ABOUT THIS SLOT
Night Roller slot from NetEnt’s own Red Tiger is a game that mixes up Vegas with board games, or more specifically a Monopoly-style game. It arrived on the scene in April 2021 with a backdrop that references famous city of sin landmarks like the Bellagio and the Paris Vegas buildings. Around the edge of the reels is a Feature board on which your Piggy Bank moves, picking up features along the way. And it’s these features that try to elevate Night Roller to the level of a high-quality game beyond a basic slot, culminating in a free spins round where every spin GUARANTEES you a modifier of some sort.
As you would expect from a Red Tiger online slot the graphics, animations and soundtrack are of a very high quality but the top payout of 5,000x is somewhat underwhelming in today’s slot market where games like Nolimit City’s San Quentin xWays can grab you 150,000x per spin.
The action all takes place on 30 fixed paylines distributed across a 5-reel, 5-row layout. Bet values can be adjusted to sizes between 20c and $10.00 per spin, to our mind, a modest span that won’t suit high rollers. To get started, tap Spin or initiate Autoplay. Wins will be triggered when at least 3 identical symbols appear along winline patterns starting from the leftmost reel.
RTP, VARIANCE AND PAYOUTS
The RTP of Night Roller is set at 95.68% which is a little under the industry average of 96%. It’s still a fair return though. But the most important part of the maths model to know is that it is very high variance – that means the win distribution when you play will be very uneven. So don’t expect regular payouts but rather spells with little or no wins followed by shorter periods where the wins stack up nicely and get you close to that 5,000x top payout.
SYMBOLS AND PAYTABLE
Night Roller’s flashy, gaudy imagery is carried through from the glitzy Vegas backdrop onto the reels and the icons. The lower value symbols are the traditional Playing Card suits – hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades – and prizes of between 9x and 24x can be triggered by landing 5 on a payline. Meanwhile, the upper part of the paytable is made up of a Wallet, Stacks of Cash, Bags with Money, a Ring and a huge Diamond. These higher value symbols will get you from 27x up to 75x the bet for 5 matching ones on a payline.
Look out as well for the Wild which is depicted with Gold Bars that substitute for all other symbols except Scatter to create wins. The wild also delivers a payout of 900x the bet when 5 appear on a line. And finally, the Dice is critical to help drive big wins as it gets you moving around the board that sits on the edge of the grid. Your piggy character will land on various spots, triggering features as he moves.
GAMEPLAY AND FEATURES
The gameplay in Night Roller is crammed with interesting and rewarding features and for a high variance slot they actually drop quite regularly. It’s all about the Monopoly board which has elements of social gaming in it and certainly makes Night Roller stand out from most other slots. The only similar casino game we can think of is Big Time Gaming’s Monopoly Megaways™. If you have played that before you will have a feel for this already.
So, when the Dice icon land on the reels, a dice is rolled on the screen and your piggy moves further round the board. Where it lands determines the modifier. Here is how it all works:
Life is Golden – If your piggy lands on the Wild spot, a random number of Wilds are added to the reels for each spin. This continues until the Dice Scatter appears and rolls again.
Multipliers – If your piggy lands on the Multiplier then a multiplier of 2x, 3x or 4x will be applied to any winline completed on the reels.
Bombs Away – The Bomb position activates an explosion that destroys all low-value symbols on the grid, thus increasing chances for wins that have higher payouts.
Coin It – The Coin field rewards players with an instant cash prize of up to 3x.
Spin Out Free Spins – The best and most rewarding feature is definitely the Spin Out. Here, you receive 10 free spins during which the Dice Scatter will move around the Board on every spin, triggering modifiers as it goes. The important part here is that your modifiers remain in place for the duration of the round, so you can keep stacking them up and adding more to the mix and potential greater wins.
And … should the Dice land on the Spin Out position again, 5 more free spins will be added to your total so you can keep going!
OUR VERDICT
Night Roller is a decent enough slot with some interesting features and a particularly enticing bonus round thanks to that progressive mix of modifiers that stick in place throughout your free spins. However, it does feel like a bit of a budget-version of Monopoly Megaways™ with a gaudier theme and no big money brand! But if you can get over that little issue there is some fun to be had here – the features are regular enough to keep even base game play interesting and the Spin Out round will surely deliver some top wins for those lucky enough to crack it.