Chip Reign Ways
Chip Reign Ways is a Megaways-style slot, free to play with no money on the line. Every reel comes in a different size on every spin, so the number of ways to win changes constantly, all the way up to 117,649. Match my symbols across the reels from the left, three or more in a row, and the gold chip stands in for anybody as the wild. Start with 500 practice chips, build to a grand to clear the level, and chase the Gold Jacket. Give her a spin below, then read on for how the ways system works and what each symbol pays.
How to play Chip Reign Ways
This is not your grandfather’s three-reeler. There are six reels, and here is the twist: each reel can show anywhere from two to seven symbols, and the height is drawn fresh every single spin. Pick your bet, hit spin, and watch the reels land at their new sizes. You win when matching symbols land on consecutive reels starting from the leftmost one, three reels or more.
The gold chip is wild. It fills in for any paying symbol to help complete a win. There is no single payline to watch. Instead the game pays “ways,” and the more symbols sitting on each reel, the more ways there are for them to connect.
What “ways to win” actually means
A way is one path of matching symbols running left to right across the reels. The total ways on any spin is the number of symbols on reel one, multiplied by the number on reel two, and so on across all six reels. When every reel comes in tall at seven symbols, that is seven multiplied by itself six times, which is 117,649 ways. When the reels come in short, there are fewer ways but the wins line up more easily. That swing is the whole thrill of the format.
Your win on a paying symbol grows with two things: how many reels it lands on in a row, and how many ways it connects through. A symbol that hits across all six reels through hundreds of ways is where the big money lives.
The paytable
Symbols are valued highest to lowest as follows. The figure is the most a single symbol can pay as a multiple of your bet when it lands across all six reels through a full set of ways.
| Symbol | Role | Tops out around |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | Top symbol | 60x your bet |
| Yoli | High | 40x |
| The Corvette | High | 30x |
| Frank | Low | 20x |
| Crown Royal | Low | 14x |
| Gold Chip | Wild, fills in for any paying symbol | — |
Like every slot ever built, each spin is decided fresh and at random the instant you hit the button. There is no system and no due payout. All you control is your bet and when to walk away. That is the honest truth of the machine, and it is the same truth whether you play for chips or for real.
Play money only. No real wagering. 18+ (21+ in some US states). Just for fun, the way Chip likes it.