Circuses were weird long before anyone added Halloween to them. Think about it. Somebody once looked at a man, a cannon and an empty field and said, “Yeah, people will pay for this.” And they did!
I went to one as a kid and spent the whole show staring at a clown who looked like he hadn’t slept since the 80s. Still not over it. So when I heard about a circus run by a spider in a top hat, I had questions. Mostly about the hat.
Turns out nobody cares, because the Spider Circus Hold and Win slot is open and the tent is up.
Meet the Freak Show
Right, so the show is run by Sir Quintus, a spider ringmaster with a bow tie and way too many eyes, and the whole thing comes from BGaming. You get 5 reels, 4 rows, and a switcher on the side that lets you pick 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100 win lines before every spin.
The performers are… fruit. Zombie fruit. Stitched-up pumpkins with spiral eyes, grumpy eggplants, cherries wearing witch hats, a broccoli that looks permanently shocked, and a watermelon with a vampire collar. I don’t know who signed off on the casting, but I respect it. The Pumpkin pays the most.
Stats-wise, the RTP sits at 96%, volatility is medium, and the max win goes up to 5,000x, or $300,000.
The Opening Act
Before the big act, there’s the warm-up. The Wild is a big red 7, which feels very old-school for a haunted circus. It stands in for everything except Scatters and Spiders. Land one on reels 2, 3 or 4 as part of a win and it stretches out to cover the whole reel.
Then there’s the Scatter, a clown in a purple top hat with teeth I’d rather not discuss. Three or more pay anywhere on the screen.
And the Spiders? Each one carries its own cash value, but they only pay out in the bonus game. Get 6 or more and the real show starts.
Under the Big Top
So, Hold & Win. You get 3 respins, and only Spiders can land. Before it kicks off, three discs flip over and reveal multipliers of 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x, dropped onto random cells. Any Spider that lands on one gets its value multiplied. Every Spider sticks around, and each new one resets you back to 3 respins.
Hit 10, 15 or 20 Spiders and the last one to land turns into a Wheel of Fortune. It spins and can land on a bigger Spider value, a Collect symbol that scoops up every Spider on the reels, a 2x or 3x Multiplier for the lot, or a Prize symbol. Those are your jackpots: Mini at 10x, Minor at 25x, Major at 100x and Grand at 500x.
Oh, and there’s a Bonus Buy. The 2x Chance option adds half your bet to each spin to boost your odds of triggering the bonus, or you can buy Hold & Win outright for 60x your bet.
How About a Seat in the Front Row?
Look, I came in expecting a spider. I did not expect an entire produce aisle back from the dead, plus a wheel that hands out jackpots like party favors. Somehow it works, and I’m into it.
Halloween only comes around once a year, and this is about as on-theme as it gets without someone jumping out of a cupboard at you. The tent’s up, the Spiders are in position, and Sir Quintus has been practicing.
So go grab a seat at the Spider Circus Hold and Win slot on BitStarz Casino before the show starts.
