3 Clown Monty

Theme and Design

Down On Their Luck Clowns Appear In This Uniquely Weird Slot Game!

3 Clown Monty has a very distinct feel to it I’ve not seen in a slot theme before. It’s all about a low-rent mobile circus hosted by a guy with a thick New York accent. The reels, set against the backdrop of a beat-up circus van, are populated by colourful but downbeat clowns who look like their best days might be behind them, whilst a giant gorilla drops in from time to time as the wild, taking a custard pie to the face in the Monty Spins round when he converts to a sticky wild. He also smokes a cigar at the top of the reels, burning holes in a multiplier meter to signify which multiplier value is active for each spin. You get the idea … it’s whacky and darkly humorous, and totally different. I liked it.

RTP and Variance

Like almost all Play n Go slots these days, 3 Clown Monty has 5 available RTP settings – 96.23%, 94.23%, 91.23%, 87.23% and 84.23%. Whilst most slot sites in the UK will run the game at one of its two highest RTP settings some will choose a lower one. So, beware! You can check the RTP by hitting the ? in the bottom left of the game screen and scrolling through til you find the RTP part.

As part of this review I checked the RTP at several sites we use to test games and found it to be running at the optimum 96.23% RTP at Barz Casino from White Hat Gaming.

This is also a high variance slot, so expect a volatile payout distribution. It certainly has the potential to kick out some huge wins as we shall see, but don’t expect them to drop that often!

Maximum Win

The maximum win here is 20,000x. That is good, even for a Play n Go slot. For more like this you can find their highest paying slots in the list on this page.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a 5-reel slot with 3 rows per reel and just 10 paylines to win on. You’lll need to trigger wins in the usual way by landing 3 or more identical symbols across a payline from left to right, starting at the left most reel.

There are 9 pay symbols to win with. The low value ones are the card suits, clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts. These are valued at from 0.2x for 3 clubs up to 2x for 5 spades. The premiums are the custard pie, the clown car, the green clown, the blue clown and the red clown. These are valued at from 0.5x for 3 pies up to 50x for 5 red clowns.

There is also a Wild represented by the gorilla with the cigar! He is a POWERFUL symbol with multiple facets!

Firstly, he will substitute for any pay symbol to complete a payline. Then, he pays out at 3x, 7.5x or 75x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line. And finally … you will also see a multiplier meter at the top of the reel set which, when active, will display a value of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x or 25x which will be applied to any Wilds that land on that time.

Features and Gameplay

The gameplay in 3 Clown Monty is simple. You are looking always to land scatters, represented by the game logo, that will help unlock multiplier wilds or one of TWO free spins rounds. This is how it works.

Dealer’s Choice Gets You More Wilds OR Free Spins

Firstly, you’ll need to land 2 scatters to set up the Dealer’s Choice feature. Here, one of two cards is chosen on the screen. This will either add another scatter to the reels to trigger the free spins OR between 2 and 6 wilds to help complete paylines. Remember, those wilds may include a multiplier if the meter is active on the triggering spin.

Free Spins Round With Up To 12 Plays And Multiplier Wilds 

Two scatters is good, but three is better! If you land 3 or more you are into the free spins round. First, you must find out how many spins you get. This is done with a kind of ‘Pick Me’ game. You choose a card to reveal your spins total. How many you might get will depend on how many scatters triggered the feature as follows:

• 3 Scatters – 5, 7 or 9 free spins
• 6 Scatters – 7, 9 or 10 free spins
• 7 Scatters – 9, 10 or 12 free spins

Now, the multiplier meter for wilds is active on EVERY free spin during the round. So you can potentially rack up some big wins here. But it gets better if you can go one stage further.

Monty Spins With Sticky Multiplier Wilds

The holy grail in this slot is the Monty Spins round. This is only accessible via the free spins round. You’ll need to land at least 2 scatters to trigger it and once again you are given a ‘Pick Me’ game to decide how many spins you get.

• 2 Scatters – 4, 5 or 6 free spins
• 3 Scatters – 5, 6 or 7 free spins
• 4 Scatters – 6, 7 or 8 free spins
• 5 Scatters – 7, 8 or 9 free spins

And here, the multiplier on the meter on the triggering spin is valid throughout the Monty Spins AND any wilds that land are sticky for the round. So, if you went in with a 25x multiplier and landed a few Wilds on your first spin, you KNOW you’d be onto a big payout here.

And finally … you can also trigger 3 extra Monty Spins from within the round. And when it ends … you just go back to where you were in your basic free spins round.