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Finnegan's Banditos Review

Kalamba has a varied and large back catalog of different releases under their belt by now, but very few of them are “sticky” high on the charts. They lack an iconic release that really puts them on the map in other words, and we hardly think this El Vigilante reskin job fits the bill. Finnegan's Banditos is a very half-hearted attempt at mixing the Irish Luck and Wild West theme, but Kalamba has hardly bothered to change the visuals.

The Wild symbol is the most notable change, and it’s now some Irish-looking gentleman dressed up in green with 2 walking sticks instead of swords. The scatter is now a pot of gold instead of “Zorro” silhouetted against the full moon, but everything else, including the math model, the features, the bandidos and the backdrop, remains the same. This is the most butchered reskin job we’ve ever seen actually, and the lack of self-irony, or even a hint of humor, makes it even worse.

Finnegan's Banditos Slot - Reels Screen

Finnegan's Banditos Slot Features

The premium character symbols pay between 10 and 50 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the red-bearded Irish-looking gentleman dressed in green is the Wild symbol. The wild pays 125x your stake for 5-oak wins, while also stepping in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations.

Landing 3+ pot of gold Scatters anywhere in view triggers the Bonus Round, and you get an upfront scatter payout of 2, 5 or 10 x your stake for 3, 4 or 5 scatters, respectively. You start with 8 free spins, but you can retrigger the feature by landing 3+ scatters. The K-Cash Spins feature can be triggered from within the bonus round, as well as from the base game.

You need to land 6+ K-Cash gold coin symbols anywhere in view to trigger the hold-and-win style K-Cash Spins feature, and you start with 3 spins. The triggering symbols become sticky on an otherwise cleared grid, and only blanks, K-Cash symbols and/or Cashpot symbols can land during the feature.

Finnegan's Banditos Slot - K-Cash Spins

Before the K-Cash Spins start however, a random amount of empty positions are assigned with a random multiplier frame of x2, x3 or x5. This multiplier will boost K-Cash symbols that land inside before your total win is summed up at the end of the feature. Filling all multiplier positions awards a Mini Bonus worth 10x your stake, and filling the whole 5x3 grid awards a Major Bonus worth 20x your stake.

Landing a Cashpot K-Cash symbol awards 1 of the 4 cashpots on display above the reels, and the cashpot is randomly selected by a highlighted marker. The possible cashpots are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, and they pay 20, 100, 500 and 2,000 x your stake, respectively.

Finally, non-UK players, and anyone eligible, may click the HyperBonus button to get into the bonus buy menu. Here you can buy 8, 12 or 15 free spins for 68.25x, 102.25x or 127.75x your stake, respectively, while the K-Cash Spins feature is available for 32.70x your stake. Each option comes with an RTP that’s a bit higher than the 96.5 % default RTP, topping out at 96.75 %.

The 200 Spins Finnegan's Banditos Slot Experience

You get a small taste of the base game grind, before we purchase 8 free spins at 0:40 into the 3:15-minute highlights video. We buy the K-Cash Spins feature right after the bonus round has played out, and you can check it all out for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Kalamba seems to enjoy mixing things up, and creating somewhat incongruent themes. Blending the usually cheerful Irish Luck motif with a Wild West theme can only really work if it’s done with a great dose of self-irony and humor, and this is not really the case in Finnegan's Banditos. Of course, it doesn’t help that this is a reskin of the less-than-memorable El Vigilante, down to the hypnotic looking Wild symbol dude that now looks ready to apply for a mascot job at Mr Green.

All the desperado character symbols are identical to the previous release, and so is the backdrop, math model and features. At the very least, change the jail in the background to an Irish Pub, but no, outside of the green-clad wild dude and pots of gold scatters there is hardly anything Irish to be found in this release. It comes across as a very cheap attempt at rehashing an unsuccessful game, and the announced 10,136x potential still seems a bit far-fetched (although 6,014.3x has been achieved in the original release).

If you enjoy Finnegan's Banditos Slot you should also try:

El Vigilante - is the original Zorro-inspired release from Kalamba Games, and it comes with the same K-Cash Spins feature with 4 jackpots up to 2,000x your stake. You can trigger the feature from within the bonus round as well, and the announced max win is 10,136x your stake also here.

Finnegan's Formula - is Kalamba’s attempt at mixing the steampunk trope with the Irish Luck theme, and you start with a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win. Rainbow brew symbols expand the grid however, as well as the reel-specific cash pots. Everything is enhanced in the hold-and-win style bonus, where you can land payouts up to 6,833x your stake.

Wanted Dead or a Wild - is a popular wild west installment from Hacksaw Gaming, and it comes with 5x5 reels with 15 betlines. You can win big in the base game via the expanding ‘vs’ multiplier wilds, and there are 3 bonus rounds to benefit from as well. They all come with different wild and/or multiplier action, and you can win up to 12,500x your stake.