Magic Money Maze: Slot Overview

Getting your entertainment from a bunch of former US presidents might mean you’re watching Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves pull bank jobs in Point Break—or you’ve fired up Magic Money Maze from Pragmatic Play and partner studio Reel Kingdom. There are probably other scenarios too, but we’ll stick with that. In Magic Money Maze, four presidents from days gone by tag along as players try to dig out wins, with a literal money-maze-style contraption acting as the main mechanic. “Magical” might be overselling it a touch, though.

Leaning into the period flavour the quartet suggests, Pragmatic Play has dressed Magic Money Maze in a distinctly old-school style. A Revolutionary War/Continental Army-esque tune gives the base game some pep, before the audio swings into ragtime territory during the bonus. In the base game, you’re looking at a gold-trimmed setup of 5 reels with 3 symbols each, delivering 10 ways to win. Most of the visuals are coins and banknotes scattered across the display, set against a green-black backdrop.

On the stats side, Magic Money Maze is a high-volatility slot offered in three RTP versions, topping out at 96.61% and dropping to 95.51% or 94.53%. Wins in the base game come from landing matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the left-most reel—most icons require at least three of a kind, except the top premium, which pays from two of a kind. Spins are priced at 10 p/c to $/€250 per paid round, and the game runs on mobile, tablet, and desktop.

At the lower end of the paytable sit the 10, J, Q, K and A symbols, which return 10-20x the bet for five across a payline. Above them are four presidents—George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and “Honest Abe” Abraham Lincoln—as the premium pays, where five of a kind awards 50-200 times the stake. There’s no wild, but there is a Money Symbol shown as a bundle of cash with a value of 0.1 to 1,000x the bet. Landing 3 or 4 Money Symbols pays 3x or 15x the bet, while five Money Symbols on a payline pay their displayed values. Money Symbols can also show up during the bonus game, which is next.

Magic Money Maze: Slot Features

The Magic Money Maze logo symbol is what unlocks the bonus. Hitting 3, 4, or 5 of these Bonus symbols triggers the Magic Money Maze Board Bonus with 1, 2, or 4 lives, respectively. The feature plays out on a 7×7 game board made up of 49 squares. A dice is rolled, and players move their token clockwise around the board. Squares can be empty, or show one of the following:

• Cash values of 0.1 to 1,000x the bet which are added to the round’s prize pot.
• Arrows – players move where indicated.
• Heart – adds a life.
• Snake – removes a life.
• Scorpion – also removes a life.
• Presidents – when 2, 3, or 4 presidents are collected, a multiplier of x2, x3, or x10, respectively, is applied to the total round win.

Reaching the middle square boosts the money symbol values by x2, then x3, x4, x5, and x10—the multiplier steps up each time you land on the middle. You continue looping around the board until all of their lives are lost. At that point, whatever has been built up in the prize pot is paid out, and play returns to the base game.

Finally, in eligible jurisdictions, players may have the option to purchase direct access to the bonus for 120x the bet. This purchase guarantees a triggering round where at least three Bonus symbols land on the screen.

Magic Money Maze: Slot Verdict

Yet again, the Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom duo has delivered a distinctly offbeat release that could really appeal to a specific kind of player while doing little for everyone else. There’s history behind it too: Reel Kingdom has repeatedly blended board-game ideas with slots, with mixed results. Earlier examples include Snakes & Ladders Megadice, followed by Tic Tac Take, and now Magic Money Maze. This time there’s no famous board game attached like the previous two, but if you’ve ever wanted a presidents-meets-board-game slot, this is one to sample.

The board-style bonus in Magic Money Maze feels more original than many comparable features. It’s straightforward: roll the dice, travel around the grid, and try to pick up cash, multipliers, or extra lives while steering clear of scorpions and snakes. How scorpions and snakes connect to US Presidents is unclear, but tossing in odd, seemingly mismatched elements is very much part of Reel Kingdom’s style. Magic Money Maze also doesn’t come close to the depth or intensity of something like Dead Man’s Trail from Relax Gaming. Still, it’s notable for its very strong max win of 10,000x the stake. That’s the win cap, and it’ll likely take some favourable dice outcomes to get anywhere near it. With multipliers feeding in through two different routes, anything’s possible.

In certain respects, Magic Money Maze may be even more niche than the other board-game slots from Reel Kingdom/Pragmatic Play. The base game plays like a fairly conventional, almost Western-leaning slot built around presidents, then the bonus shifts into something entirely different. The decent upside helps it stand out, and it would be easier to dismiss if the win cap weren’t so eye-catching. Magic Money Maze doesn’t have the instant recognition of tic tac toe or snakes and ladders, but that shouldn’t stop players who are curious about its unusual blend.