Toro 7s

Theme and Design

An Awesome Production With Iconic Visuals and Catchy Soundtrack

ELK Studios are truly channelling the spirit of Nevada in Toro 7s and for a 3x3 slot it looks and sounds superb. The action starts out on a dusty road at sunset, red rock mountains and a dilapidated roller coaster in the background and several signs bearing the word or number ‘7’ on them. You can feel the heat of the late afternoon. But the coolest part is the video screen that appears above the reel set, displaying Vegas sights before switching to POV your driving top down to Vegas in the free spins round!

To complete the picture the symbols are all Lucky 7x, lemons and other classics, and the reel spins are backed by the soundtrack of a catchy rock band in full flow and the tell-tale sound of ringing slots games on a casino floor.

RTP and Variance

Toro 7s has an RTP of 95%. That is below average for an online slot – most come in around 96%. However, this isn’t particularly unusual for an ELK Studios game, many of which run at the 95% mark. The good news is, the 95% is fixed so there are no options for casinos to choose to run the game at a lower settings which is something you find with games from Play n Go, Pragmatic Play and other popular providers.

Be aware that this is also a high variance slot so expect an unpredictable, volatile pay distribution.  Long waits for anything to happen, followed by short bursts of high value wins are not uncommon.

Maximum Win

The top payout in Toro 7s is 10,000x. That’s not bad, on a par with other ELK slots like Pacific Gold and Nitropolis. If you want slots with higher potential from the same provider you can try Avalon Gold (25,000x) or Dropz (25,000x).

Symbols and Paytable

Toro 7s is a simple 3x3 slot on the surface, though you’ll find an interesting configuration of features once you get started.

There are 17 paylines, each triggered by landing 3 symbols across them. The paytable is made up of just 7 symbols, all classic slots icons. There are cherries, lemons and plums, valued at 0.5x, 1x and 1.5x respectively for 3 of each. The bars are worth 2.5x for 3. And the lucky 7s are worth 3.5x for 3 green, 5x for 3 blue and 10x for 3 red.

There are also two wilds – the Matador and the Toro. These substitute for other pay symbols to form wins but also play an interesting role as they interact with one another to nudge and trigger respins, explained below

Features and Gameplay

For A 3x3 Slot, Toro 7s Has Some Good Tricks Up It's Sleeve

Onto the gameplay and if you thought you were in for a simple 3x3 slot game then think again, I was pleasantly surprised by how much extra ELK had built into this game.

Matador and Toro Wilds With Nudges, Re-Spins and Multipliers

The 2 wilds are powerful symbols that can help you score more wins. The Matador Wild is the simple of the two. He will trigger a Nudging Re-Spin when he lands where he nudges one place down. This continues until he nudges out of view.

The Toro Wild comes with a multiplier and also triggers the Nudging Re-Spin. Once again, nudges and re-spins occur until the Toro is out of sight.

The interesting part comes when BOTH land at the same time because now the Toro locks in place with his multiplier whilst the Matador nudges down with each re-spin until he disappears.

Free Spins With 5x Multiplier

The free spins round here is generous and simple. You land 3 bonus symbols to get 10 spins. And all wins now have a 5x multiplier applied to them.

Lucky 7s Bonus Game

And finally, there is this really cool feature within a feature.

If you land 3 more bonus symbols on one spin on the free spins round then you trigger the Lucky 7s feature. The objective is to collect green 7s on reel 1, blue 7s on reel 2 and red 7s on reel 3. Once you have collected 5 of one then you score the maximum payout for that symbol – 3.5x, 5x and 10x respectively.

You start with 3 spins with the counter re-set to 3 each time a winning spin occurs or a 7 lands on its designated reel.