Saturday, January 18, 2014

Pawn Stars


Bally’s Technologies Pawn Stars is a 5-reel, 25-line video slot available in all denominations with a 250-credit max bet.  It’s based off of the insanely popular TV show of the same name and features it’s most recognizable characters in Rick, The Old Man, Cory and Chumlee.

The game has two 22-inch videos screens, a bonus wheel on top of those as well as a surround sound chair.  Before you begin to play, you get to choose whom you would like to play the game as.  Who you pick will determine the colors, pictures and symbols you see in the game.  It also makes any wins with that characters symbol in the base game and free spins bonus double in value.
 
During the base game, a random “Item Selection Feature” allows you to pick from 20 options to reveal not only a credit award but also an item that can be used to sell at the pawn shop later.  All items collected are placed in an “inventory” for you to use, should you trigger the “Negotiation bonus”

Bonus Rounds

When you get a “Diamond Bonus” symbol on the 1st and 5th reels, you get to spin the Bonus wheel.  This spin will determine if you receive instant credit prizes or enter into one of the bonus rounds, which include free games, the Chumlee Video Bonus, the Treasure Bonus or the Negotiation bonus.  This is done by either touching the game screen or the iDeck LCD button pad on the game deck.  You also have the option of spinning the wheel clockwise or counter clockwise. 

In the Treasure bonus, you get to watch a video from one of the stars of the show, then awarded a multiplier that can be anything from 4-60 times of your total bet.

There are 3 Chumlee bonus features.  In each, you are again awarded a multiplier based on what your total bet was ranging this time from 2-20x.  However, depending on which one you land on, you can see Chumlee dressed up as either a Pharaoh, a Leprechaun or a Cowboy each with a special video.


The Free Spin Bonus can award 10–20 spins with a random multiplier of 3-6 times

The Negotiation Bonus – This is the feature bonus.  Here, either the old man, Rick, Cory or Chumlee will appear and ask you to choose one of the items they have earned during the base games “Item Selection feature” to sell.  If you haven’t been awarded any items during the base game, the bonus will automatically give you one.

Once you select the item, the bonus round simulates what it would be like to attempt to sell something in the store.  Sometimes you will simply receive a credit offer for the item but usually negotiations begin.  When that happens you’ll be asked “How much where you looking to get out of this”?  Here you will see several amounts listed on the screen to choose from.  Depending on the one you select, you can receive a response like “I can’t pay you that much.  I’ll give you…”.  The negotiations continue like this until you eventually find a price somewhere in the middle.  In some cases, just like the show, the authenticity of your item can be called into question.  In these cases, you can either accept the last offer you were given or allow an expert to determine if it is real or not.  If the item you are trying to sell is real, you’ll receive double the last offer you were made.  If your item is a fake, you get nothing.