Cricket Star is a sports themed video slots game powered by Microgaming. If you are a fan of cricket, this game will probably be right up your alley. The backdrop of the game is a cricket stadium filled with sports fans ready to watch the big match. Players will be treated to high quality sound effects, animation and video in this high action sporting bonanza of a game. Some features of the game include wild symbols, scatter symbols, free spins and multiple consecutive wins.
Game Basics
Behind its sporting exterior, Cricket Star is a 5-reel slots game with Microgaming’s famous 243 ways to win. On the reels you will find a host of cricket related icons including players from all the leading cricket teams around the world. If you are a serious cricket fan, you might spot some of your favorite players. Reel icons include batsman, bowlers, umpires, fans, wicket keepers cricket balls and ticket stubs. The game’s animation and sound effects keeps the high energy of theme running throughout the game.
A Sporting Slots Experience
If you are a cricket or sporting fanatic, Cricket Star is a game that won’t disappoint. It has all the ingredients for a fun-filled game that could provide ample winning opportunities. For those who don’t particularly like cricket or are not interested in sport, the game may seem a bit over-the-top with more interesting Microgaming slots on offer.
Stacked Wilds
In Cricket Star, the wild symbol is the game’s logo. The wild symbol can be used as a substitute for any of the other symbols except for the cricket ball scatter symbol. The wild symbols are stacked and appear on reels 3, 4 and 5. The wild symbols can appear in both normal play as well as during the free spins feature. Reel 3 has a stack of 18 wild symbols while reel 4 has a stack of 25 and reel five has a stack of 5.
Free Spins Feature
The scatter symbol in Cricket Star is the cricket ball symbol. Landing 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols anywhere on the reels will activate the free spins feature and reward you with the following: 3 scatter symbols will give players 15 free spins while 4 scatter symbols will give players 20 free spins and 5 scatter symbols will give players the maximum 25 free spins. During the free spins feature players cannot re-trigger more free spins. However the rolling reels are active during this stage.
Bonus Features
If you are looking for bonus features, the slot has two interesting features that can increase players’ winnings. In the bonus features section, the game offers rolling reels. What this means is that after any win, the symbols involved in the win will disappear allowing more symbols to fall into place. In this way players have the chance to make multiple wins in a single spin. Another bonus feature is the Wild Tickets feature. When the Wild tickets feature is activated three tickets will randomly appear on reels 2,3 and 4 and a ball is bowled towards them. The wicket the ball hits will turn the reels completely wild and guarantee a win.