Ultras Slot Review

The base game uses five reels and 100 fixed paylines, so this is line-play rather than ways or cluster pays. Wins form through matching symbols on active lines, while 3+ Scatters pay anywhere. Some lower line hits can start from two matching symbols, which gives the base game more small-hit texture than a dead coin collector. The important base-game piece is the Expanding Wild. Wilds appear on reels 2, 3 and 4, substitute for all symbols except Scatters and Bonus symbols, and can expand across a full reel when they take part in a win. That keeps the main game moving, but it does not change the real hierarchy: line wins are the filler, Bonus symbols are the target.

Six or more Bonus symbols trigger the progressive Hold and Win Bonus game. The triggering Bonus symbols lock in place, each carrying its own coin value, and the round starts with 3 respins. At the beginning of the feature, three random multiplier positions are selected on the grid. Those positions can hold x2-x5, x10 or x15 multipliers. If a new Bonus symbol lands on one of those marked cells, the multiplier applies to that symbol’s value. Every new Bonus symbol resets the respin counter back to 3. The round ends when the grid fills or the respins run out. The better idea sits in the progress bar: collect 15 Bonus symbols and all wins are multiplied by 2x; collect 20 and the multiplier becomes 3x.

There is no traditional free spins round here. That matters, because the game has Scatters, Bonus symbols and an FS rate listed in BGaming’s public detail panel, but the actual bonus route is Hold and Win. Scatters pay from three anywhere on the screen; they are not the feature trigger. The symbols that matter for bonus access are the Bonus symbols, with six or more needed to start the respin game. Players expecting a normal free-spins sequence with sticky multipliers, retriggers or reel modifiers will not find one. The trade-off is focus: all bonus volatility is pushed into the coin-respin round, the progress bar and the random multiplier cells.

Chance ×2 is the ante-style control. BGaming says it slightly increases the bet and doubles the chance of landing Bonus symbols and triggering the Hold and Win Bonus game. That is useful if the only part of the slot you care about is the respin feature, but it also means the base game costs more per spin. The public game page does not print the exact surcharge, so check the in-game information screen before switching it on. The toggle is disabled when Bonus Buy is active, which prevents stacking both shortcuts at once.

The regular stake range converts to about CA$0.32 to CA$80.60. Bonus Buy is listed at 60x stake, so the direct Hold and Win purchase runs from roughly CA$19.30 at the lowest stake to about CA$4,835 at the top of the range. That is not cheap in absolute terms, but the multiplier is lower than many 100x bonus buys. Chance ×2 is the ante-style option; it raises the spin cost and doubles the chance of hitting the Bonus-symbol path, but the exact surcharge should be checked inside the game.