Brian Lara Sporting Legends Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Brian Lara Sporting Legends Review

Those into cricket definitely know Brian Lara as one of the best in sport. Players living to the East, however, have no clue about what cricket is, not to mention the sport's greatest person, so there's a brief intro to Brian Lara. The man is recognized as the greatest batsman, holds some of the highest cricket records, and tops several Test batting rankings. A true legend indeed, who is now also the source of inspiration for the new sports-themed Brian Lara: Sporting Legends slot from Playtech Vikings.

Brian Lara: Sporting Legends - Slot Outlook

Paying tribute to the Trinidadian left-hander, the Brian Lara: Sporting Legends slot is set on a pitch, packed to the full with supporting fans holding Trinidadian, Jamaican, and Barbadian flags. There's also an upbeat reggae soundtrack included to immerse you more into the action as you play through the base game, though, the music stops during the bonus feature, where you hear only the adoring crowd and professional commentary.

Brian Lara: Sporting Legends Slot - Reel Screen

The actions take place across a standard reel 5x4 reel setup with an AllWays pay system, which produces 1,024 ways to play on each spin. Players drop in by setting bets from $0.1 to $500 per spin, which should appeal to both high-rollers and casual players. Brian Lara: Sporting Legends is powered by a medium volatile math model, and the RTP is slightly above the average level at 96.08%.

Thus, wins should occur fairly often. Speaking of wins though, the game's maximum potential is 5,120x the stake. Anyway, given its volatility rating, we'd say the rewards match the risk involved.

Symbols on the reels include 11 regular symbols that are split into lows and highs. The lower section starts with classic A-10 royals, and the latter lot is made up of cricket gloves, bats, helmets, and 3 different pictures of Brian Lara aiming with a bat, smiling, and holding a trophy. You'll need to land at least 3 matching symbols adjacently starting from the leftmost reel to score a payout, while the top-paying symbol pays from two-of-a-kind and more.

Five-of-a-kind low symbol wins are worth 2x the stake, and premiums pay from 2.5x to 5x the stake. There's also a Wild symbol included that appears only on the three middle reels to substitute for any other regular symbol and create bigger winning opportunities.

Brian Lara: Sporting Legends - Bonus Features

Look out for Scatter symbols in the base game, which trigger the Batter Bonus whenever two lands simultaneously on rows 3 and 4 on reels 1 and 5. Then, Lara will stand up to the position, and the bowler will shot six balls at him. Each ball that Lara manages to hit will create a Sticky Wild symbol on a random position on the grid, with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 6. After the cricket thing is complete, reels will stop and hopefully award a win with the Wilds.

There's also a golden version of the Batter Bonus, which required landing Golden Scatters on the bottom two positions of reels 1 and 5. The Golden Batter Bonus is quite similar to the regular one, though, the major change is that only high-paying symbols are present on the reels.

The slot is linked to Playtech's huge Sporting Legends jackpot network, so players can hit a massive progressive win on any spin during the base game. 2% of each bet contributes to the jackpots, and 84.5% of the contribution goes towards current jackpots, while 15.5% goes to seed the following jackpots.

You can trigger the Jackpot Bonus on any spin with any bet option selected, though, keep in mind that the higher the stake is, the bigger are your chances of hitting a jackpot. Those are Daily, Weekly, and Mega Jackpots, which are guaranteed to be won during a fixed time.

Brian Lara: Sporting Legends - Slot Verdict

All up, Brian Lara: Sporting Legends is a decent option for those who enjoy cricket and chasing big progressive jackpots.

However, apart from the exciting branded theme and huge jackpots to hunt, there's actually little for players to get stuck into. The two main features are the Batter Bonus and the Golden Batter Bonus, which give players only 1 spin, albeit a rewarding one. Anyway, the jackpots are probably the main reason why players might feel drawn to spin the reels on it. With massive prizes within reach, Brian Lara: Sporting Legends is surely worth a spin.

Pros

• Exciting Batter Bonus feature
• Medium volatility and 96.08% RTP
• Win up to 5,120x the stake

Cons

• No Free Spins feature

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