Play Cash Bonanza

Fruit symbols, piles of banknotes and an expanding reel set make for a slightly strange combination, but that's where Cash Bonanza starts. Pragmatic Play gives us six reels, 4,096 initial ways to form potential wins and an Increasing Ways Respin feature that can stretch the grid considerably. Wilds and Scatters stay locked during respins, while free spins preserve reel growth between sequences and introduce an increasing multiplier. We aren't short of moving parts, even if the fruit and banking departments seem to have met by accident. 

Cash Bonanza looks like two old slot ideas got put in the same room and told to get along. Watermelons, cherries and bells sit in front of a vault spilling notes and coins, while a green glow hangs over the whole scene. The six reel grid takes up most of the screen, so the fruit stays front and centre even while the background is busy displaying untidy amounts of cash. 

We get classic sevens, stars, clovers and bells alongside the fruit, keeping the visual language close to traditional online slots. The soundtrack takes a slower route with a ska tinged rhythm, which makes the combination even stranger. We wouldn't call the theme unified, but at least nobody can accuse the screen of lacking either fruit or money. 

We start with lemons, oranges and watermelons among the smaller potential payouts before moving through cherries, plums and grapes. Clovers, bells, stars and the red seven occupy the stronger end of the table. 

• The cash pile Wild substitutes for every regular paying symbol except the Scatter. We can see Wilds on reels two through six, and any Wild involved in a respin remains locked in position. 
• The vault door Scatter can appear on every reel. Scatters also stay locked during respins, and three or more present at the end of a sequence activate free spins. 

Increasing Ways Respin 

This is where Cash Bonanza does most of the interesting work. Once we form a potential winning combination, the matching symbols lock into place, along with any other copies of the same symbol already visible. The affected reels then gain extra positions according to the number of locked symbols. 

Each reel can grow to eight positions. When every reel reaches that height, we can have as many as 262,144 ways to form potential combinations. New symbol types can also join an existing respin sequence, so we aren't limited to whatever caused the first trigger. 

The system gives Cash Bonanza a rather different rhythm from many fruit titles found across online casinos. We begin each paid base spin back at the standard 6x4 layout, then build outward again whenever qualifying combinations appear. 

Free Spins 

Three Scatters at the end of a respin sequence award eight free spins. Every additional Scatter beyond the first three adds another four spins. 

We carry the reel heights from the triggering sequence into the bonus rather than returning to the normal 6x4 grid. The Increasing Ways mechanic remains active throughout free spins as well, but the expanded reel heights don't reset between individual spins. 

Free Spins Multiplier 

Each respin during the bonus increases the win multiplier by one step. Once the respin sequence finishes, we apply the accumulated multiplier to the potential result from that sequence. 

Because expanded reels remain in place throughout the round, later free spins can begin with considerably more positions already available than we would normally see in the base game. 

Free Spins Retriggers 

Two Scatters during the bonus add another four free spins. Each additional Scatter beyond those first two contributes four more spins, so three Scatters add eight and four Scatters add twelve. 

We begin with six reels and four rows, giving us 4,096 ways to form potential combinations. Matching symbols need to appear on adjacent reels from left to right, starting with the first reel. 

From there, the reel dimensions are anything but fixed. A qualifying combination locks matching symbols and starts the Increasing Ways Respin, with each affected reel gaining more positions. Wilds and Scatters can remain fixed as well, so the grid gradually changes shape while the sequence develops. 

There are no traditional paylines to memorise. Instead, the number of possible combinations rises with the reel heights. Once a base spin and all associated respins finish, we return to the standard grid. Free spins change that rule by preserving any reel expansion for the rest of the bonus. 

We'd compare Cash Bonanza with other recent reviews where changing grid sizes, respins or repeated reactions play a central role. 

• Chilli Heat Megaways: We get another six reel Pragmatic Play slot where the number of potential winning ways changes and a respin feature becomes the main event. 
• Mo Mo Mo Mummy Midnight Treasures: We see another bonus built around respins and an expanding grid, although the Egyptian theme and Cash Collect setup take the idea in a different direction. 
• Fury of Anubis: We lose the expanding reels, but repeated reactions keep one initial spin alive while later results can become more valuable. 

Cash Bonanza is one of those slots where we give the mechanics more credit than the costume. The Increasing Ways Respin can make a simple 6x4 grid grow very quickly, and we like how free spins preserve that progress instead of making us start from scratch every time. The rising multiplier gives longer bonus sequences another reason to matter. 

Our main issue is the presentation. Fruit, cash, a glowing vault and that unexpectedly relaxed soundtrack don't quite feel like members of the same family. We would've preferred a stronger visual idea tying everything together. Still, the expanding grid has enough personality to carry most of the experience. The theme may have been assembled from spare parts, but the respin system is doing proper work.