Personal testers’ opinion about Aloha Cluster Pays slot
Despite the funny wooden Hawaiian keeper and the Hawaiian village spirit feel in the background, the slot is tedious. It can be described as a slot with a low dispersion game with a low winning prospect. The green/red/blue masks are paid higher than the ordinary symbols – fruits, flowers, and shells. The question mark tiles work like wilds and can put on fire the nearby clusters.
There are 2 ways to get big winning with this slot:
- By triggering the Sticky Win Re-spin feature, or
- By triggering the Free Spins feature.
The slot is not suitable for high-rollers, nor does it give big winnings. It manages to stay around the initial balance and then moderately takes it away. The statistical possibility of triggering the free spins feature is 0.49% (every 205th spin), i.e. under the average index line. The slot machine rating for the Wagering is 6.01 out of 10, which is a low number, i.e. the bonus hunters can indeed try to complete the wagering requirements with this slot.
Review and recommendations from the testers’ team
The design and the gameplay of this slot are somewhat tacky and outmoded. And yet, this NetEnt game is top-rated among players. Maybe because of the humoristic Hawaiian keeper – dancing, laughing or clapping with hands, who can give you his wondering eyebrows or sunglasses funny look or make you smile when he puts his fingers cross during the game.
Or maybe because you are among the players who love playing the bonus games and wagering the bonus money. One can find a lot of reviews and recommendations for the Aloha slot exactly because of the wagering.
- In our opinion, during the early days – right after the slot release – it became trendy to play for wagering here. So, quite a lot of players succeeded and made healthy profits from the bonus money. Nobody knows the real reason (maybe because of some casino’s demands), but it seems that NetEnt made some corrections, and the tendency of Aloha wagering stopped.
- When we tested the slot, we did not receive any free spins even after 400-500 rounds, which is not usual for the slot. Regardless, you can really enjoy the Aloha slot, especially at low stakes – 0.50 or 1 CAD (min bet here is 0.10 cents) – so this is definitely a game that will suit any player’s budget!
- The average value one will receive during the free spins is 20x – 40x the bets. The lucky one can perhaps get 150x bets or even more, but that will be rare, so don’t waste your time waiting on it. Considering that the slot doesn’t perform and is in its early stage, we would suggest other slots from NetEnt.
- We recommend giving a spin on the replica-Shangri-la slot for the players who like the Aloha style and feel.
Hidden data and settings of Aloha slot (testing results)
- The frequency of triggering the bonus free spins feature is statistically every 205th spin (0,49%).
- The probability of a hit (any winning) is 20,83%.
- The distribution of winning is 79% during the usual spins and 21% in the bonus feature.
- The maximum winning during the tests was 219x.
- The average winning from the bonus free spins feature was 41x.
- Volatility is 4,53 out of 20 (low). Aloha has a low potential of winning and was created mostly for fun.
- The dispersion of winning is low. Here will be difficult to hit something big. Most of the potential is reserved for the re-spins feature.
- Cycle length is from short to average. The higher is your stakes, the shorter the cycle will be.
- The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 6,01 out of 10.
- RTP of 96.42% allows getting a positive mathematical expectation of winning at a Canadian online casino.
The Re-spins feature
The bonus feature called Sticky Win re-spins can be triggered randomly during the base game. The symbol of the winning cluster becomes sticky, which starts the re-spin. With the fall of more winning symbols, more re-spins are coming till there is no more winning symbol drop.
The Free Spins feature
- 3 tiles with post stamps can launch between 9 and 12 free spins (depending on the number of scatters).
- If you are lucky and get more scatters during the free spins, the Hawaiian keeper will grant you extra spins (1, 2, 3, or 4).
Settings
- Provider – NetEnt
- Payment lines – Cluster Pays
- Volatility – Low
- Default range of bets – 0.10 to 200 CAD
- Playing field – 6х5
- The maximum winning is – 1000x the total bet
- Bonuses – Wilds, Scatters, Mystery Symbols, Sticky Win Re-spin, Free Spins with Symbols Remove
- Free Spins – Yes
- RTP – 96.42%
How to win at the Aloha Cluster Pays slot? (conclusion)
As usual, our first advice is to test the game in DEMO mode before starting to play for real money. We do not recommend this slot to the players who want to win a huge amount of money. We do recommend the Aloha slot to bonus hunters, but only:
- If they tested the machine to define if it is “hot” or “cold” (in the demo), and
- If they place bets around 1 CAD (not higher).
Because the slot’s main potential is in the Sticky Win Re-spin feature (occurring more often than the Free Spins), we recommend that you better change the game once you receive a good winning with the Re-spin.
