbols actually do? Well, Let’s start with the Collector’s symbol.

The Collector’s symbol, appearing on the centremost reel, acts as a wild, substituting for every other symbol except other special symbols. What’s more, the Collector’s symbol is used to ‘collect’ any Cash or Jackpot symbols that appear on other reels, as these are usually locked when they appear (indicated by a padlock symbol over them). The Collector’s symbol also has a chance to increase the feature pots through tokens. Up to two tokens have a chance to be collected, and increase either the free spin multiplier, amount of free spins available or the Rising Rewards jackpot rewards incrementally.

The Cash symbol, indicated by a coin with a number value attached, is a set cash reward that is rewarded on top of any of your other winning lines, multiple Cash symbols can appear across your reels, and are all collected when landing a Collector’s symbol on the same spin.

The Jackpot Symbols, indicated by a coloured skull next to it’s respective jackpot reward sitting at the top of the screen, is exactly what it sounds like – a large cash reward bonus. These Jackpots can be increased incrementally by collected golden flower tokens through the Collector’s reel up to a maximum amount. Jackpot symbols, like the Cash symbols, are also locked behind a padlock, and require landing the Collector’s symbol to, well, collect. Once a jackpot has been rewarded, it then resets back to its base value. The jackpots scale with your bet values.

It is important to note that you do not need to land multiples across the pay lines, simply landing them on a reel is enough to be eligible for it’s reward.

Land the collector symbol to collect on-screen coin values and upgrade the bonus

Free Spins and Free Spin Multiplier Features

On top of the base game, the Free spin bonus feature has a chance to trigger while playing. The amount of free spins available and its multiplier value are shown above your charming dog companions, Puprika and Muttmeg respectively. Landing Collector’s symbols has a chance of increasing these values, indicated by a collected bone token. A maximum of 12 free spins and 5x multiplier.

Once the free spin feature has been triggered. Only the Cash, Jackpot Collector’s and extra spin symbols are active, any other symbol does not count. The Collector’s symbol is locked to the centremost reel (allowing you to collect on every spin) and the extra spins have a chance of appear in the bottom-right reel only, reward extra spins if landed. An individual jackpot is also increased incrementally on each free spin, further increasing their value if landed on.

All bets and lines payed are the same as the spin that triggered the feature.

During Free Spins, the collector locks in place and values are multiplied by Muttmeg’s value

First Impression

While Day of the Dinero has a colourful artistic design and fairly entertaining bonus features, it doesn’t break new ground in the online slot genre. The addition of free spins and multipliers adds some extra excitement, however, the game’s low-volatility might not suit players looking for high-risk gameplay or innovative game design.

It’s a solid game, but that’s about where it ends. We think it will appeal most to casual players who are just looking to chill out and kill some time.

Day of the Dinero has some stiff competition even in the lower- stakes scene and quite frankly, Gamesburger Studios needs to shake things up a bit more if it wants to stand out. It’s charming, sure, but unfortunately charm alone isn’t enough to carry a game.

*The screenshots taken of games reviewed on this site are taken from Demo Play, as reviews are often written before games are released for real play.