Offering an immersive gaming experience and the potential for massive payouts, live money wheel games are all the rage at Indian online casinos right now. Evolution Gaming started the craze with Dream Catcher Live, but that now looks rather basic compared to the latest innovations that have been released since then.
Despite this, standard elements of money wheel games have remained intact. The usual setup is a vertically-mounted wheel that is spun manually by the game’s host in a purpose-built studio. On the wheel, there are typically various win multipliers and segments that activate in-game bonus features. Players must bet on the bonus segments to participate in the extra game, which is how the casino maintains a slight house edge.
With all of the top live casino providers offering their own wheel of fortune-styled games, this niche keeps getting better and better. Here are some of the most popular titles right now according to Live Casino India.
Crazy Time
Developed by Evolution, Crazy Time is based on Dream Catcher, but it has multiple bonus games that take the gaming experience to the next level. The gameplay centres around the crazy money wheel, which has 1x, 2x, 5x, and 10x multipliers combined with four bonus features:
- Coin Flip: A coin is flipped to determine which value multiplier players will win. Before the Coin Flip game, two multipliers are randomly generated - one for each side of the coin.
- Pachinko: A puck is dropped into a massive Pachinko wall, and players win the multiplier value where the puck lands at the bottom. If the puck ends up on ‘Double’, all the multipliers are doubled and the puck is dropped again. The maximum win multiplier in this game is 10,000x.
- Bonus Hunt: This is an interactive shooting gallery-type game. The game begins with a large LED screen with 108 multipliers on it. These are covered by various symbols and shuffled. Players then shoot at one symbol and win the multiplier that is behind it.
- Crazy Time: The host goes through a red door to reveal a colossal virtual money wheel. Players choose one of the three coloured flappers and they win the multiplier that stops on their flapper. It’s possible to get multipliers up to 20,000x in this round.
Monopoly Live
This is another Evolution creation. As the title suggests, it’s themed on the classic board game of the same name. Most of the action takes place on the money wheel that has segments for multipliers, the bonus game, and Chance (card).
The bonus feature is triggered when the flapper stops on Two Rolls or Four Rolls. Players are then taken to a virtual 3D Monopoly board. All the properties are given multipliers, which increase in value as they go around the board. If a double is rolled, players get an extra roll. Furthermore, if players get back to ‘Go’, every multiplier is doubled.
Sweet Bonanza CandyLand
Aiming to keep pace with Evolution, Pragmatic (Play) Live released Sweet Bonanza CandyLand. The money wheel part of the game is essentially the same as both Monopoly Live and Crazy Time in that players can win multipliers or activate certain bonus features.
Among the bonuses are Sugar Bombs - these add a random multiplier to the wheel before a free respin, and Candy Drops, which is similar to Pachinko (in Crazy Time). The best bonus game is Sweet Spins, which is effectively the bonus round of Pragmatic’s video slot - Sweet Bonanza. Here, players can win up to 20,000x their bet amount.
Adventures Beyond Wonderland
Playtech Live pulled out all the stops with Adventures Beyond Wonderland, which is themed on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In addition to the main money wheel element of the game, Adventures Beyond Wonderland has a second wheel that is used to play the WonderSpins bonus round.
Other features include Mystery Bonus Spins and the Magic Dice Game. Beyond Wonderland has an RTP of 96.6% to 96.8%, which is respectable for these games. Additionally, the maximum payout is €500,000 (or currency equivalent).
Spin A Win
This is another game from Playtech Live. In fact, Spin A Win was this operator’s first live wheel of fortune game. It was released in 2018, which is when Evolution first launched Dream Catcher.
Although today it looks a little bland when compared with Adventures Beyond Wonderland, Spin A Win still has a lot to offer - both in terms of fun and payouts.
Evolution’s Dream Catcher may have stolen many of the headlines in this niche, but experienced Indian online casino players prefer this Playtech game because it has 40x win segments and several innovative side bets that deliver more excitement.
