Megaways

Big Time Gaming designed Megaways as an alternative to classic paylines. A slot built on it gives every reel a random number of symbol positions on each spin, and matching symbols on consecutive reels starting from the left can form a win, wherever they sit on those reels.

The result is a game where the count of possible combinations is rarely the same twice in a row. Most releases build on that base with extra layers: cascading wins that refill the grid, an extra horizontal reel above or below the main ones, and free spins where a multiplier grows after each cascade. Which of these appear depends on the individual game.

Among the titles in this category are Buffalo King Megaways, Buffalo Power Megaways, The Dog House Megaways, 5 Lions Megaways and Divine Fortune Megaways, with themes ranging from the prairie to the kennel to Greek myth. They come from providers such as Pragmatic Play, Red Tiger, Big Time Gaming and Yggdrasil, each adding its own take to the format.

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