Blue Lagoon - Hot Hot Penny

Blue Lagoon is a 5 reel, 20 line video slot from WMS Gaming. It has a tropical island theme with a free spins bonus, the Hot Hot Penny Bonus and a top jackpot of 3,000 coins. A compulsory 10 coin side bet for the Hot Hot Penny feature makes the max bet 30 coins per spin or between 0.30 and 150.00 depending on coin size.

The Blue Lagoon Logo is wild for all other symbols except the scattered Waterfall symbols. Lining up five of the wild Logos awards the top jackpot of 3,000 coins. Second highest pay is 1,000 coins for five Parrots and third highest pay is 500 coins for five Toucans. From there the five of a kind wins range from 400 (Marlin) to 100 coins (Flowers).

The scattered Waterfall symbols are your ticket to the free spins and this is also where the Hot Hot Penny Bonus comes into play. Getting two or more scatters on the screen activates one re-spin where you can collect extra scatters only.

This means that you always get a second chance if you get two scatters or a chance to improve your win if you get three or more. The scatter pays come in at 40 coins for two right up to a big 2,500 coins for five. As long as you get three or more you trigger the feature.

Once triggered you are awarded 8 free spins and the chance to increase this to up to 38 free games with the Hot Hot Penny Bonus. Here you move to a second screen pick a box stage where you get three, four or five picks based on how many scatters you triggered the feature with (Preview). Each pick can award between 1 and 3 extra games or a Penny.

If you uncover one Penny you win an extra 5 games. Find two Pennies and you win an extra 10 free games and find all three Pennies and you win a big 30 extra free spins. Once you've completed the Hot Hot Penny Bonus you get 8 free games plus any extra games won with all wins tripled except the pay for the five wild Logos.

It's a bit disappointing that the pay for the wilds is not multiplied as this would have made for a 9,000 coin jackpot. You do get two ways to hit for 3,000 coins during the free spins with either the five wilds or the five Parrot symbols.

The free games can be re-triggered an unlimited amount of times with three or more scatters and while the re-spin feature can be activated during the free games you don't get another shot at the Hot Hot Penny bonus. Instead you get another 8 free games added to any remaining games.

Blue Lagoon also has two more features to keep things interesting. The first is a Red or Black double up feature which is accessed via the "Options" screen. The second additional feature is the Jackpot Party Progressive which triggers at random and awards a Jackpot Party style bonus game (Preview) where you can win one of the five progressive jackpots.