Pimped review
Pimped was released by Play’n GO on 16 February 2015. A white penthouse, gold furniture and chains, and a night-city panorama surround the reels. Paying symbols include figures in hats, banknotes, a P ring and silver card ranks from 10 to A. A knuckle-duster fist is Wild and a dollar sign in a blue frame is Scatter.
Bet settings and stacked Wilds
The 5×3 grid uses up to ten lines, activated in order. The stake combines line count, 1–5 coins per line and one of fourteen coin values from €0.01 to €2.00. Left-to-right pays use line-bet multiples: coins times coin value. The same product gives the same line stake and pays.
| Symbol | 5 of a kind | 4 of a kind | 3 of a kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild (knuckle-duster) | 1,000x | 200x | 50x |
| HP5 | 750x | 150x | 20x |
| HP4 | 500x | 100x | 20x |
| HP3 | 400x | 75x | 10x |
| HP2 | 250x | 75x | 10x |
| HP1 | 250x | 50x | 5x |
| LP5 | 150x | 50x | 5x |
| LP4 | 125x | 25x | 3x |
| LP3 | 100x | 25x | 3x |
| LP2 | 75x | 20x | 3x |
| LP1 | 50x | 20x | 3x |
The wild fills several positions in a row on a reel, and that is its strength. It stands in for any symbol but the scatter, and the taller the stack, the more lines it crosses. Stacks explain why the wild has its own payout in the table: five of them pay the top figure on the sheet.
A stack covering all three reel positions participates in every active line crossing it, but combinations still require suitable symbols on the other reels. Wilds do not persist between spins. There are no accumulation features or bonus multipliers; Gamble’s card multiplier belongs to a separate feature after a pay.
Win Spins and Gamble
Three or more dollar-sign scatters start Win Spins. It is a set of free spins in which the game guarantees at least one winning combination on each. The opening set is 5 spins. Every scatter landed inside the bonus adds 2 more, and the total is capped at 20. As in the main game, symbols can land on any of the five reels during the bonus.
At least one winning combination is guaranteed, rather than a specific amount or recovery of the stake. The guarantee does not establish a typical win, stack frequency or a comparative bonus ceiling. Each scatter adds spins individually; another set of three is not required for an extension.
After any win you can press Gamble and guess the colour of a face-down card. The right colour doubles the prize, the right suit quadruples it. You can play up to five times in a row, and the overall limit is 2,500 coins.
A correct choice increases the current prize, while an incorrect choice puts that amount at risk. The supplied rules do not specify card distribution, so calculations for a fair full deck are not confirmed game probabilities.
Configurations and neighbouring games
Available RTPs are 96.51%, 94.51%, 91.51%, 87.51% and 84.51%, with the operator choosing a build. The studio page rates volatility medium at 5/10, while the rules sheet gives 10/10. The discrepancy’s cause is unestablished; one rating cannot automatically be dismissed as marketing. The listed 10,000x maximum does not establish a typical Win Spins outcome, and bonus, stack and maximum frequencies are unspecified.
Gemix (1 December 2014) lists 96.83% RTP and high volatility; Book of Dead (14 January 2016) lists 96.21% and high; Fire Joker (13 June 2016) lists 96.15% and medium; Viking Runecraft (26 April 2017) lists 96.71% and high. NetEnt’s Starburst is rated low volatility. Pimped retains older coin and line settings alongside a card gamble.
