Relax Gaming combines its own slot studio with a platform that distributes other developers’ games. Money Train belongs to its own range. A title supplied through Silver Bullet or Powered By Relax can still be made by an independent studio. Dream Drop adds another distinction: the jackpot network can appear in games from more than one developer.
The practical differences lie in the exact game and mode. Money Train 4, Money Train 5 and Money Cart 4 do not offer the same bet range or payout limit. A familiar character is not enough to identify the rules.
Choosing between Money Train releases
| Game or mode | Maximum relative to the round stake | Published bet range |
|---|---|---|
| Money Train 2 | 50,000x | €0.10–€20 |
| Money Train 3 | 100,000x | €0.10–€10 |
| Money Train 4 | 150,000x | €0.10–€6 |
| Money Train 5 Standard | 50,000x | €0.10–€20 |
| Money Train 5 Ultra | 100,000x | €0.10–€10 |
| Money Cart 4 | 15,000x | €0.10–€60 |
| Iron Bank | 49,998.9x | €0.10–€20 |
| Snake Arena | 2,758.8x | €0.10–€100 |
These are the supplier’s published game configurations. A market or installed version can impose different betting limits. The payout multiplier applies to the relevant round stake, rather than the deposit or the accumulated cost of earlier spins. At a €0.10 stake, a 150,000x limit translates to €15,000. That calculation says nothing about the probability of reaching it.
Newer instalments do not automatically have higher limits. Money Train 5 separates Standard and Ultra, and neither headline limit exceeds the fourth game’s figure. A high cap also does not tell you the frequency of small wins. Volatility concerns the spread of possible results; it does not promise a compensating bonus after a run of losing rounds.
Money Train 2: reading the Money Cart symbols
Three or more Scatters start Money Cart in Money Train 2. The bonus begins with three spins and symbols carry values expressed as stake multipliers. New arrivals can extend the round. Filling a reel adds another column, creating space for further symbols.
A Collector gathers the other values and includes its own. A Payer uses its value to boost the payout. Some characters work once; their Persistent versions activate on every spin. The Necromancer can revive characters that have already used their action. A crowded screen is therefore only part of the picture: the identities and remaining actions of its characters matter too.
The feature purchase, where enabled, goes directly to Money Cart. It is a paid entry, rather than a free reward for choosing this game. Its price and the stake used to calculate the bonus payout are separate amounts. Comparing the resulting win only with the small underlying stake would hide the actual cost of buying the round.
Money Train 3 adds several different feature entries
Money Train 3 has 40 fixed lines in the base game. Its bonus includes a Persistent Shapeshifter that becomes another feature on each spin. The Absorber gathers multipliers into itself. A Tommy Gun held by the Payer or Sniper targets a particular symbol type before changing its value.
The published description distinguishes an ordinary purchase costing 100 stakes, two-spin and one-spin bonus entries, and a Persistent Bonus costing 500 stakes. It does not supply prices for both intermediate options. Treating every entry as a 100x purchase would give the wrong comparison. The different starting conditions are part of what is being bought.
For a €0.20 underlying stake, the stated 100x and 500x prices mean €20 and €100 respectively. These examples illustrate the two confirmed prices. They do not supply a return for either purchase or a recommended budget. A larger entry cost does not create an obligation for the game to award a larger net profit.
Money Train 4 and Money Cart 4 are separate games
In Money Train 4, the Arms Dealer trades Bonus symbols for features. The Upgrader gives features persistence, the Unlocker reveals rows and Reset refills the spin counter. There is also a base-game Respin. Expanding the playing area and adding spins are different actions, even when they appear in the same round.
Money Cart 4 was designed for markets that restrict bonus buying. It uses Bonus Reels and skips the ordinary Money Train 4 base game. It retains the Arms Dealer, Upgrader, Unlocker and Reset ideas, but has its own payout and betting limits. Direct entry is still funded by a wager. It does not import the parent game’s 150,000x maximum.
Money Train 5 separates Standard from Ultra
Money Train 5 returns to a 5 × 4 grid with 40 paylines. Ticket Master, Bomber and Pyromancer join the characters. Nuclear Wild can lock onto reels and turn them fully wild. Three or more Bonus symbols open the bonus round, and new symbols reset its spin counter.
Ticket symbols advance the train through stations. Standard and Ultra have different payout ceilings and maximum bets, as the comparison shows. The word Ultra does not by itself state the mode’s price, return or chance of a win. Money Train 3’s Persistent Bonus price cannot be assigned to it simply because both offer an enhanced bonus experience.
Iron Bank lets the player choose a bonus style
Iron Bank was developed with CasinoGrounds. Three Bonus symbols start free spins with a choice between Sticky Mystery Symbols, Expanding Re-Spin Wilds and Progressive Multiplier Wilds. The supplier describes different volatility levels for these strategies. The choice affects the bonus format, rather than selecting a guaranteed outcome.
Four, five and six Bonus symbols award 20x, 200x and 2,000x the stake respectively. These are awards for the triggering symbols, not the entire slot’s maximum or a guaranteed minimum from every free-spin series. The precise published maximum is 49,998.9x. Rounding it to 49,999x does not identify a different edition or an additional prize.
