The Mask Slot: Introduction

The Mask is a 5-reel, 3-row online slot featuring 20 fixed paylines from SG Digital developer NextGen Gaming. It runs smoothly on all devices and offers stakes from €0.10 to €50. The Mask takes its theme from the 1994 movie of the same name starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz, which was a box office hit. You’ll hear plenty of amusing voice lines and sound effects from the film—fun at first, right up until our bankroll started disappearing.

Symbol-wise, there isn’t much that stands out, with the familiar set of 5 low-value icons: A, K, Q, J and 10. Alongside them are 5 premium symbols: the main character Stanley Ipkiss, the supporting character Tina Carlyle, Stanley’s dog Milo, the iconic Yellow hat and bags of money. There’s also a wild (Stanley’s alter ago – The Mask) plus a scatter. The wild is the top-paying symbol, though it only awards 15x for a full line, which is pretty underwhelming.

The Mask Slot: Features

The Mask comes with 4 different features, randomly activated in both the base game and during the bonus:

• Alarm Block: a 2×2 wild block is added to the reels
• In A Spin: this feature can turn any symbols into wilds with up to 3 wild reels
• By The Horn: selected symbols are turned into wilds
• Mask Unmask: a 3×3 wild block is added to the reels

The Mask can also appear at random to trigger a bonus.

This slot really revolves around the bonus. To activate it, you need to hit 3, 4 or 5 scatters, awarding 10, 15 or 25 free spins respectively, and granting access to the Coco Bongo nightclub. Free spins can retrigger, and any winning spin may also randomly receive a 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x multiplier.

The biggest possible hit is landing a full screen of wilds together with a 5x multiplier in the bonus, paying 1500x. That suggests a theoretical 37,500x+ potential, although it’s extremely unlikely to occur and could even be restricted by a max win cap.

The Mask Slot: Conclusion

At the start, we liked the fairly regular random features and the silly movie clips, but once it became clear how weak the base game payouts are, the wait for the bonus quickly became tedious—especially since it never returned more than 80x for us. Despite the strong potential on paper, the actual results feel pretty poor.

NextGen Gaming have a reputation for putting out plenty of solid titles with huge upside, but this one doesn’t make the cut. It’s also fairly typical for branded slots like this to offer lower payouts, likely to offset costly licensing fees. Give it a few spins and see if you can snag a bonus or two, but don’t stick around chasing big wins.