Cricket Star

Cricket is a popular sport and is played by a number of countries. Started by the Britishers this game became very popular in the English colonies and is still played in them. In some countries, Cricket enjoys the stature what football has for America. Cricket Star is a video slot game that is themed on this popular sport and is designed by Microgaming. This is an exciting game as it tries and captures the essence of cricket and put a casino spin on it.

About the Developer

Microgaming is the leading developer of casino gaming in the world. They have designed games that appeal to all kind of gamers of the world. Till date, they have made 850 games with 1200 variants so you imagine the extent and variety of their games.

About the Game

Cricket Star is a video slot game that is based on the sports Cricket. Like all sports games, this one is also located in an open stadium with the audience sitting in the background. The graphics are clean and modern and gives a video game feel. Background music is of a stadium and consists of the usual play sounds. The reels are placed in the centre with all the buttons at the bottom.

Cricket Star is a 5-reel video slot game that it doesn’t have any paylines. There are in total 243 ways to win. In this kind of game, the winning combination is not related to the paylines, it’s more dependent on the number of times the same icon appears on the screen. Symbols used on the reels are an umpire, some fans celebrating, cricketers in various poses, ball, wickets etc. the cricket star logo is the wild and replaces symbols to make winning combinations. Cricket ball is the scatter.

The bet per spin ranges between 0.50 to 250, in your currency. Auto play feature is present and can be used once the bet is finalised. The Jackpot here is 250x of the bet.
This game comes with Rolling Reels feature, in which once a winning combination is achieved those symbols will disappear from the screen. That empty space is then filled with other symbols that can possibly make other combination.

There is a special feature in Cricket Star that is triggered at random. Three wickets will appear on top of reel two, three and four and a bowl is bowled at them. The one that is stuck turns the entire reel into a wild making way for a big payout.

Another additional feature here is the free spins, landing 3, 4 or 5 cricket balls will trigger this feature. Three balls will reward 15 free spins, 4 balls will give 20 free spins and 5 balls will reward 25 spins.

Verdict

Cricket Star is one addictive game. The graphics and animation are great and makes you want to play more. The betting range is good and if you are lucky a higher bet can reward handsomely. We loved the abundant bonus features also the one that strikes at random. Recommended for design and awesome bonus features.