As with all Cash Truck games the objective is to hit that thrilling Hold and Win round. Getting there isn’t easy, but the base game ticks along at a good pace with Tumbling Wins and the expanding grid mechanic helping to keep thing interesting.
Tumbling Wins
The tumbling wins mechanic is present in Cash Truck 3. After each win, winning symbols are removed from the reels and new ones drop in to replace them. If new wins are created then the process repeats. With each win, 3 more spots on the inactive rows are opened up.
When no more wins are created, then the payout is made and the reels re-set with only 4 rows active.
Super-Sized Wild
The 3×3 super-sized wild comes into play when ALL positions on the reels are active. Then, the wild is placed in the center of the grid.
Truck Raider Bonus Game
The Truck Raider Bonus Game is the main event. You need to land 3 or more of the BONUS scatter symbols to trigger this feature. However, if you land just 2 BONUS scatters then all is not lost.
There is a Second Chance feature.
Second Chance To Trigger The Bonus Game
This triggers when after all tumbles are finished, 2 scatters are visible on the grid and provided the super-sized wild has not been triggered. Now, all symbols except your 2 BONUS scatters are removed from the grid and new ones drop in to fill the spaces. This MAY land you another 1 or more scatters to trigger Truck Raider.
Gamble For Extra Expander Symbols
If you landed more than 3 scatters to trigger the round then for each extra scatter you get 1 extra Expander symbol in play. These randomly unlock extra positions from the locked area on the grid.
You can also gamble for more Expander symbols before the round starts. This is only available if you have LESS than 3 Expanders at the start of the round. The gamble is the spin of a wheel. Win, and you get an extra Expander. Lose, and you forfeit the round entirely. So choose carefully.
Bonus Game Rules
Truck Raider is a classic Hold and Win. You have 3 spins to begin, played on a new grid with only special symbols, cash values and blanks. Each time special symbols land on a spin then the number of spins re-sets to 3. The round ends when no spins are left.
These are the special symbols:
- Grabber – adds value of all other symbols on the unlocked reel area to its own on landing.
- Turbo Grabber – adds value of all other symbols on the unlocked reel area to its own on landing as well as when any other symbol lands for the remainder of the round.
- Doubler – doubles its value each time the counter re-sets to 3 spins.
- Zapper – doubles the value of all adjacent symbols, and symbols adjacent to those on landing.
- Turbo Zapper – doubles the value of all adjacent symbols, and symbols adjacent to those on landing, and continues to do so as new symbols land adjacent to the cluster.
- Booster – adds its value to all symbols on the unlocked reel area on landing.
- Turbo Booster – adds its value to all symbols on the unlocked reel area on landing and to any other symbol that lands for the remainder of the round.
- Upgrader – upgrades adjacent symbols when it lands. Cash to Grabber or Booster. Grabber, Zapper or Booster to Turbo.
- Expander – unlocks 3 random positions on the locked area of the reels.
