Great Blue Jackpot

Great Blue Jackpot is an ocean-themed slot by Playtech, focusing on the majestic blue whale and marine life. The game features a vibrant underwater setting with various sea creatures as symbols.

Core Game Mechanics

Great Blue Jackpot is played on a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 25 fixed paylines. The betting range is notably low, allowing wagers from £0.25 to £12.50 per spin. This makes the game accessible to players with various budgets, though high rollers might find the maximum bet limit restrictive.

The game features a standard paytable with marine-themed symbols. Low-value symbols are represented by playing card ranks (9 to A), while high-value symbols include starfish, seahorses, tropical fish, turtles, and sharks. The shark is the highest-paying regular symbol, offering 30 times the stake for five on a payline.

The blue whale serves as the wild symbol, appearing stacked on all reels. It substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and doubles any win it's part of. Landing 2, 3, 4, or 5 whale wilds on a payline awards 0.4, 10, 100, or 400 times the stake, respectively.

The scatter symbol is represented by a seashell with a pearl. Landing 2, 3, 4, or 5 scatters anywhere on the reels awards 2, 5, 20, or 200 times the total stake, respectively.

Bonus Features

1. Free Spins (Pearl Bonus):
   • Triggered by landing 3 or more scatter symbols.
   • Initially awards 8 free spins with a 2x multiplier.
   • Before the free spins begin, players enter a pick-and-click game with 5 seashells.
   • Players choose 2 out of 5 seashells to reveal additional free spins and/or multipliers.
   • The maximum possible combination is 33 free spins with a 15x multiplier.
   • During free spins, landing 3 or more scatters awards 15 additional spins.
   • There's no limit to how many times the feature can be retriggered, potentially leading to an unlimited number of free spins.
2. Progressive Jackpot Feature:
   • Triggered randomly during any base game spin.
   • Players enter a jackpot game where they're guaranteed to win one of four progressive jackpots.
   • The jackpot game involves picking coins until three matching jackpot symbols are revealed.
   • The four progressive jackpots, in ascending order of value, are: a) Fish Jackpot b) Turtle Jackpot c) Shark Jackpot d) Whale Jackpot (the largest)
   • The jackpots are local, meaning their values differ between casinos based on player activity.
3. Stacked Wilds:
   • The whale wild symbol appears stacked on all reels in both the base game and free spins.
   • This increases the chances of forming multiple winning combinations in a single spin.
4. Wild Multiplier:
   • Any win involving a wild symbol is doubled.
   • This feature applies in both the base game and free spins.

An intriguing aspect of Great Blue Jackpot is its potential for massive wins during the free spins feature. With the possibility of a 15x multiplier combined with the wild's 2x multiplier, wins can effectively be boosted by up to 30x. This, coupled with the chance of unlimited retriggers, creates a highly volatile and potentially rewarding bonus round. The combination of high multipliers and theoretically infinite free spins sets this slot apart from many others in the genre.