Blueprint has an impressive 7 DOND slots out there already, including 2 Megaways versions. A Community version is also upcoming, hot off the heels of the current release called Deal or No Deal: Golden Game. Fans of the genre know pretty much what to expect, and the “big twist” this time is the Golden Multiplier Ladder that becomes active during the bonus round.
The DOND Bonus Game determines your number of free spins, and the Banker is also involved if you want to gamble to win larger cash pots up to5,000xyour stake. The stats are decent except for the below-average RTP of95.5 %, and you can win up to50,000xin total from the bonus round (capped at £250K). Players who enjoy this concept now have yet another option added to the mix.
Thewild symbolsteps in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combinations. It’s also the highest value symbol in the game, awarding 125x your stake for 5 on a payline. Other than that, this game is all about the DOND feature, with the possibility of instant cash prizes to boot.
Landing at least3 of the red ‘Deal or No Deal’ scatter boxesawards an instant cash prize up to 500x your stake. The8 fixed cash prizesare on display on the left-hand side and, depending on how many scatter boxes you land, you can choose to exchange your smaller cash prize for a DOND feature that can lead to payouts up to5,000xyour stake.
The black phone scatter triggers theDeal or No Deal Bonus Game, whenever you land 3 on reels 2, 3 and 4. You will choose your lucky box from a numbered selection of22 boxes, and then you have 4 more picks to make. Each pick eliminates free spin possibilities from 5 to 30, and the banker will offer you a deal after you’ve made your picks.
You can either take the deal, or see how many free spins your lucky box contains. The revealed lucky box number will be randomly chosen from the remaining free spin possibilities that have not been eliminated by your 4 initial picks. TheGolden Game Free Spinsround then commences.
You’ll see theGolden Upgrade Multiplier Ladderon the right-hand side, and all symbols that land will come with a regular or golden background. Each golden background symbol that land moves you up the multiplier ladder that starts at 2x by default. You need7 golden symbolsto reach the3x multiplier,10to reach4x,12to reach5x,14to reach10xand filling the screen awards the top20x multiplier.
You can win the instant cash pot prizes during the bonus round also, but these are not affected by the multiplier. The multiplier is only applied to regular symbol wins in other words, and it’s possible to retrigger the bonus round with no upper limit.
If this all sounds a bit confusing, perhaps our highlights video can help clarify things for you. We land some smaller instant cash prizes initially, before the Deal or No Deal bonus round is triggered at 0:55 into the 3-minute video. Whether or not we took the bankers deal can be seen by hitting the play button.
Blueprint keeps churning out Deal or No Deal slots like there is no tomorrow, and Golden Game sticks out because of the Golden Upgrade Multiplier ladder you get during the bonus round. Fans of the genre will probably not be disappointed about what’s on offer here, and the instant cash prizes help keep the base game somewhat interesting.
If you’ve tried these kinds of games before, you understand pretty well how it all works. For new players however, the whole DOND concept can come across as a bit confusing. It doesn’t take long before you get the gist of it with a bit of experience though, and this is a kind of game you either like or you don’t. Fans of the TV game show are the obvious target audience, but the market is getting a bit oversaturated with different versions at this point.
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Deal or No Deal Megaways- is a popular version from Blueprint, and it comes with up to 117,649 win ways. The Deal or No Deal bonus game is included, of course, and you can also win a progressive jackpot. The regular max win is 10,000x (capped at £250,000).
Deal or No Deal: What’s In Your Box- is an earlier Blueprint version from 2016, and it comes with 5 features. You can look forward to 2 unique bonus rounds, as well as 2 bonus games in addition to the DOND feature.
Deal or No Deal Megaways: The Golden Box- is the follow-up title from Blueprint, after their success with the first Megaways version. You can look forward to mystery symbols, a bonus round with unlimited win multiplier and 4+ consecutive cascades trigger the DOND feature.
