Eggspanding Rush Slot by Fazi

The headline mechanic is right there in the name. The golden Easter egg is the expanding wild, and when it lands it swells to fill its reel, but the part that matters is the multiplier riding along with it. That multiplier climbs as the egg expands, and it's the single biggest reason this little 10-line machine can reach the win ceiling it does. In the base game the effect is modest. Where it actually bites is the free spins, where the growing multiplier has room to stack into something serious.

Free spins come from the egg-basket BONUS symbol, the pastel-coloured wicker basket that pays no part in the line wins. Land three of them and you get 8 spins, four baskets bumps it to 12, and five baskets opens the full run of 20. There's no buy option here, so the baskets are the only way in. That's the trade with a high-volatility build like this one: you wait for the baskets, then hope the egg wild shows up while the multiplier has spins left to grow.

The rest of the board is unapologetically cute. A grey bunny with a red bow tie, a fluffy white lamb, a bespectacled yellow chick and a stray carrot make up the high symbols, with gummy, jelly-textured A K Q J royals filling out the bottom. It all sits on a sunny meadow of green hills and blue sky, the reels bordered by climbing vines. Cheery Easter colours, nothing dark about it.

Underneath the spring scenery sit three mystery progressive jackpots, Gold, Diamond and Platinum, running on a cycling meter at the foot of the screen. They drop at a random hidden point with no combination to chase, and your odds of hitting one scale with how much you stake. Any win can also be sent to a red-or-black gamble that doubles up until you guess wrong or hit the 50,000 cap.