Released in March 2023, Cash Bandits Museum Heist is a video slot developed by Realtime Gaming (RTG) that injects a fresh twist into the popular Cash Bandits series. This iteration finds the familiar robber characters attempting a daring heist within a museum setting. Cash Bandits Museum Heist features a standard 5×3 reel layout with 25 fixed paylines.
Regular Symbols and Wild Robbers:
The paytable is populated with various symbols that adhere to the museum theme. Lower-value symbols include gemstones, rings, earrings, necklaces, and Faberge eggs. Higher-value symbols depict statues, paintings, crowns, the museum building itself, a museum employee, and a police sheriff. Landing five-of-a-kind combinations of these symbols awards prizes ranging from 2x to 16x the total bet.
The two robber symbols serve as Wilds, substituting for other symbols to facilitate winning combinations. They also possess a unique Wild Morphing feature. During any spin, a Wild symbol has the chance to randomly expand to fill a 3×3 block on the reels, creating significant win potential.
Museum Heist Feature with Pick Bonus:
Landing 3 or more Scatter symbols, represented by the Cash Bandits logo, triggers the Museum Heist Feature, the game's primary bonus round. Before free spins commence, players participate in a Pick Bonus. Here, they choose from eight covered paintings to reveal Free Game Boosters. These boosters offer various enhancements to the free spins:
- Multipliers (2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x): Increase the value of each win during the free spins round.
- Wild Reel 1 or 5: Transforms the entire first or fifth reel wild for the duration of the free spins.
- Center 3×3: Merges the three middle reels into a giant symbol that spins together, potentially creating larger winning combinations.
- The number of free spins awarded and the specific boosters received depend on the number of Scatter symbols that triggered the feature and the choices made during the Pick Bonus.
Progressive Jackpots for Additional Windfalls:
Cash Bandits Museum Heist also features Major and Minor progressive jackpots. These jackpots can be randomly triggered during any base game spin, offering players the opportunity to win a significant windfall prize. The size of the jackpots grows as players wager on the game across the casino network.