Added: February 9, 2017
On the list of upcoming Microgaming online pokies is a title The Heat is On. It has a comical cops and robbers theme in which both protagonists are female. Meanwhile, highly recommended is another cops and robbers video pokie titled Bust the Bank. This high variance online pokie is turning on the heat at Microgaming online casinos like Casino Mate and Royal Vegas on both the download and instant play platforms.
Bust the Bank is a 243 ways to win online pokie, which means the payouts and hilarious win animations just keep on coming. The robbers Larry and Bob offer the highest line payouts. The other thematic symbols include fat cop, armoured vehicle, dynamite, bank, female cop and police dog. An example of the outrageous win animation is the dog lifting its leg and emptying its bladder on the hydrant. Then you have the female cop struggling to control her car while chasing the bank robbers. The game logo is the wild symbol.
One of the reasons that Bust the Bank has high variance is that there are many bonus features. The Safe Bonus is triggered when a safe lands on any position in reels 1 and 5 in the same spin. Coins fall down from the safe and give the coin award of every symbol below it. The Piggy Bank Bonus is a simple click the object game. It is triggered when a piggy bank appears in any position on reel 3. You click the symbol to receive your bonus. Larry and Bob, the large hearted robbers, randomly distribute largesse to the players.
The bomb is the scatter symbol. Three or more appearing anywhere on the reels award payouts multiplied by the total bet. They also trigger the free spins. You are awarded only 8 free spins to begin with, but they come with huge payout potential. The first and last reels are held as wild reels during the free spins. For every scatter symbol that you land during the feature, one additional free spin is awarded. The bonus feature cannot be retriggered.
Being an all pays online pokie, the total bet is 30x the line bet. The maximum total bet per spin is AU$300, which is good enough for most high roller players at Australian online casinos. You also have all the regular Microgaming functionalities. You can play the game in Auto Play mode and sit back and enjoy the action on the reels. You also have the usual spin speed and audio customization options.
