If you've ever wanted to stand outside a bank and watch coins fly into a vault without the police getting involved then you're in the right place. Push Gaming returns to the same street corner with The Great Banker sequel that's focused on the refined art of the collection. It's one of those slot games that doesn't fix what isn't broken.
You're back on the same street corner with those strangely curved houses that look like they're melting under the financial pressure. The bank's still there and it looks exactly as you left it. It's almost like the development team just hit the copy and paste button on the background from the first game but maybe they're just fans of consistency.
The soundtrack keeps things light and jaunty like a stroll to the vault on a sunny Tuesday. Symbols include the usual high society suspects like fancy dogs and ladies with long cigarette holders. It's a very posh neighborhood for a few spin.
The paytable splits into lower card suit icons and higher character and prop symbols.
Symbol | Payout for 3, 4, 5 of a kind |
Blue Diamond | 0.05, 0.15, 0.40 |
Green Clover | 0.05, 0.15, 0.40 |
Orange Heart | 0.10, 0.25, 0.50 |
Red Spade | 0.10, 0.25, 0.50 |
Cigar | 0.15, 0.50, 2.00 |
Top Hat | 0.15, 0.50, 2.00 |
Dog | 0.25, 0.75, 4.00 |
Lady | 0.50, 1.00, 5.00 |
Wild | 0.50, 1.00, 5.00 |
Coin Symbol: These symbols display multiplier values and require a Banker symbol to convert into a potential payout.
Coin symbols carry multiplier values ranging from modest figures to substantial ones. They do not pay on their own. A Banker symbol must land on reel five in the base game to collect any visible Coins. When it does, all Coin values are added together and awarded as a potential win.
Whenever a Coin symbol appears, it can randomly trigger the Bonus Wheel. The wheel may award jackpot prizes, jackpot prizes with a multiplier, or one of several Free Spins variants.
Free Spins can be triggered directly through Scatter symbols or via the Bonus Wheel. The feature shifts the grid to 5x7, with only three rows unlocked at the start. Landing Coin or Jackpot symbols unlocks additional rows. The feature begins with three spins and resets whenever a Coin or Jackpot symbol appears. It ends when spins run out or when all positions are filled.
During Free Spins, Banker symbols collect Coins within a 3x3 area around them. A special Great Banker symbol collects from the entire unlocked grid. Multiplier symbols with values of 2x, 3x or 4x can enhance collected totals, and Great Multiplier variants apply across the full grid.
This variant is accessible via the Bonus Wheel and guarantees a Great Banker symbol on any spin within the unlocked rows.
Also triggered by the Bonus Wheel, this version ensures that all Coin symbols have a minimum value threshold.
After certain Free Spins features conclude, a Safe symbol may appear. It retriggers the respective bonus with the same configuration that originally activated it.
This title starts on a five reel grid with three rows and twenty fixed paylines. Potential winning combinations land from left to right starting from the first reel. Things change when you enter the bonus rounds because the grid expands to seven rows and features a reset mechanic for the spins. Wild symbols substitute for all regular paying icons but don't replace coins or bankers. It's a setup that's easy to follow until the extra rows start to unlock.
It's hard to shake the feeling of déjà vu when you load this one up. The graphics haven't moved an inch from the 2022 original and the neighborhood still has that uncanny valley glow. That said, the changes to the actual mechanics make it feel less like a clone and more like a refined version of the same idea. It's the sort of title that'd suit someone who likes watching a meter fill up or a wheel spin. It's a bit of a slow burner in the base game since you're mostly just waiting for that one banker to show up on the fifth reel.