Joker’s Jewels Cash Slot

History Lesson:

American and British secret services started using the cyanide capsule during the Second World War. When ingested, a quick death would follow. Such a tool would be used in the field of espionage. Agents who had been captured would use it to avoid a more excruciating death at the hands of their enemies.

The Review:

Pragmatic Play has just launched a new retro slot machine called Joker’s Jewels Cash. 

Before me are two possibilities. One comes with a slow, agonizing death, where it is quite possible that I would survive but be left mentally traumatized. The other option is to take the cyanide capsule and never face another Pragmatic Play slot ever again.

As this review has clearly made it through the editing process and has been published, the obvious choice was made. I took the cyanide capsule and survived 78 horrendous hours of vomiting blood with bouts of diarrhea. During recuperation, I was tasked with completing this review.

Pragmatic Play’s slot Joker’s Jewels Cash is a game that focuses everything on the jackpot features and nothing else. If you like the idea of a very minimalist online slot, here’s how you play the game and what program settings are involved.

The Return to Player rating of this game is 96.51%. This is a standard rating that indicates the payback potential of the game. The volatility for this slot is programmed to the highest setting. High volatility often leads to a lower frequency of hits. The maximum payout you can win is 5,000x your bet. Bets start at $0.05 and rise to $250 per spin. If betting the max bet, the winnable jackpot becomes $1,250,000.

With your bet selected, press the spin button to commence playing. The game plays out on a classic three-row, five-reel layout. To win, you must match three or more symbols across any of the five payline patterns. Two or more if you land the blue ball symbol.

These are the basic gaming rules. Once you’ve played one spin, press the spin button again to place another wager. Continue this process of play until you wish to stop and cash out or until you have depleted your funds.

Of all the Pragmatic Play games to come out in the past year, Joker’s Jewels Cash offers you the least special features. Usually, you’d get two, but this time, it’s just the one.

Bonus Game: The bonus game is tied to the six jackpot prizes above the reels. 

• Grand = 5,000x your bet
• Mega = 300x your bet
• Maxi = 100x your bet
• Major = 40x your bet
• Minor = 20x your bet
• Mini = 10x your bet

To launch the bonus game, you must land three or more bonus symbols. The round presents a Pick-Me game that ends when you reveal three of the same prize values or Jackpot prize names. The value of the prizes and jackpots increase in size the higher your initial bet is. The more you bet, the more you can win.

The Joker’s Jewels Cash slot from Pragmatic Play is a glamorous retro game that harks back to the nostalgic times of playing on cabinet slots. You have your reels, your jackpots, and that’s it. Now, it’s not like Pragmatic Play is doing something innovative here. This retro homage has been done many times over. Some have made it work, whereas others, like this, have failed. 

It’s too flat, it’s too dull, and it’s too much like what Pragmatic Play does typically. There is a twisted irony that even when making an old-school slot, it’s almost no different when trying to make a modern one.

My verdict is to give the game a spin in its free demo mode, but if you’re looking to take your money further, there are far better casino games out there than this. Let me know what you think in the comments.