Game Objective
Balloon Race is a colourful slot and live game show combination that brings you into a hot air balloon adventure high above the clouds.
The objective of this three-phase game is to qualify for the live game show in which the first balloon to reach the top is the winner.
First, you must spin the Qualification slot to gather either three Scatter symbols, three Expanding Wilds, or a mix of both. This qualifies you for the Balloon Race Bonus round!
Before the race starts, you also have the option to boost your multipliers in the Top Up phase. Then it’s into the Balloon Race Bonus round for the chance to collect even bigger wins.
Colour the skies with multiplied wins — because in Balloon Race, all three game phases offer the chance to accumulate multipliers and soar to new heights!
Game Rules
The game features three phases:
- Qualification
- Top Up
- Balloon Race Bonus round.
Qualification
The game begins with the Qualification phase, played using a five-reel, three-row slot with 10 fixed winlines, one Scatter symbol, one Expanding Wild and seven paying symbols (10, J, Q, K, A, Bronze Ribbon, Silver Ribbon).
The goal here is to land a set of any three symbols — either scatter symbols or Expanding Wilds. The Expanding Wild symbol can substitute for any other symbol across the entire reel except for the scatter. Scatter symbols may contain additional multipliers that boost your total winnings. Expanding Wilds increase your odds of hitting a combination. For example, a valid combination for qualifying could be two scatter symbols and one Expanding Wild symbol.
After successfully qualifying, any multipliers (2x–10x) you gathered are added and used in the Balloon Race Bonus round to calculate the final multipliers.
You may still get payouts for winning combinations, which are paid out according to the Pay table.
View the pay table and winline info at any time by simply clicking/tapping the information icon or in How To Play.
The Qualification slot has a choice of two spin modes:
- Normal Spin (set by default)
- XXXtreme Spin
To spin the Qualification slot, select your bet amount and click/tap SPIN.
- The bet selected in Normal Spin mode becomes your base bet and will be used to calculate your winnings.
- Activating either of the XXXtreme Spin modes will help you qualify faster by guaranteeing 1–2 Scatter or Expanding Wild symbols in each spin at the cost of an increased spin bet amount.
- Activating XXXtreme Spin mode costs five times your base bet for one guaranteed Scatter or Expanding Wild symbol and increases the chance of getting better multipliers.
- Payouts will be calculated using the base bet.
★ 1 SCATTER OR WILD
★ MORE MULTIPLIERS
Top Up
After qualifying for the Balloon Race Bonus round and while waiting for it to begin, you have the option to participate in the Top Up phase. By clicking on the “TOP UP” button, it releases 3–6 balloons (maximum two of each colour), and each balloon contains a possible Top Up value. As the balloons ascend, they can either pop or reach the top, where the respective bonus value of the balloon is added to the corresponding finish target. These values will be added to the Bonus game’s total bonus value.
To spin and release the Top Up balloons, the minimum Top Up bet amount equals the base bet you qualified with.
By choosing to increase the Top Up bet amount, you also increase the value of multipliers.
Once the Top Up time runs out, you are transferred to the Balloon Race Bonus round.
If you qualify for the Top Up phase 15 seconds before the Balloon Race Bonus round is about to begin (timer may vary 2–5 seconds due to animations in the Qualification phase), this pop-up message will appear on the screen.
Bonus Round Begins!
Join bonus round or continue topping up?
Click/tap BONUS to join the Balloon Race Bonus round or TOP UP to stay in Top Up and wait for the next Bonus round.
If no decision is made, you are automatically transferred to the Balloon Race Bonus round.
Balloon Race Bonus Round
Now sit back and enjoy the live show led by our game host. The Balloon Race Bonus round will take you above the clouds and into an exciting hot air balloon race towards bonuses. The Bonus game features a ball drawing machine and 80 balls in Yellow, Purple, Green or Red and different multipliers awaiting the hot air balloons at the finish line. As the race begins, the coloured balls are drawn randomly. When a ball is drawn, the balloon of the matching colour ascends one step upwards. This process repeats, with the ball drawing machine continuously drawing the different coloured balls, and the balloons then ascending in response to the drawn colours.
The aim for the balloons is to be the first to fly 5 positions up to the finish line. When one balloon reaches the top after 5 repetitions, the race is finished. The colour of the winning balloon determines the payout for all players.
Once the first hot air balloon has reached the finish line, all multipliers (Scatter, Top Up, and Bonus round) are calculated together (Scatter multipliers * Bonus round multipliers) + Top Up multipliers = Final Multipliers.
Payouts
Qualification slot winlines are paid out immediately, unless you qualify. If you qualify and get one or more winlines in the same spin, then the payout for the winlines is processed after the Balloon Race Bonus round.
Qualification Slot Winlines
The Qualification slot has 10 fixed winlines.
- Winlines pay if there are at least three symbols in an uninterrupted sequence matching one of the patterns, starting from the first leftmost reel to the rightmost reel.
- Only the highest symbol combination on a winline is paid out, even if there is more than one type of combination on a given winline.
- There can be one or more winlines in the same spin. Simultaneous wins on different winlines are added together.
- Your initial bet is not returned on top of your winnings.
The amount paid out using the base bet is based on the type and count of collected symbols and is displayed on the screen immediately after the spin.
Balloon Race Bonus Round Payout
The Balloon Race Bonus round payout is calculated based on the base bet and the final multiplier received during the Bonus game.
The final multiplier for the winning colour is calculated in the following way:
- Your total Scatter multiplier gets multiplied with Balloon Race multiplier (examples: 8x * 10x = 80x; 8x * 50x = 400x; 8x * 15x = 120x; 8x * 75x = 600x)
- Then the total Top Up multiplier gets added (examples: 80x + 21x = 101x; 400x + 12x = 412x; 120x + 14x = 134x; 600x + 14x = 614x)
- Now you see the final multiplier at the finish line of all four hot air balloons.
- When the Balloon Race is finished and the winning hot air balloon has reached the finish line, the winning final multiplier will be multiplied by your base bet amount (example: 412 * 2.00€ = 824€).
- All winnings from the Qualification slot are then added to the Balloon Race round payout (example: 824€ + 5€ = 829€)
The game has a theoretical payout cap defined and player’s Top Up bets are checked against it before each Top Up spin. If this Payout cap is reached, certain bet values might not be available.
Max Potential Payout £500,000
Return to Player
The RTP is shown in-game.
Shortcut keys can be used to quickly perform useful game functions.
Play Game 🎰Note: Balloon Race Demo Play Info and Free Play Features
If you’ve read the information above or are simply exploring this game for the first time, you might be looking for a way to access Balloon Race demo play or free play mode. While demo access is not always available, this page provides detailed information based on the game’s official help content.
Learn how features like free spins, bonus symbols, wilds, and payouts work, just as you would in a typical demo version. Whether you are reviewing the mechanics before real play or comparing Balloon Race to other slots, the overview here helps simulate the experience of trying the game for free.
*All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time. Game features mentioned may not be available in some jurisdictions.
