Sure Win is a game where the action takes place at the hippodrome. A horse racing themed slot machine, it was designed by Microgaming and since I’ve seen a lot of similar games I can safely say that this is one of the better designed ones, taking a humoristic approach that no other title has tried so far. The jockeys look more like caricatures, and since this is a game where you get to smile, not just spin reels, I recommend you at least give it a look. Keep reading the review to find out what else it has to offer.
The game’s 25 paylines are spread over 5 reels. There are symbols which will bring you wild features, scatters, free spins and multipliers of 2x to 4x. A $35,000 top jackpot is promised to the players that give it a shot.
Features of Sure Win
Not only does the game give you a very cool design, it also manages to include all the features you usually see in modern slot machines. There are the usual wilds, with a 3x multiplier applied to the wins, plus scatter symbols which will give you the free spins and their multipliers of up to 4x.
The Sure Win Logo is the one that is reserved for the role of the main symbol, the wild. The reason why this is the main symbol isn’t just the fact that it offers its substitution ability, it’s also because it awards the slot’s biggest prize, worth the equivalent of 7,000 times the line bet. If it creates a combo of up to five symbols, it can give away that kind of money. However, more often than not you’re going to notice that it is more useful in its role as a wild, regularly contributing to newly formed combinations by taking the place of a missing symbol. The wins formed this way will always be worth three times the usual value.
The Tipster symbol, the one that’s trying to give you a tip about the upcoming race, will be used as the other major symbol, the scatter. Appearing in random locations during each spin, it forms its own type of combo, without needing an active line on which the symbols have to form. Instead, it’s enough to have between two and five Tipsters present, to get prizes that vary between 2x and 100x the bet.
Free Games Feature
As it often happens, free spins are also offered in the game. Whenever you have between three and five Tipster scatters present, you get access to a bonus feature where you choose the number of free spins and the multiplier.
If you want a higher multiplier, at 4x, then you get 12 free spins. The option in the middle gives you 16 free spins with 3x multipliers. If you want as many spins as possible, you get 24 rounds, but the multiplier drops to 2x.
Betting options and jackpots
The betting options of Sure Win will allow you to wager between $0.01 and $125 per spin. The wagers allow for 1 to 20 coins to be used for each payline, but you activate as many of them as you want. Denominations range from $0.01 to $0.25. The line bet ultimately decides how much the jackpot is worth, so you should know that it can go as high as $5.
Up to 140,000 coins are up for grabs in Sure Win, the result of a 7,000x multiplier when applied to the maximum line bet. As for the cash value, $35,000 is the most you can get from those coins.
Design and symbols
I’m not sure why, but most of the horse racing slots I’ve seen so far don’t manage to do a good job with the design aspect. It’s not the case with Sure Win, a slot machine which looks modern, which has no playing cards and which manages to make the action even a little bit funny. The Jockey symbols are the ones responsible for the fun here, each one designed to look a bit like a caricature, with big heads, exaggerated noses or chins.
Symbols: Sure Win Logo (wild, 7,000x), Tipster (100x the bet, scatter), Blue Jockey (800x), Red Jockey (800x), Green Jockey (800x), White Horse (200x), Red Horse (100x), Brown Horse (80x), Trophy (60x), Betting Slip (50x), Helmet (40x) and Binoculars (30x).
Is It Worth Playing?
If you’re a fan of horse racing, Sure Win is the game to play, definitely one of the better titles to come out with this particular theme.
The Sure Win slot machine is offered through the Microgaming platform, so if you want to play it for real or just to practice, look out for casinos that use it.
