Bacon Bankroll: Slot Overview

Pigs are often stereotyped as greedy, and bankers get much the same treatment, fair or not. Bacon Bankroll from software provider Relax Gaming leans into that pairing. It isn’t exactly overflowing with complex ideas, though, and it doesn’t feel like a title where the studio has pushed its mechanics particularly hard. The main hook is that premium symbols can split, and this becomes more impactful in free spins thanks to a set win multiplier. There’s also a wheel that can award comparatively small jackpot-style prizes, so while Bacon Bankroll may not be packed with innovation, it still aims to deliver a “banking bonus” vibe—let’s see how it holds up.

The game opens outside a flashy, high-end building—the kind of bank or financial institution most everyday folks probably shouldn’t wander into. The type of place where, if you’re asking whether you can afford to enter, you probably can’t. An Old Glory flag flutters on the roof, making it clear Bacon Bankroll is set in the USA; whether it’s Wall Street or somewhere else isn’t specified, though the skyline suggests we’re in a downtown area. When free spins are triggered, the scene shifts indoors, where bulky computers and even bulkier mobile phones add a distinct 80s flavor.

A gilded 5×3 matrix forms the Bacon Bankroll reel set, featuring 20 paylines that pay left to right starting from the leftmost reel. With a free spins purchase option available, players can choose a stake of 10c to $/€100 per spin, and under these conditions the RTP is 96.22%. In terms of volatility, the game is rated medium.

The paytable in Bacon Bankroll includes J-A royals, phones, and computer monitors as the lower-value symbols, with two piggy bankers acting as the premiums. Standard five-of-a-kind wins return 2x to 4x the bet. The premium symbols can also appear split, however, allowing them to reach up to 50x for 10 OAK. Wilds can land on every reel except the leftmost one, and they substitute for all regular paying symbols.

Bacon Bankroll: Slot Features

There’s not a long list of extras in Bacon Bankroll, as the feature set is essentially split symbols, free spins with a win multiplier, feature buy, and a Wheel Bonus that awards prizes.

Split Symbols

Either of the high pay symbols can drop in a split form, which makes it possible to build winning lines containing up to 10 premium symbols.

Free Spins

Scatters can appear on any reel. Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters awards 8, 12, or 18 free spins, respectively. In the free spins round, all wins are multiplied by x3, and both premium symbols are split and stacked.

Feature Buy

Instead of waiting for 3+ scatters to land naturally, players can enter the free spins feature instantly by paying 60x their bet.

Wheel Bonus Prize

The Wheel Bonus can be randomly triggered. When it activates, players receive one of five fixed prizes: the 10x Rapid, 20x Minor, 50x Midi, 100x Major, or the 200x Mega.

Bacon Bankroll: Slot Verdict

It’s surprising to see this coming from the same studio behind Money Train 4, Dead Man’s Trail, and other standout titles. To put it bluntly, Bacon Bankroll feels like a fairly mediocre slot, and it doesn’t come across as though a great deal of time or resources were invested in it—similar to much of the output since the studio was acquired by Kindred. That impression only grew once it became clear it’s a reskin of Jungle Jamboree (with lower volatility). On the upside, Bacon Bankroll is visually decent, it offers a peek into a high-rolling finance theme, and the “greedy as a pig” banker angle is obvious. In short, the pink, curly-tailed makeover works well enough, but from a gameplay perspective Bacon Bankroll feels as old-fashioned as the 1980s business world it’s trying to evoke.

Jungle Jamboree must have had an audience, because this is essentially a second pass at the same idea. The free spins round does include that multiplier—though it’s locked in—and the premiums can land stacked, so a full screen of matching high pays would, in theory, return 3,000x during the bonus (the max win is 5,106x). In practice, it wasn’t easy to connect premium symbols into strong wins, as they often seemed to block each other rather than cooperate. Another drawback is that the Wheel Bonus Prize feels like a largely unnecessary extra. Displaying the prizes above the reels might create a bit of visual temptation, but the amounts are small and don’t match the idea of massive banker bonuses. The wheel comes off more like a late add-on than a meaningful enhancement. That’s a broader issue here too, since much of Bacon Bankroll’s gameplay feels more assembled than carefully crafted.

That’s Bacon Bankroll: a slot that looks fine and has some lighthearted 80s piggy-banker charm, but ultimately stands out mostly for being such a middle-of-the-road release from Relax Gaming.