Mustang Money started life in brick and mortar casinos and this online adaptation has retained many of the features that made the original such a hit. Like many Ainsworth slot games, the design here is simple. You’ll see A to 9 playing cards as well as cactuses, gold bars, eagles and canyons. The best payer is the $ symbol - land 5 of these on a payline and you’ll get an award equal to 10 times your total stake. The horse (who looks like he’s had some Ready Brek for breakfast) is the wild - it can land anywhere apart from reel 1 and substitutes for everything bar the scatter.
The main attraction here is the Free Games feature which is triggered by landing 3, 4 or 5 of the Mustang Money logo scatter. As well as a payout of 2, 10 or 100 times your total stake, you’ll also get 10 free spins. Joining the action here is a coin symbol which can land on reels 2 and 4 only.
If the coin features in a winning line on reel 2, the payout can be boosted by a 1x or 2x multiplier. If it forms part of a winner on reel 4, the multipliers can be anything from 1x to 5x. Better still is if you manage to coins on reels 2 and 4 on the same free spin as the multipliers are combined, giving the chance to boost payouts by up to 10x. Re-triggers are possible here too so hope to see those scatters drop into view. 3 scatters adds another 5 free spins to your total.
There’s plenty of action on offer in Mustang Money thanks to the 100 paylines. The best winning chances come via the Free Games feature where the multipliers can quickly kick in. We’d put the variance on the high side of medium.
It’s certainly not a thing of beauty (Ainsworth titles rarely are) but this trip to the American West can deliver some solid entertainment if the multipliers work their feature magic. If you like the Western theme, Heart of the Frontier by Playtech is worth trying.