All41Studios recently released Dia Del Mariachi Megaways, and Hot Chilliways could take place in the same small town for all we know. The instruments have been replaced by fiery chilli peppers, but the colors and sounds remain. The reels are framed in gold, and the symbols each have their own colorful background. On both sides are houses with wooden doors, and in the bottom left corner is a box of hot chillies. To win, you must land at least three symbols on consecutive reels, beginning with the first reel to the left. Every spin starts with 729 ways to win, which can be expanded to 117649 thanks to the row-expanding chillies.

There are numerous symbols to remember in Hot Chilliways. The lowest-paid positions are 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A. They won't even refund your money if you get a full win of six symbols, which pays between 0.7X and 0.9X your bet. The higher-paying symbols are the tomato, corn, cactus, sombrero, and decorated death skull. A 6 symbol win pays 1X to 10X the bet. This game contains two Wild Symbols. The green chilli expands the reel to 6 positions, while the red chilli expands the reel to 7 symbols high and adds a 2X multiplier in the base game and even higher multipliers in the free spins. Except for the wild symbol, all other symbols are replaced.

Cascading Wins

When you win, the symbols involved vanish into the air, and new ones fall from above. If you win again, the symbols that were involved will vanish and new ones will appear. This will continue as long as new wins are made, and it is all part of the same spin. The rows can also expand during the cascades for every wild symbol that appears on the reels.

Wild Green Chilli

The Wild Green Chilli increases the number of symbols on the reel it lands on from 3 to 6. The three original symbols split and duplicated. Except for the scatter, the green chilli can be used to replace any symbol. When no more wins can be made, the reels return to three rows high.

Wild Red Chilli

The Wild Red Chilli goes one step further than its green counterpart by increasing the number of rows on the reel it lands on to seven. The three original symbols have been relegated to the bottom, while four new ones have been added to the top. In addition, the red chilli adds a 2X multiplier to the top of the reels, which is used to multiply the final wins. The red chilli, like the green one, can be used to replace any symbol except the scatter. During the free spins, it can have a multiplier of up to 100X.

Scatter Symbol

The Scatter Symbol is two purple-patterned wooden maracas. Landing three, four, or five scatter symbols anywhere on the reels awards 12, sixteen, twenty, or twenty-four free spins, respectively.

Super Stake

The Super Stake feature of Stakelogic can sometimes make a game a hundred times more interesting. But it's pretty lame in this case. In exchange for doubling your bet, the game will add some extra scatter symbols, increasing the likelihood of triggering the free spins. Remember that while playing the Super Stake, the paytable remains the same, so your wins are practically worth half of what they would have been without the feature. Normally, playing the Super Stake has no effect on the RTP, but there is no information about this in the demo.

Free Spins Gamble

When three or more scatter symbols appear, you can choose to gamble your free spins for a chance to win even more. The player will be shown a wheel in green and red, indicating how many total spins a win on green will result in, and how many spins a loss on red will result in. Landing on green will give you the extra spins and allow you to gamble again. When you land on red, the spins will be reduced and the feature will begin. If the number of spins is reduced to zero, you will be immediately returned to the base game.

Free Spins

Except for the red chilli, who goes crazy and adds multipliers up to 100X the bet, the free spins function similarly to regular spins. When the player's spins run out, the feature ends.

Bonus Buy

Stakelogic is usually gracious enough to provide this feature to any player who lacks the self control to initiate the free spins the old fashioned way. You're guaranteed a spin with at least three scatter symbols, triggering the free spins, for 100X your bet.