Lucky Macaw 2

Lucky Macaw 2 is TaDa Gaming’s sequel to last year’s Lucky Macaw, and it brings the pirate parrot back for another treasure hunt. The look is almost unchanged – TaDa decided not to overhaul a style that worked – but the features around the reels have been rebuilt: the jackpot ladder has been replaced by a prize wheel, and there are now two collection pots instead of one.

The game runs on an unusual 3-4-3 grid, with three symbols on the outer reels and four in the middle, and pays on 10 fixed ways. Two RTP versions exist, 97% and 94.11%, so it is worth checking which one your casino runs. Volatility is low to medium, the hit frequency is 14.89%, and the bonus game arrives on average about once every 217 spins. The maximum win is 5,000x the bet, and stakes run from 0.20 to 200 per spin.

Symbols and Paytable

The pirate-themed symbol set is short and easy to learn. The Wild pays the most, 5x the total bet for three on a way, followed by the pistol at 4x, the compass at 2x and the treasure map at 1x. The telescope (0.8x), the anchor (0.6x) and the rum bottle (0.4x) complete the regular symbols.

Wilds with Multipliers

Every Wild that lands has a chance to carry a x2 multiplier. When more than one multiplied Wild takes part in the same win, the multipliers stack, which turns the modest three-symbol pays into something more interesting.

Golden Coins and Coin Bags

Golden skull Coins are cash symbols with random values. They pay when they form winning ways, and they are also the key to the bonus game. Coin Bags appear for the bonus only, in four colours, and each one grows its value on every spin by a random multiplier: yellow bags add 1x to 3x, green bags 3x to 8x, blue bags 8x to 20x and purple bags 20x to 1,000x.

Extra Bag Pot and Wheel Pot

Two barrels stand to the left of the reels. In the base game, Coins are collected into the Extra Bag Pot and Wheel Coins into the Wheel Pot, and the barrels fill up visibly. Each pot can randomly trigger its own feature: from the Extra Bag Pot, the macaw can throw Coins or Bags onto the grid, which may start the bonus game, while the Wheel Pot can start the Wheel Game at any moment.

Bonus Game

Five or more Coins in the base game trigger the bonus game, and Wheel Coins and Coin Bags of any colour count towards the five. All of them carry over from the base game grid into the bonus. During the round regular symbols do not appear, and every special symbol that lands stays on the grid – the familiar hold and win formula.

The round starts with 3 spins. Each spin without a new symbol takes one away, and any new symbol resets the counter to 3. When a whole reel fills up, its Coins are collected into the treasure chest and the reel is cleared, which opens new space and keeps the round alive. When the spins reach zero, all symbol prizes and the chest prize are paid out.

Wheel Game

In the base game, a Wheel Coin landing together with a Coin on a winning line awards the Wheel Game. It is also awarded if the bonus game starts while a Wheel Coin is on the reels, and in that case the wheel spins when the bonus spins reach zero. The wheel’s result is paid as the prize of the Wheel Coin.

In the base game the wheel holds 2x, 3x, 5x, 8x, 15x, 50x and 200x the bet, plus four jackpots: Mini (10x), Minor (25x), Major (100x) and Grand (1,000x). In the bonus game the 2x segment is replaced by a Special Bonus segment, which is worth a copy of the treasure chest’s prize. The chest grows by collecting Coins, and if it is still empty, the Special Bonus pays 1x.

Extra Bet

An optional Extra Bet raises the stake by half (the maximum is 300 instead of 200). It does not increase the chance of entering the bonus game, but it changes several features: Wilds always land with the x2 multiplier, the Extra Bag and Wheel pots merge and combine their effects, and the Wheel Game gets an outer ring of extra multipliers – 2x, 3x, 5x, 10x or 15x – that multiplies the wheel’s award.

Theme and Graphics

The art is bright and cartoonish. The red-and-blue macaw stands on a rock to the right of the reels, wearing a pirate hat and an eye patch and holding a pistol, with a sunny beach and blue sea behind him. The reels sit in a wooden frame, the prize wheel peeks in from the left edge of the screen, and gold coins, barrels and the treasure chest give the whole picture its warm brown and gold tones.

Compared with the original, the logo now carries a big “2”, the pot has moved from the right side of the screen to the left, and the two barrels make it easy to see how close each feature is to triggering. The animations are short and snappy, so the game keeps a quick pace.

How It Plays

The low-to-medium volatility shows: small way wins and coin pays come along regularly, and the barrels give the base game a sense of progress between bonuses. The real value lies in the bonus game, where purple bags and the full-reel chest collection can build totals far above the base game wins, and in the wheel, whose Grand segment pays 1,000x on its own.

Verdict

It suits players who enjoyed the first Lucky Macaw and like coin-collect games with several small side features, but who prefer a calmer ride than the typical high-volatility hold and win slot. Choose the Extra Bet only if you want the guaranteed Wild multipliers and the boosted wheel – it does not bring the bonus game any closer.

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