Original Release: Pragmatic Play, 2023
Another “junk keeps falling” slot from Pragmatic that offers the possibility of a huge 10,000x win on any given spin
Sticky Bees (Pragmatic Play, 2023)
Review by: C. M0use
Sticky Bees is another of Pragmatic’s fairly recent “tumble” slot designs that dumps a 7×7 pile of fruit or gems or something on you instead of spinning reels, and then certain winning combinations will disappear from the field allowing for more fruits to be dumped in (and potentially create long chains of wins).
The main appeal of this (and similar games) is the possibility of long chains of wins off of one spin, and indeed any given spin can potentially create the game’s max win of 10,000x your wager. If you’re bold and rich enough to bet $100 per spin, you could actually hit for $1 million on any given pull if you have the best luck in the world. But, given the odds, more likely you’d just be out tens of thousands in pretty short order.
It’s listed as 96.06% RTP, but with super high volatility. That’s because those big chains of wins, which are needed to offset all the dead spins and “wins” of only 30-50% of your wager, are pretty few and far between. My $250 test ($1 per spin) ended with me down $41, and the damage would have been much worse if I hadn’t hit just one big win string that netted $71.
There is a bonus feature, but you can’t count on it catching you up on base spin losses; any random spin is about as likely to net one of those 70x wins. You get seven free spins when you land at least four Bonus symbols anywhere on the playfield, and the lone advantage is that any wilds that land during this sequence stick. Instead of appearing randomly, the wilds are generated by a separate little wheel that gives you one to three per spin. Initially that might seem great, but they can also go to the same spot and essentially be wasted, which seemed to happen a lot (mine loved going to the four corners repeatedly for some reason, real helpful). Anyway, I got all of $4 from my one bonus spin sequence.
I guess the best thing I can say about this design is that every basic spin carries the tiny possibility of a life-improving money win, you aren’t just hanging about forever waiting for a more lucrative bonus feature to pop. The other side of that coin is that it can, and likely will, eat your money up very fast. The theming and music also aren’t nearly as strong here as they are in other Pragmatic titles.
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