Benji Killed in Vegas: Slot Review and Free Play Demo

Benji Killed in Vegas Review

The saying ‘What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas’ is often used, but in the case of Benji Killed in Vegas it’s hard to discern what exactly went down in Vegas. Did someone named Benji die somehow, or did this dude simply make a killing in one of the many casinos out there? Is Benji a murderer, is he dead, or did he simply get lucky? The ambiguity of the title is probably the point, and it’s a stroke of genius from a developer that’s known for dark and controversial themes.

The theme itself reflects the ambiguity of the title, as it echoes past releases in a mix of punkish dead presidents, rap battles, gambling, and what looks like a mixed martial arts cage. Overlay Multipliers take center stage in this release, and it comes jam-packed with modifier action as usual from NoLimit City. You get 2 tiers to the bonus round, and you can win up to 10,000x your stake. One of the Ante Bet options is unusually expensive, but it comes with solid benefits to compensate.

Benji Killed in Vegas Slot - Reels Screen

Benji Killed in Vegas Slot Features

There are 2 different ante bet features in this game. The xBet Blue increases your stake by 50 %, which gives you a guaranteed scatter per spin. This triples your Vegas$ Spins chances, and it also doubles your likelihood of triggering the B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins bonus round tier. The RTP is affected by your choice of bet mode, but it still hovers around 96 % either way (for the top-tier RTP setting, that is).

As an alternative, you can choose to play with the xBet Red active, and this costs 9x your regular stake per spin. This gives you 2 overlay multipliers randomly placed per spin, and they come with values of x2 and x3. In addition, Enhancers become active, and your Vegas$ Spins chances are increased by 15x. Triggering the B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins feature becomes 50x more likely when you play with the xBet Red activated.

Landing a 5 of a kind win with premium symbols pays between 5 and 30 x your stake, and the 3 premium symbols land as full-reel symbols that trigger a Dead President Nudge when you land at least one of them on reels 1 to 3. All premium symbols that are only partially in view will then nudge to fill their respective reels, and each nudge increases the symbol multiplier by +1. All multipliers that are part of the win are added together before being applied.

The xNudge Wild is 3 positions in height, and it always nudges to become fully visible when it hits. This increases the win multiplier by +1 per nudge, and the wild multiplier multiplies all other participating multipliers before they boost the win. Wilds can appear on reels 2 to 4 only, and they step in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins.

Landing 1 scatter short of triggering the bonus round, which translates to 2 scatters, triggers the 2-Dice Respin feature. The two scatters are turned into x2 and x3 Overlay Multipliers for the respin, and Enhancers also become active for the respin.

The Vegas$ Spins Bonus Round triggers from 3 scatters in view, and this awards 9 free spins. The triggering scatters turn into Overlay Multipliers of x2, x3, and x4, and Enhancers become active. The multiplier values reset per free spin though, and you get +2 extra spins per scatter that lands.

These extra spins are awarded after you upgrade to the B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins feature, and the triggering extra scatters turn unto x5 and x6 Overlay Multipliers that remain in play for the rest of the top-tier bonus round.

The B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins Bonus Round triggers from 4 or 5 scatters in view also, and this gives you 11 or 13 free spins, respectively. Scatters are turned into Overlay Multipliers of x2 to x6, and Enhancers are active here as well. The big difference is that multiplier values never reset for as long as the feature lasts.

When Enhancers become activated as described above, the top cells may award xMultipliers or xSplit symbols. The xMultipliers come with values of 2 to 9, and these values are added to Overlay Multipliers on the same reel. The xSplit symbols split low-value symbols in two, or they add an x2 multiplier to pay symbols. They double Overlay Multipliers, and nudging symbols can get up to an x6 multiplier from this modifier.

The Overlay Multipliers roam around the grid per spin, placing themselves on top of symbols in a random fashion. The numerical value on each Overlay Multiplier indicates how many times the relevant symbol or symbols are multiplied to boost wins. Values are added together if more than one Overlay Multiplier is part of the same win.

The Bonus Buy option is available in some jurisdictions, but not in the UK for sure. Hit the yellow star seen on the left to get to the bonus menu, and it comes with 3 options this time:

• Pay 50x your stake for the Vegas$ Spins feature.
• Pay 300x your stake for the B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins.
• Pay 100x your stake for The 80/20 Lucky Dip (20% chance of the B.I.G FS round).
• The regular bonus round has an organic hit rate of 1 in 192 spins on average.

The 200 Spins Benji Killed in Vegas Slot Experience

You get to see a bit of the base game, before we purchase the Vegas$ Spins round around the 1-minute mark. We buy the B.I.G. Vegas$ Spins right after, and it triggers at 2:48 into the 5:49-minute highlights video. You can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Just when you thought you had NoLimit City cornered, they come at you from a completely different and unexpected angle once again. Benji Killed in Vegas is a strange mix of different themes from the past, and it’s not really as “dark” as the title may suggest. The ambiguous “killed” can mean that Benji made a killing on Vegas slot machines, or someone got killed in a cage fight. It’s hard to tell, really, which is probably the point. Either way, the gameplay is tight despite a theme that’s a bit all over the place.

You get elements of rap, punk, gambling, and MMA fights all wrapped into one with this game, and the Overlay Multipliers are dancing around doing their thing on a regular basis. Paying 9x your regular stake for an ante bet feature is pretty much unheard of, but it does come with some solid benefits to make it worthwhile. The Bonus Buy options are less pricey than usual, and the 10,000x potential is in the lower end of what we’ve learned to expect from this developer. The win cap probability is a solid 1 in 3.8M though, and overall this game is well worth checking out.