Free slot: Heart of Rio

Heart of Rio - How it works

Heart of Rio is a slot game developed and published by the online gaming provider Pragmatic Play. This provider has taken a considerable lead over its direct competitors in recent months by offering original and highly volatile slots. This machine was designed in 2021 and is available on many online gaming platforms. Head to Brazil on Heart of Rio! This slot will take you on a journey to Rio de Janeiro, a city renowned for its famous carnival which takes place every year in February. This slot features the usual online gambling formal, with 5 reels containing 3 symbols. To win in Heart of Rio, you need to see between 3 and 5 identical symbols on the paylines. For your convenience, this slot contains a wild symbol, represented by the Brazilian dancer. The wild symbol substitutes for any symbol except for the scatter and the "Collect" symbols, which we'll come back to later. This wild symbol only appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.

There are many original features on Heart of Rio which can appear randomly in the base game or as a bonus. Indeed, symbols containing sums of money can appear on the grid and you have the possibility to win these values by getting a Collect symbol on the last reel. There are several different features that can occur depending on the symbol that appears on the last column:

• Collect = all money symbols on the grid are collected;

• Extra Collect = all money symbols are added to the grid and collected;

• Multiply Collect = a multiplier will act on the money symbols before collecting them;

• Expanding Collect = all reels containing a money symbol will fill with new money symbols;

• Respin Collect = the values on the grid are locked and collected, and a re-spin takes place. The money symbols that appear again will also be collected.

Heart of Rio's different symbols

Heart of Rio contains many symbols that need to be connected in order to win. These symbols have a preassigned value based on their rarity. As with many slots, there are two distinct categories here: classic symbols and premium symbols.

The first named symbols appear more regularly than the other symbols, but they pay the least. They are represented by the highest values in a pack of cards, i.e. Jack, Queen, King and Ace. The following image shows the payout range for each classic symbol in Heart of Rio. The symbol values below are for a bet of €1.

There are also symbols in this slot machine that are much higher paying, but harder to connect to: these are called premium symbols. These high-value symbols are represented by objects or characters reminiscent of Brazil and the Rio carnival:

• The cocktail ;

• The carnival mask;

• The dancer in the green costume;

• The dancer in the purple costume.

See the image below for the value of each premium symbol in Heart of Rio (€1 bet).

Heart of Rio's different connections

As explained above, the objective of Heart of Rio is to make connections of 3 to 5 identical symbols to win. In order for these connections to be valid, and therefore lucrative, they must be made on the paylines provided for this purpose. There are a total of 25 paylines in Heart of Rio, which are read exclusively from left to right. Only the maximum win per line is paid.

The infographic below gives you an overview of all paylines at Heart of Rio.

How the Heart of Rio Bonus Works

Like most slot machines from Pragmatic Play, Heart of Rio offers its users the opportunity to access a bonus feature in which free spins are awarded. To get these free spins, 3 scatter symbols, represented by a tom-tom, must appear on the same spin. This can only appear on reels 2, 3 and 4.

In the Heart of Rio bonus round, the Collect feature is also present and can occur on every spin. All money symbols that appear during the free spins on the grid are accumulated in the top right corner of the screen. On the final free spin, a giant 4x3 money symbol will appear on the first 4 reels and will contain the value of all the money symbols accumulated so far. If you see a Collect symbol on the last reel, you win the full amount!

During the Heart of Rio bonus you have the possibility to get 8 extra free spins if during the bonus you see 3 scatters appear simultaneously. There is no limit to the number of times you can retrigger.

Our opinion on Heart of Rio

Heart of Rio is a top notch creation from Pragmatic Play. First of all, the graphics of this slot are more than successful. The sound atmosphere immediately immerses us in the heat of Rio de Janeiro and its famous carnival, where the samba rhythms set the pace.

Finally, the bonus feature of Heart of Rio reminds us of other cult slots from this provider, and allows you to hit the jackpot thanks to the last spin which contains all the bonus money symbols.

This slot has a payout ratio (RTP) of 96.50% and offers a maximum multiplier of up to 10,500 times your original bet.