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Trigger Happy Slot Review

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Big Time Gaming hasn’t been among the proactive game developers, not even after being purchased by Evolution Gaming, as its counterparts NetEnt and Red Tiger Gaming have been.

Pros & Cons
Plenty of in-game features & modifiers
A shallow betting range
Cluster Pays with an avalanche feature
Some mechanics can be initially confusing
Win exchange & bonus buy choices
A massive top payout potential of 50,000x
Exciting theme & nicely done design

The Trigger Happy Slot Game

🛑 Hold up! I’m not about to review this game without you getting a feel for it. As such, ensure you follow along using the slot’s free demo linked to this page!

I’m unsure whether Big Time Gaming set this game in an extra-terrestrial world or on Earth since the critters look weird. But from the look of things, Trigger Happy happens inside an arcade gaming place. You know, the retro establishments where you slipped a coin into a machine, hoping to have fun or win.

An electric melody lights up the mood in correspondence with the celebratory mood depicted by balloons and lit-up machines. Even the structure housing the 5x5 gameboard takes after an arcade machine. 

So, you should appreciate this particular game if you’re into classic-designed games. 

Game Compability

For the record, it’s built with HTML5, meaning it’s compatible with mobile and desktop devices.

Video of Trigger Happy Demo Play

Symbols and Payouts

As mentioned, this game doesn’t adopt the megaways engine with randomly changing rows. Instead, it uses a cluster pays system.

The regular symbols consist of seven goofy and fluffy emoticons distinguished by their colors. As you already know, they form wins based on 5+ adjacent matching symbols that form clusters horizontally or vertically.

Also worth noting is that all the payouts in Trigger Happy are multiplied by the stake.

The symbols include:

  • Yellow and Turquoise - 0.1x to 10x the bet.
  • Orange and Green - 0.15x to 15x stake.
  • Blue - 0.25x to 20x bet.
  • Red pays 0.3x to 50x stake.
  • Purple awards 0.5x to 50x the bet. 

Each winning symbol disappears after a payout and becomes replaced by new symbols from above in a cascading reaction. The reactions continue until no more wins occur.

Trigger Happy Slot Bonus Features

Players have a myriad number of features worth exploring in this video slot. They include but aren’t limited to Bonus Panels, free spins, Win Exchange™, and bonus buy.

Wild Symbol

Trigger Happy also has a wild represented by a multi-colored square critter, which is unusual for cluster slots. A target places the wild in a random position in every spin and reaction. Their function is to substitute for all symbols!

Bonus Panels

This game has vertical and horizontal bonus panels. In every spin and reaction, both panels may reveal the following:

  • Multipliers that align with the target’s final position apply to the new wild at that position. If a target’s final position aligns with multipliers in both panels, they’re multiplied together for the latest wild. The multipliers in both panels can be up to x3 during the base game.
  • The Bomb removes all symbols from its column or row, replacing them with four wilds.
  • You get 8 free spins if the target’s final position aligns with a Trigger Coin in both panels. A reaction sequence can have multiple free spin triggers.

Free Spins

Two targets appear during the free spins, each adding a wild at different Trigger Happy reel positions. Aligning a target’s final position with a Trigger Coin in both panels awards +3 additional free spins. And the retrigger can happen severally in a reaction sequence.

However, aligning the final position of both targets with Trigger Coins awards +6 extra free spins. The panel multipliers can reach x10 during this feature. 

Trigger Happy free spins

Win Exchange

When you win at least 100 times the stake, you can keep it or exchange it for 8 free spins. Also, when you win 25-100 times the bet, you can keep the amount or gamble it for a chance to win 8 free rounds—however, an unsuccessful gamble results in not being awarded free spins.

Trigger Happy Win Exchange

Bonus Buy

The bonus buy button lets you access the buy menu, where you can buy 8 free spins for 100 times the stake! However, this feature may be limited or unavailable in some jurisdictions.

How to Win at Trigger Happy Slot

Although Big Time Gaming shifted to the cluster pays mechanism, nothing about the game felt complex—maybe some of the features, but initially.

The arcade action happens on a 5 by 5 platform, while two Boneu Panels are attached to the reels on the left and bottom sides. Here, wins happen when at least 5 matching symbols form horizontal or vertical clusters.

Trigger happy how to win

Start a single Trigger Happy game round using the green Play button or several continuous spins using the Autoplay function. However, remember to select a bet between the €0.20 and €20 range first.

It’s worth mentioning that you can limit the Autoplay using the loss and win thresholds. Meanwhile, the Pays, Sound, and Help options are reachable through the Menu button.  

Trigger Happy Slot RTP & Volatility

The classified RTP for this game is 96.58%, and the top win is a staggering 50,000x stake! However, the developer has kept its volatility anonymous. 

The Final Verdict

I went into this game hoping to play a megaways slot, as is the nature of Big Time Gaming releases. However, as every day isn’t the weekend, I met a cluster pays engine instead. To be honest, I was appealed because it was an unexpected change, and the cluster engine was better off than using the pay ways or paylines.

Among the exciting things about Trigger Happy is how appealing its visuals were. It made me reminisce about the ‘Toonz’ series from Play’n GO. But on a playfully elevated end.

Although the mechanics and features aren’t anything unheard of, they’re still quite engaging. Even better, they could lead you to win up to 50,000x stake! You should only be cautious about its shallow betting range and some confusing features at first sight.

I'll update this review once I have the missing official volatility details. So, I urge you to check it frequently for timely updates.

Slot type
Video Slots
Slot bonus features
Cascades
Random Wilds
Multipliers
Free Spins
Bonus Buy
Gamble Feature
Slot details
Theme:
Classic style
Provider: 
Big Time Gaming
RTP: 
96.58%
Paylines: 
Cluster pays
Release date:
2024-05-22
Nerijus Grenda
Nerijus Grenda
Last Update: 24 Jul 2024
Nerijus Grenda is a prolific contributor to the GoodLuckMate site. With a deep understanding of the online casino industry, gained from his own experience as an avid player, he offers valuable insights on what sets the best casinos apart from the rest. As a writer, Nerijus shares his expertise through expert analysis and thoughtful commentary on various topics related to online gambling, including casino reviews, game guides and industry trends.
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Can I play Trigger Happy for free?

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Is the Trigger Happy slot available on mobile devices?

A: Yes, the Trigger Happy slot is available on both desktop and mobile devices.

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