The Great Pigsby Megapays: Slot Overview

Step into the Roaring Twenties with an Art Deco-style online slot called The Great Pigsby Megapays from software provider Relax Gaming. This tongue-in-cheek nod to capitalism is a follow-up to an earlier release, The Great Pigsby (2019), itself a riff on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel, The Great Gatsby. Joe Dixon once summed up The Great Gatsby as a ‘book about luxury, enchantment, glamour, magic spells, aspiration, a vulgar Wonderland, insecurity, pretentiousness, bluffing, soullessness, fakes, phonies, emptiness, desperation, regrets, and impossible dreams.’ That’s a hefty list to cram into a slot, to be fair. To help carry those themes, The Great Pigsby Megapays filters the story through a pig-themed lens that adds its own sharp twist. Alongside the social satire sits Megapays, Big Time Gaming’s progressive jackpot, plus respins, free spins, and additional extras.

The festivities kick off outside an extravagant estate, in the kind of outdoor scene estate agents love to call an entertainer’s dream. Swing music hums in the background, sharpening into focus when players enter the mansion for free spins, where the interior is even more outrageously ornate. The Great Pigsby Megapays keeps the original’s visual DNA but turns the glamour up several notches. Put simply, Daisy Buchanan would likely approve.

As any busy Upper East Side psychiatrist might point out, a sparkling façade can hide deeper issues underneath. That said, The Great Pigsby Megapays is less about hidden turmoil and more about solid, dependable numbers. The key one is RTP, which comes in at 96.19%, with 9.44% allocated to the Jackpots and 86.75% going to the regular game. From there, volatility is rated at five out of five, while hit frequency lands at 27.42%. Players can chase Megapays on any device (or at least try), and stakes range from 20 p/c to $/€50 per spin.

The action unfolds on a 6-reel Megaways powered game panel, with each reel holding 2-7 symbols. Ways change every spin, topping out at 117,649, and winning combinations require at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the left. The symbol set mirrors the earlier game, featuring low-value 10-A royals and higher-value cigar ‘n whiskeys, gramophones, tiaras, lady piggies, and gentleman piggies. Hit a six of a kind winning way and you’ll pocket 0.4x the bet for the low pays, and 0.5-3x for the premiums. Wilds are especially useful: whenever one lands, it expands to cover all positions on its reel. A multiplier shown on the expanded wild indicates how many wild symbols it counts as.

The Great Pigsby Megapays: Slot Features

Expanded wilds don’t just help complete winning ways; they’re also gathered into the piggy bank above the reels. Collected wilds randomly trigger Free Spins, Great Pigsby Respins, or Wild Respins.

Free Spins

Once this bonus round starts, players receive 10 free spins. During the feature, each time a scatter symbol appears, +2 additional free spins are added, and one of the low pay royals is removed from the reels. On later free spins, any removed symbols are swapped out for non-royal symbols. A meter above the reels indicates what’s coming on this front.

Great Pigsby Respin

If a Great Pigsby Respin is triggered, 3-9 of the highest paying Pigsby pay symbols are placed onto the reels before any reels finish spinning.

Wild Respins

In this feature, one respin is granted where 2-5 reels become fully wild. These full reel wilds may land on any reel except the first.

Megapays

The Megapays element in The Great Pigsby triggers at random, and higher stakes improve the odds of it activating. When it does, the game picks 9, 10, J, Q, K or A at random as the Megapays Symbol. A special spin then begins. If the Megapays Symbol lands, all instances are stored at the bottom of the reels while every other symbol is removed. Another spin follows. This repeats until no fresh Megapays Symbols appear or the Mega Jackpot is hit. When the round ends, seeing 4-7, 8-11, 2-14, or 15+ Megapays Symbols awards the Mini, Midi, Major, or Mega Jackpot, respectively.

The Great Pigsby Megapays: Slot Verdict

From the brief yet stylish intro animation, to the distant thrum of a party swinging away, to virtually everything in between, Relax Gaming’s flair is on full display. Few studios manage to deliver such a broad range of titles with this level of consistency, and they often feel a cut above much of the competition. In a way, it mirrors Jay Gatsby himself—unwilling to accept his station and pushing into the world (with a little bootlegging assistance) to compete with his supposed upper-crust superiors.

So where does The Great Pigsby Megapays land in the pecking order? It’s a polished slot that captures a slice of the era’s vibe, and the wealthy piggy theme pairs with Megapays as naturally as anything could. For most players, landing the Mega Jackpot will be the big reason to try and crash this party. Still, the smaller features keep things moving, like perfectly timed hors d’oeuvres. A few are held back by comparatively modest symbol values for a Megaways game, but a wild reel or two landing well can still spark a strong outcome. The royal-removal mechanic in free spins is enjoyable too, and it also links The Great Pigsby Megapays back to the original game, which used a related idea. Non-jackpot wins are capped at 20,000x the bet, though many will likely see that as secondary next to the Mega Jackpot, which carries a seed value of €300,000. Because Megapays is progressive, part of every stake is siphoned into the pool, and there have been eye-watering wins before—like an $885,928 payout from a 60p bet.

Up to now, Megapays has been added to already well-known titles such as Bonanza and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. The Great Pigsby Megapays is another rework, but the original has been given a full Megaways overhaul along the way. It’s easy to think a jackpot of this size could be bolted onto almost any game and still attract hopeful punters. While there’s some truth in that, The Great Pigsby Megapays also stands up as a reasonably entertaining slot on its own merits.