Heart of Rio Slot Review

How to play

In the Heart of Rio video slot, the party fever is on as soon as you open and play the game. This 25-paylines slot instantly transports you to the streets of Rio thanks to its colorful 3x5 grid that randomly displays the Carnival Queen and Dancers as its high-paying symbols. There’s also samba music playing in the background that makes this slot more entertaining to spin.

To join the festivities on the reels, you’ll need to decide first on your bet per spin. Just click the ‘-’ or ‘+’ buttons beside the ‘Play’ button to open up the Bet Menu. The Heart of Rio slot is played with 25 fixed paylines slot so you’ll need to decide on the number of coins to play per line and its value. You can play from 1 to 10 coins per line with a value that ranges from €0.01 to €0.50. Using this range, the minimum total bet in the Heart of Rio slot is set at €0.25 up to €125.00. Select the ‘Play’ button to start spinning the reels and randomly land at least three Carnival-related symbols for a win.

Symbols and payouts

The Heart of Rio slot offers you a grand celebration on the reels with carnival-related characters as the high-paying symbols. In this game, you’ll meet the Carnival Queen in Red, and the Samba Dancers in Purple and Green, and they’re joined by a Carnival Mask and a Cocktail Drink. The Carnival Queen in Red serves as the Wild and replaces other symbols except for the Money, Bonus, and Collect symbols. She will only appear on the second to the fifth reels. 

From the standard paying symbols, the Samba Dancer in Purple is the most important which rewards you up to x32 your wager. The Samba Dancer in Green pays up to x7 your wager. On your random spins, you’ll also land the Carnival Masks and Cocktails which award you up to 6x and 5x your wager for five identical symbols.  The standard Royals in a deck of cards also make their appearance on the screen and pay up to 4x your wager for five symbols.

Best Heart of Rio bonus feature

The carnival party on the reels heats up when you land the Money and Collect symbols. The Purple Glitter Ball is the Money Symbols and they appear with cash values. To collect the cash values, you need to land one of the five Collect symbols on the fifth reel. These Collect symbols represent the following features: Collect, Extra Credit Collect, Multiplier Collect, Expanding Collect, and the Respin Collect. For example, in the Multiplier Collect, the values of the Money Symbols are added and multiplied by the value indicated in the Multiplier Collect. If you land the Respin Collect, all Money Symbols remain in place and other positions respin giving you a chance to land a bigger winning combo. If you land the Collect symbol, the cash values associated with the landed Money Symbols are added and paid out.

For players looking for more chances to win, the best Heart of Rio slot bonus is the Free Spins Round. You can play this feature by landing three Bonus symbols on the second to the fourth reels. Here, you win eight Heart of Rio Free Spins, and the Money and Collect symbols are active until the end of the round. However, the value in each Money Symbol is added to a Bonus Pot. Once all Heart of Rio Free Spins are used up, you get one respin and the first to fourth reels are filled up with colossal symbols with a value that’s equal to what’s collected in the Bonus Pot. Again, the win is paid out when the Collect symbol lands on the fifth reel. During this bonus round, it’s possible to win the game’s top payout of up to x10,000 your wager.

RTP & Volatility

Heart of Rio slot by Pragmatic Play succeeds in bringing the party to the reels. This medium volatility slot packs the standard Free Spins and throws in some exciting extras like the Money and Collect symbols. The Heart of Rio RTP is listed at 96.5%.