winstar96 online pokies, compared type by type

How this comparison works

Every pokie at winstar96 can be described by its type and three figures. The type is how a win forms: coins that lock and respin, symbols that pay anywhere on a grid, ways across neighbouring reels, fixed lines, or targets you shoot in a fishing game. The figures are RTP, volatility and max win. Put the two together and you can shortlist a game in a minute instead of spinning through the lobby one game at a time.

All figures here are the studios' own published numbers. A dash means that figure is shown in the game's own info screen rather than here.

Eighteen games, five types, one table

The table is sorted by RTP. The four biggest max wins all belong to high or medium–high volatility games. The two highest RTP figures go to a one-line pokie and a fishing game, and both show their max win only in the game.

Five games that show each type clearly

Zeustrike

Scatter pays on a 5x6 grid. Multiplier symbols add to wins, and seven lightning totems start Super Free Games.

Great Rhino Megaways

Six reels and over 200,000 ways. You choose 15 to 23 free spins starting at a 1x, 5x or 10x multiplier that grows by 1x per tumble.

Ultimate Golden Dragon Inferno - Hold & Win

Plays as 243 ways on 5×3 reels, but its Hold & Win bonus can open the grid to 10×6, with multipliers.

Funky Monkey

One pay line on a single row of five reels. The simplest game here, and the highest RTP at 98.00%.

Kirin Storm VIP

A fast-shooting fishing game with score rewards up to 800x and low volatility.

Hold and Win: where the jackpots live

Land enough coin symbols and they lock in place while you take a set of respins. Each new coin usually resets the respins, and the round pays the total of the coins at the end, including any fixed jackpot coins. Because so much of the value sits in that round, these games can feel flat between features.

Golden Football starts its Hold and Win with six or more footballs, and its Power Shot kicks multiplier wilds onto the reels. Bonza Bucks Hold and Win Extreme 10,000 adds All Coins prizes of 1x to 5x, a 10,000x Grand Bonus and a Bonus Buy. Coin Volcano keeps the board to 3×3, with volcano multipliers, an Ultra bonus game and a Grand jackpot of 500x the bet. That Grand is a fixed prize, not the game's max win.

Pays anywhere and clusters: grid games with multipliers

No paylines here. Pays-anywhere games pay for eight or more matching symbols in any position; cluster games need the matches to touch. Winning symbols clear, new ones fall, and multipliers build the size of the win.

Sweet Bonanza 1000 starts 10 free spins when four or more lollipops land, and its candy bombs in that round are worth up to 1,000x. Egypt Power x1000 from 3 Oaks combines sun multipliers up to x1,000 and lists the highest max win in this comparison at 40,000x. Sugar Crush is the medium-volatility option: its cluster cascades on a 7x7 grid charge colour energy and raise a bag multiplier that persists.

Ways and Megaways: counting the routes to a win

In a ways game, any matching symbols on neighbouring reels from the left count, whatever row they sit on. More rows and reels mean more ways. Megaways games reshuffle the reel heights every spin, so the number of ways changes from one spin to the next.

The Great Safari offers 200,704 ways on six reels; its cascades turn gold symbols wild and the free-game multiplier keeps rising. Mega Ace runs 46,656 ways on a 6×6 grid, with combo multipliers of x1 to x5 in the base game and x2 to x10 in free games. Aztec: Bonus Hunt 2 swings from 1,024 to 1,048,576 ways on 5x4 reels, with upgrade symbols, free spins, Festival Games and a Giant Spin.

Line games: the figures are easy to read

Fixed lines make line games the easiest to understand: the paytable shows the value of each combination, and nothing changes shape between spins.

Mighty Sevens is a five-line sevens game where three or more scatters pay instantly, rated high volatility at 97.04%. Fortune Gems 2 uses five lines plus a multiplier reel on the right, and scatters trigger its Lucky Wheel. Stacked from Betsoft runs 20 lines on four reels, with wilds and free spins and a 664x max win.

Fishing games: RTP still applies

A fishing game replaces reels with moving targets. Each shot takes a set amount from your balance, and a hit pays the target's multiplier. Kirin Storm VIP has the second-highest RTP in the table at 97.52%. Ocean Carnival from FastSpin has three levels, two bosses, free bullets and mini games, at 96.50%.

How the 18 games split by volatility

Medium is the largest group, and it spans every type: a single-line game, a ways game, a cluster grid, a fishing game and a Hold and Win board. That is a useful reminder that type and volatility are separate. If you like grid games but want a calmer session, Sugar Crush gives you the grid without the high rating.

Features, and the figure each one moves

Features are where most of a pokie's value sits, which is why they shape volatility more than anything else. These are the ones you will meet in the winstar96 lobby.

In Gates of Olympus 1000, four or more scatters start 15 free spins and the multipliers reach 1,000x, against 500x in the original; its max win is listed at 15,000x, with an RTP of 96.50%. Wild West Gold's wilds carry 2x, 3x or 5x, add together, and stick during free spins, for a 10,000x ceiling. Big Bass Splash can add up to five random modifiers before its free spins, where wilds collect money symbols worth up to 5,000x. All three are rated high volatility.

What the three figures leave out

• Bet range. The smallest and largest bet differ by game. Check the information panel before you plan a session around a very small stake.
• Feature buys and extra bets. Some games let you pay a lump sum to start the bonus or pay more per spin for a changed game. Both alter what you spend, so do the sums at the price you will actually pay.
• Progressive jackpots. A few games, such as Betsoft's Mr. Vegas, add a jackpot that grows until someone wins it. Its current value is shown in the game, not in any table.
• How long a feature takes to arrive. Studios rarely publish it. A demo is the practical way to get a feel for it.

Finding, testing and playing on mobile

Search the winstar96 lobby by game name, or filter by provider when you want a studio's whole range: AdvantPlay and Pragmatic Play for the biggest max wins, VPower for the highest RTP figures, Booongo and Booming Games for Hold and Win. The winstar96 provider guides list every studio's games with their figures, starting with AdvantPlay and VPower.

Once logged in, you can open any game in demo mode on practice credits. Use it to see the figures in action: on a high-volatility game, count the spins between features before you decide on a real bet. Start a demo at winstar96

Everything runs in a mobile browser. Grid games such as Sugar Crush suit a portrait screen; for a 6-reel ways game, landscape gives the symbols more room.

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