Montezuma slot review (WMS)

Montezuma is a gorgeous WMS video slot that you may have played at land-based casinos on the Las Vegas Strip or elsewhere

Montezuma’s biggest attraction is the free spins bonus game, which, thanks to a unique retrigger mechanism, allows you to win multipliers up to 10x and unlimited retriggers with the same multiplier. And that can, to put it mildly, bring you a lot of money.

Therefore, it is no surprise that it is hard to get a seat behind the Montezuma slot machines at the Las Vegas casinos. Luckily the online version of Montezuma enables you to play this adrenaline-fueled video slot at home.

How does the Montezuma slot machine work?

There are 30 paylines on a playing field of 5 reels and 3 rows of symbols. The minimum bet is $€0.30 per spin, and the maximum bet is $€120 per spin. The nice thing, also the low rollers among us have a chance to win great prizes.

Stunning is the artwork of Montezuma. The talented minds of the design department of WMS have put their best effort in and delivered a top-notch game. The symbols look astounding, with many Mexican influences and beautiful colours.

The scatter symbol (an Aztec shield) is a real work of art by itself, and you regularly see this symbol sparkle during the game. And rightly so.

The Pyramids are wild and occur, just like the other symbols, in mini stacks. The Montezuma warriors are worth the most. 5 of these male warriors, complete with war equipment, on an active payline are worth a payout of 10x your bet. The female priest amounts to 8.33 x the bet for 5-of-a-kind on an active payline.

The free spins bonus: multipliers up to 10x and retriggers

With 3 or more scatter symbols, the free spins bonus is activated. You are invited to spin the big wheel to win a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 25 free spins.

A random multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x applies to every spin during the free spins. And now the nice thing is: if you spin at least 2 scatters during the free spins, you win additional free spins where the current multiplier also is valid for the rest of the free spins.

For example, the multiplier is 10x, and you trigger the respins. You win 15 extra free spins with a 10x multiplier. During these 15 free spins, you have a retrigger again, and this time, you win 9 free spins with 10x multipliers, etc. The number of retriggers is unlimited.

So it is possible to win dozens of free spins with a 10x multiplier with Montezuma. And that explains why this slot machine is so popular: the potential to earn a huge payout is enormous.

The Montezuma bonus round is one of the most exciting and potentially lucrative bonus rounds we have ever played.

The maximum rewards you can earn during the free spins bonus is limited to $€ 250,000. But there is more: a Bonus Guarantee assures you always get a payout of at least 10 x your bet.

Our verdict on Montezuma

Montezuma is a fantastic WMS video slot; it ticks all the boxes for an exciting game experience. Visually Montezuma is breathtaking; the bonus rounds are exhilarating and possibly very lucrative. We regularly play Montezuma with real money.

It is a slot with a high variance; many sessions, therefore, yield nothing. But sometimes, you hit a big payout in the bonus round that immediately makes up for earlier losses.

4.4 out of 5 stars.