White Rabbit Megaways

Released by Big Time Gaming in 2017, White Rabbit Megaways became a game-changer in the online slots business, being the first game to offer the bonus purchase feature. Big Time Gaming’s decision was progressive and innovative - no one had anything like this before.

Nowadays, even after all these years, White Rabbit’s Snappy animations, beautiful graphics and trippy visuals maintain the game up in popularity across online gaming platforms. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s most famous work, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the game certainly pays tribute to the strangeness and whimsical nature of the original story.

There are 5 reels White Rabbit, with the potential for up to 7 symbols on each reel, resulting in up to 16,807 ways to win with each spin in the base game. Based on the Megaways win mechanic, the game pays left to right, starting with the left-most reel. If the same symbols fall on 3 or more consecutive reels, you get a win. The more of the same symbols you get, the higher your winnings.

Despite its age, this game is mostly eye candy with its bright colors, fast animations and beautifully illustrated characters from the story. Admittedly, in some parts of the UI a few potential updates would improve the game’s overall feeling, but such updates are definitely not a necessity and the current visuals don’t take away from the game whatsoever. The music and sounds are also magical and fantastical, with nice melodies and chimes that reward you when stuff goes well with your betting.

Some features we particularly love include:

• Extending reels in the bonus round
• Potential for bonus feature retrigger
• Fairytale atmosphere

FAQ:

The symbols in White Rabbit Megaways feature well-known and beloved characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, like the wide-grinned Cheshire Cat and the wacky Mad Hatter. The lowest-paying symbols include a teapot and teacups, another nod to Lewis Carrol’s nonsensical yet beloved novel, whereas the highest-paying symbol is inspired by the Queen of Hearts.

The special symbols are:

• Scatter: Depicting the White Rabbit of the title, this is the most important symbol of the game. It can appear on reels 2, 3, as well as 4, and getting 3 of these is the key to triggering the free spins feature. More on this later!
• Wild: This is a tile that shows the word Wild in gold letters and it also appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. It can substitute all symbols apart from the Scatter, Cupcake and Feature Drop symbols.
• Caterpillar: The slumbering caterpillar that sits at the bottom left of your screen during the base game will occasionally and randomly wake up to add up to 4 Bonus Wild symbols on the grid.
• Bonus Wild: This is triggered if the Caterpillar wakes up. It not only substitutes for other symbols, but it also increases combos by 2 or 3, depending.
• Feature Drop: These symbols look like gold coins and have the letters BTG on them. When one of them lands on one of the reels, it reduces the price of the Feature Drop - meaning you can buy into the bonus round at a lower price.

The Free Spins round is activated by getting 3 Scatter symbols, that is 3 White Rabbits. When you trigger the bonus round, you get 15 free spins and the Extending Reels are introduced. This basically means that each reel can grow to show up to 12 symbols on each reel, as opposed to the normal 7. This creates potential for a whopping 248,832 different ways to win!

The bet amount you had set when the free spins round was triggered will be maintained throughout the free spins.

The Cupcake symbol

The Cupcake appears during the free spins round and is what triggers the extension of the reels. Whenever you get a cupcake, it is replaced by two new symbols and the reel grows by 1 slot for a symbol. Get this enough times and you can reach up to 12 symbols per reel!

Queen’s Reel

If you do manage to get the maximum number of 12 symbols on one reel, then 2 very exciting things happen. First of all, you win more free spins - up to a maximum of 12 - and the extended reel transforms into the Queen’s Reel.This special reel has more chances to land Red Queens and Wilds, increasing your chances of big wins exponentially.

All in all, despite its age, White Rabbit Megaways is a great choice to this day. It has the potential for great wins with an exciting and layered free spins round. Combine that with the fairytale feeling of Alice in Wonderland and you have a kicker of a game that holds itself well through the years.