Breach the Vault Slot by Playtech

Two games sit side by side here. On the left, a gold-framed fruit machine loaded with cherries, watermelon, grapes, a gold bell and BAR symbols. It's about as plain as classic reels get, and that's the point. Those five reels and five lines do one job: land three Dollar Bonus symbols and you're thrown over to the right-hand screen, where everything happens. A Wild stands in for everything except the Bonus, so it helps you reach the trigger and not much else.

The right side runs the board game. Concentric square rings close in on a steel vault door, and your masked raccoon shuffles around the outer ring on dice rolls. Each tile you land on does its own thing. Cash Prize tiles pay a value times your bet, the multiplier tiles climb from x4 all the way to x40, Plus Games tiles top up your remaining turns, and Green Arrows push your token inward toward the middle. Money Bags collect along the edge, and gathering five of them hands over the Vault Cashpot. Land on a Question Mark and the board just picks a random prize for you.

Get your raccoon to the centre and you breach the vault for that Vault Cashpot, which can drop more than once in a single bonus. This is where the rooftop heist theme finally shows up too, all dark starry sky, silhouetted buildings and a grinning burglar peeking in from the corner. The base reels carry none of that character.

Here's the honest catch. You'll reach the board roughly once every 150 spins, so most of a session is spent watching fruit symbols land for small change. When the bonus does hit, the vault runs and that x40 ceiling make it worth the trip. But it's a long trip between bonuses, and this 2022 release feels its age on the left panel.