Mega Fortune Dreams (NetEnt): Review

What if you could dial up the same rush that Mega Fortune is known for? It might sound unlikely, but it’s absolutely doable. NetEnt’s Mega Fortune Dreams is designed to give you even more of that “what if” lifestyle fantasy that comes with landing a huge progressive jackpot. Glittering diamonds, a private deserted island, luxury handbags, champagne on ice first thing in the morning—it’s all part of the daydream. The only thing standing between you and that scenario is hitting the Mega Jackpot. With Mega Fortune Dreams, that possibility is always on the table.

In terms of setup, the game sticks to the classic video slot format, featuring 5 reels and 3 rows with 20 fixed paylines. It runs on iOS, Android, and Windows devices, and you can spin from 0.20 up to €/$80 per spin. It’s also worth noting that while progressives can be triggered on smaller stakes, increasing your bet size improves your odds.

As you’d expect from a NetEnt release, the visuals are hard to criticise. The backdrop places you on the deck of a luxury yacht, while the reels show diamond-styled 10 through A card symbols. After those come a cocktail symbol, then a champagne bottle sitting in an ice bucket. Next up is a crystal-covered purse, along with a premium watch symbol. The top-paying regular symbol is the diamond ring, delivering up to 100 times your stake for landing five of a kind.

Mega Fortune Dreams (NetEnt): Features

The most noticeable feature in Mega Fortune Dreams is the wild symbol. Shown as a set of palm trees, it substitutes for all standard reel symbols to help complete winning lines. The wild can appear on any reel in the base game, during re-spins, and throughout free spins. If you land five wilds on a payline, it can pay 250 times your stake. It also comes with an extra benefit: if three or more wilds land anywhere on the reels, you trigger a single Re-Spin, and the wilds stay locked in place for it.

Be sure to watch for the oversized diamond symbols. These act as the scatter and unlock the Free Spins feature, awarding 10, 15, or 25 spins when you hit 3, 4, or 5 scatters respectively. The round starts with a triple multiplier active. From there, any scatter that appears during free spins will either increase the multiplier by 1 or 2, or instead grant up to 3 additional free spins.

Lastly, there’s the Bonus Game, which is where the progressive jackpots come into play. To trigger it, you must land 3 or more bonus wheel symbols anywhere across the final three reels. This launches a large wheel made up of three separate wheels that you spin. Each wheel contains arrows and coin prizes, while the second and third wheels also feature jackpot segments. Reach the very centre and you’ll take home the game’s Mega Jackpot! More specifically, the jackpots available are:

• Rapid – a local jackpot paid out by the casino. The expected jackpot value of the Rapid jackpot is €800 and the odds of triggering it while in the bonus game is 9.28% at max bet.
• Major – a pooled progressive jackpot paid out by NetEnt. The expected jackpot value of the Major jackpot is €75,000 and the odds of triggering it while in the bonus game is 0.0928% at max bet.
• Mega – a pooled progressive jackpot paid out by NetEnt. The expected jackpot value of the Mega jackpot is €3,750,000 and the odds of triggering it while in the bonus game is 0.0102% at max bet.

Mega Fortune Dreams has already produced some serious winners. The largest jackpot payout happened in July 2017, when one fortunate player collected €5,050,845. That narrowly edged out a Finland-based winner who landed €5,050,957 in 2015. Beyond those, other standout wins include €4,645,001 and €4,628,064 in 2018 and 2015, respectively.

Mega Fortune Dreams (Netent): Verdict

It’s easy to understand the popularity of Mega Fortune Dreams. It’s a progressive jackpot slot with multiple headline-making payouts, and it also brings a strong set of standard features to the table. Combine that with NetEnt’s typically polished visuals and you end up with a slot that feels genuinely premium.

The maximum win available in Mega Fortune Dreams (excluding the progressive jackpots) is 8,400 times your stake. If that alone doesn’t tempt you to spin, the progressive prizes certainly will (and they’re the main draw for most players). Taken as a whole, it’s a standout entry in the NetEnt catalogue.