Fish & Chips' debut title, Bus Stop Bonanza, takes the one experience every British person has in common, standing at a bus stop saying nothing to anyone, and finally makes it pay.
Set on a 5x5 grid that refuses to stay the same size, it runs on a simple principle: the smaller the board gets, the more it pays.
If Stacked High Symbols land at the same time on the middle reel and on either the first or last reel, Reel Contraction is triggered: the reelset is compressed, a global multiplier appears and a respin is awarded. The board runs from five reels to four to three, and ways to win move with it, from 3,125 down to 125.
Contract the board down two reels and you board the Bus Stop Bonanza Challenge: a one-reel feature that keeps paying mini wins, large wins and multipliers until the Exit symbol turns up. As with any bus, you get no say in when that is.
The stop is populated by a cast everyone will recognise: the coffee-clutching regular, the punk, the pensioner, the girl next door. You have stood next to all of them. You may well be one of them.
They also serve as the game's premium-paying symbols, landing as three-high Stacked High Symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 in the base game. Match the same stack across all three and both contractions trigger at once.
Leading the route is London's legendary Routemaster bus, taking on the role of the Wild symbol and substituting for all regular paying symbols. Any Wild that contributes to a win becomes a Walking Wild, moving to a new position on the following spin, while Wilds that don't form a win disappear at the start of the next spin. During Free Spins, Wilds act as Multiplier Wilds, each adding its value to a global multiplier that builds throughout the entire feature without ever resetting.
Land 3 Scatter symbols to trigger 8 Free Spins, 4 Scatters award 10 Free Spins, while 5 Scatters unlock 12 Free Spins. During the feature, Stacked High Symbols can land on any reel, and the multiplier only ever climbs.
Don't fancy waiting at the bus stop? In selected markets, players can use the Buy Bonus direct entry to either the Free Spins feature or the Bus Stop Challenge. No queues, just a direct ticket.
Mind the gap. With a top win of 9,658.8x your bet, medium volatility, and an RTP of up to 96% (depending on the operator), it is a considerably better use of a bus stop than the usual one.
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