Snake Arena and Temple Tumble work differently
Snake Arena uses a 5 × 5 grid. The snake and knight are Wilds; landing both starts free spins. During the feature the snake chases and consumes knights, growing longer and covering more positions. A separate random Wild Chase can make a full reel wild when the two symbols meet on that reel.
Temple Tumble uses a 6 × 6 field with up to 46,656 ways. Breaking blocks reveals positions, while free spins offer a choice between three underground worlds. That system is quite different from retaining cash values in Money Cart. A ways count describes connections across positions; it is not a count of winning spins awarded by one bet.
The original Temple Tumble card gives a €0.20–€100 betting range, whereas Snake Arena starts at €0.10. Their bet thresholds, payout patterns and bonus actions provide useful grounds for comparison. Calling every game outside Money Train a quiet alternative would not explain any of those differences or establish a particular session’s risk.
RTP figures belong to a specific configuration
| Game | Published figure or variant | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Snake Arena | 96.25%; German RTP 90% | Two separately stated configurations |
| Money Train 2 | German RTP 90% | Not a universal percentage for the title |
| Money Train 3 | Alternative 94%; German 90% | Different technical versions |
| Money Train 5 | IDs ending _94, _90, _86 and UK _92 | Version identifiers; not a complete breakdown of mode returns |
A blanket 96.1–96.4% range does not describe the whole studio. The stated settings already include values outside it. Different RTP versions can share a title and artwork. Money Train 5 adds another distinction between its technical game ID and the Standard or Ultra mode.
Over €500 of wagering turnover, the theoretical difference between stakes and returns is €18.75 at 96.25% RTP and €50 at 90%. Turnover includes winnings bet again. The figures compare average mathematical costs over a large sample, rather than predict the amount left after a €500 deposit. Maximum payout and theoretical return measure different aspects of the game.
Dream Drop adds network prizes to different slots
Dream Drop launched in May 2022. The current product description lists six progressive jackpots. Mega and Major must fall before their respective thresholds; Daily is awarded three times each day. These are network prize conditions. They do not guarantee that an individual entrant receives a prize during that day.
A minimum 75% reseed concerns replenishing a jackpot after a win. It is not the slot’s RTP. Nor does joining a jackpot network increase the value of every regular symbol combination. The network pool, ordinary reel payout and entry conditions remain distinct parts of the product.
In May 2026, Relax reported thirty Mega millionaires and more than fifty Dream Drop titles from six studios. That is a dated account of the network’s activity, not a probability forecast. It also explains why Dream Drop can appear in a title made by an independent supplier rather than the Relax in-house team.
In Money Train Origins Dream Drop, three or more Bonus symbols trigger the regular Money Cart. The Banker adds a value to existing and future symbols, while the Healer restores actions to used Collector or Payer characters. Its separate jackpot entry uses twenty Dream Drop symbols before an ordinary spin, followed by revealing three matching prize symbols. Other network games need not use this same entry sequence.
What Silver Bullet and Powered By Relax actually supply
Silver Bullet supports partner studios with release and distribution services. Powered By Relax connects developers to the delivery network while offering commercial independence. Relax Apex supplies the front-end architecture used by Dream Drop. These relationships do not mean that every connected title shares the same mathematics or was designed by Relax.
The business also develops poker and bingo alongside its slots. A platform-wide inventory includes partner content and should not be read as the number of games made by one studio. Availability depends on the operator’s integration, market permissions and the particular edition. A supplier appearing in a lobby does not establish that every game in its wider catalogue is playable there.
Company history and ownership
Patrik Österåker and Jani Tekoniemi founded Relax in 2010. Its working centres include Malta, Estonia, Sweden and Serbia. Kindred’s 2021 acquisition announcement recorded roughly 240 employees and about €25 million in revenue for the twelve months to May 2021. Those are historical figures, rather than current staffing or revenue totals.
The transaction completed on 1 October 2021. The valuation of up to €320 million was an enterprise value with an initial payment and potential earn-outs, not a single payment of that entire amount. After employee options were exercised, Kindred held 93% and management retained about 7%. Kindred’s interest rose above 99% in June 2024.
FDJ subsequently acquired Kindred, bringing Relax into FDJ United. Ownership does not make all Relax slots exclusive to the parent company’s casinos. Its distribution business continues to serve other operators, and the studio label alone says nothing about a casino’s withdrawal procedures.
Supplier permissions and access to play
The British register lists active Bingo, Casino and Gambling Software permissions for Relax Gaming Limited under account 37462. The supplier publishes MGA/B2B/246/2013 and Ontario certificate GRSM1236604, plus permissions in Romania, Greece, Sweden and Denmark. Its Gibraltar entity has B2B licence 124, and its North American entity lists a Pennsylvania manufacturer permission.
These records identify particular legal entities and activities. They do not replace the account terms of the casino accepting a deposit. Article or interface language does not establish residence, jackpot eligibility or the operator permission applicable to a player. The actual market and supplied game edition determine the relevant access conditions.
A demo can explain the controls and symbol movement without establishing real withdrawal times. Free spins earned inside a slot also differ from an operator promotion with expiry, eligible games and wagering requirements. For a bonus purchase, the entry price, calculation stake and enabled mode are separate details that affect the actual cost.
