Joker Times Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Joker Times Review

Kalamba is likely gonna continue to play with their innovative K-Boost system for a while, until they hopefully find a formula that sticks. Joker Times follows hot off the heels of their first K-boost installment, Speakeasy Boost, and the two games are as different as night and day when it comes to theme, vibe and overall audiovisual presentation.

Joker Times is something as rare as a fruit slot set in medieval times, even though this kind of makes sense, since the jester was a prominent part of the royal court. He looks very sneaky on the splash screen, clearly plotting some shenanigans. The game is mostly about increasing the free spins tally via the K-Boost system, with the occasional Cashpot scatter win thrown in for good measure. Stacks of wilds and multiplier wilds land in abundance, and the math model is overall solid.

Joker Times Slot - Reels Screen

Joker Times slot Features

You’ll land plenty of jester wilds in this game, and they tend to land in stacks that partially or fully cover the reels. The yellow jester is the regular wild, while the orange jester is a multiplier wild. Both step in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combos.

However, the orange jester wild comes with multiplier values of x3, x5 or x10 attached.

You’ll notice the Free Spins K-Boost meters above the reels immediately, and each paid spin contributes differently to all 3 of them. It works as follows:

• 3x Multiplier Meter - starts with, and resets to, 5 free spins, and +1 free spin is added per 15 paid spins. Cannot go higher than 20 free spins.
• 5x Multiplier Meter - starts with, and resets to, 7 free spins, and +1 free spin is added per 33 paid spins. Cannot go higher than 30 free spins.
• 10x Multiplier Meter - starts with, and resets to, 10 free spins, and +1 free spin is added per 55 paid spins. Cannot go higher than 50 free spins.

The K-Boost meter progress is saved between sessions, but they are saved separately per bet level.

There are 3 types of scatters that can trigger the bonus round, one for each meter/tier. Land 3 spiked club scatters to trigger the 3x wild multiplier feature, while 3 axe and 3 sword scatters trigger the 5x and 10x multiplier wild features, respectively.

During the bonus round, you’ll collect bonus scatters corresponding to the feature level, and 3 is enough to fill the new meter above the reels. This increases the wild multiplier with +1 on top of the starting level (3x, 5x or 10x), and you also get +2 extra free spins each time.

Non-UK players can take advantage of the HyperBonus feature, and purchase 4 different versions of the bonus round as follows:

• 5 free spins with a 5x starting multiplier wild value costs 16.40x your stake (96.52 % RTP).
• 10 free spins with a 5x starting multiplier wild value costs 39.72x your stake (96.76 % RTP).
• 10 free spins with a 10x starting multiplier wild value costs 60.20x your stake (97.03 % RTP).
• 15 free spins with a 10x starting multiplier wild value costs 98.60x your stake (97.21 % RTP).

Joker Times Slot - HyperBonus

Finally, we get to the CashPot Jackpots. This is a scatter win feature where you win instant cash prizes when you land 5 to 9 golden goblets anywhere on the same spin. This awards the following cash prizes:

• 5 golden goblets awards 10x your stake.
• 6 golden goblets awards 20x your stake.
• 7 golden goblets awards 50x your stake.
• 8 golden goblets awards 200x your stake.
• 9 golden goblets awards 2,000x your stake.

The 200 Spins Joker Times slot Experience

We land some initial wild and multiplier wild wins, before we hit 5 cash pot scatters. This gave us the lowest possible cash pot prize, and we used the proceeds to purchase the bonus round right after. This happens at 1:26 into the 3-minute highlights video, and you can see how we fared by hitting the play button.

Review Summary

Being the second K-Boost slot from Kalamba, Joker Times comes with the same accumulating free spins system. The big difference is that the multiplier wild tiers have been increased significantly, and that they can be further improved with no upper limit during the bonus round.

Ironically, the 21,000x potential is less than half of what’s on offer in the predecessor installment, but it seems far more realistic this time.

The insane 52,520x potential in the first K-boost slot, Speakeasy Boost, came from the very-hard-to-land double/triple symbols. This concept has wisely been dropped in favor of a more trendy scatter win feature, creating tension to the tune of 2,000x in all stages of the game. While the theme of the first game was better developed, and far more appealing, this second installment has a more finely tuned math model, as well as more balanced and complementary features.

Pros

• Scatter jackpots up to 2,000x
• Multiplier wilds up to 10x
• K-Boost free spins accumulation
• Bonus rounds w/ progressive wild multiplier
• Win up to 21,000x your stake

Cons

• HyperBonus buy not for UK players

If you love Joker Times slot you should also try:

Speakeasy Boost - is the K-boost debut slot from Kalamba, and it’s set in an illegal underground jazz club during the prohibition era. The bonus round meters come with 1x, 2x and 3x wilds in this game, and double and triple symbols can lead to staggering payouts up to 52,520x your stake.

Inferno Joker - is a simple Play’n Go fruit slot, and it’s all about the scatter joker. Landing the scatter on the middle reel triggers a respin, and all reels containing the scatter become sticky. Landing new joker symbols prolongs the feature, and a full screen awards 2,500x your stake.

Chronos Joker - is another Play’n Go fruit slot, and it comes with 3 variants of the multiplier respins feature.

All spins, including base game spins, can be boosted by multipliers up to 10x, and you can improve the multipliers in the ‘guaranteed win’ respins feature.

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