Safari Gold Megaways (Blueprint Gaming): Overview

People like to say money can’t buy everything, but with enough cash you can certainly commission your own Megaways slot—just ask LeoVegas. Last month, the Swedish-owned casino requested an exclusive title and Blueprint Gaming delivered. Boldly named LeoVegas Megaways, it’s defined by a huge, gleaming Megaways wheel with the casino’s well-known logo neatly placed at the center. As Megaways games go, it doesn’t differ dramatically from Blueprint’s other releases, yet that oversized wheel is undeniably magnetic and has been tough to ignore. One wheel to rule them all.

If you can’t play at LeoVegas for any reason, Blueprint has now made sure you can still spin that impressive wheel elsewhere. A reskin of LeoVegas Megaways, Blueprint Gaming’s Safari Gold Megaways features 6 reels and up to 117,649 ways to win. If you already know the original, you can safely stop here and get on with your day—but if you want the details, read on. Sharing a few vibes with Pragmatic’s Safari King (not for the first time), this wildlife-themed slot includes cascading reels, free spins with rising win multipliers, and two manually triggered bonus bet options—one of which guarantees a minimum number of Megaways. In practice, it runs on all devices and lets you stake between 20 cents and €100 per spin.

Even though it’s technically a reskin, Safari Gold Megaways doesn’t feel drastically different. The lion logo is still present (just redesigned), and the look remains heavily influenced by that signature LeoVegas orange. The music has been swapped out, though it’s not brand new either, as it’s taken from Blueprint’s Savanna Stampede. With an African savannah sunset as the backdrop, the reels show 9 to A royals alongside elephants, cheetahs, and buffaloes. The lion is the premium symbol, paying 50 times your stake for six across a full payline. The sunset symbol acts as the wild—it only appears on the extra reel positioned directly above reels 2 through to 5.

Safari Gold Megaways (Blueprint Gaming): Features

As a Megaways title, each reel randomly changes its symbol height on every spin, ranging from 2 to 7 symbols. At maximum expansion, this produces 117,640 ways to win. It also uses a Cascading Reels system where winning symbols disappear and new ones drop in, giving you the chance to chain multiple wins from a single spin. There’s also the Mystery Symbol feature—when the lion logo symbol lands, every instance of it will convert into another randomly selected symbol.

With the core mechanics out of the way, the more interesting stuff begins. Watch for the diamond scatter, because landing 4 or more anywhere in view on one spin triggers the Free Spins round. This is when you finally get to spin the enormous wheel we’ve been talking about. The inner part of the wheel shows the number of spins, while the outer ring displays the starting multipliers. Once it stops, your configuration is set—4, 5, 6 or 7 diamond scatters award up to 15, 20, 25 or 30 spins respectively, along with a starting win multiplier between 1x – 10x. On top of that, during the feature, landing 3 or 4 diamond scatters anywhere in view grants 5 or 10 extra spins. The cascading reels mechanic also continues in free spins, increasing your win multiplier by 1 for every win you land—without any cap.

If you’d rather not wait around for the wheel to show up naturally, you can use the Megaways Wheel Bet. For 20x, you’ll get up to 10 free spins plus a guaranteed minimum number of Megaways. If you want the full send option, the Bonus Bet feature costs 100x and takes you straight to the main free spins wheel to land spins and multipliers. As a bonus, both options also boost RTP, increasing it from 96.50% to 97%, which can make a bigger difference than it first appears.

Safari Gold Megaways (Blueprint Gaming): Verdict

For fairly obvious reasons, casinos other than LeoVegas won’t be keen to offer a game literally called LeoVegas Megaways, so in this particular situation it makes sense for Blueprint to copy it, reskin it, and give it a new name. Since we’ve already reviewed and played the original, the gameplay here is very familiar.

At its core, it’s a fairly standard Megaways slot, but as usual Blueprint manages to add just enough of a hook to keep players interested. Here, it’s not only the Megaways wheel doing the heavy lifting—the strong visual presentation plays a big role too.