Extra Chilli

Extra Chilli sets its reels in a busy Mexican street market and runs on Big Time Gaming's Megaways engine, so the number of symbols per reel — and the resulting ways to win — changes with every spin. Matching symbols cascade off the grid rather than sitting fixed in place.

Each cascade during free spins moves a multiplier trail up one step, and that multiplier applies to every win for the rest of the round rather than resetting, which is what lets a long cascade chain grow into a large result. Extra scatters during the bonus add more spins on top.

Big Time Gaming built this one for the high-volatility crowd, and the payout return is fixed at 96.2%.

Worth trying if Bonanza's Megaways format appealed but you want a sharper multiplier mechanic layered on top.

The chilli pepper symbols come in different colours tied to different payout tiers, which is worth learning before judging whether a cluster is actually a strong hit. This was one of the first Megaways titles to pair the engine with a persistent multiplier trail.

The multiplier trail only ever moves forward during a bonus round; it never resets partway through even after a quiet stretch of cascades. That one-way progression is what gives the feature its snowball effect.