Mega Moolah 5 Reel Drive is Microgaming’s historical five-reel, 15-payline progressive slot. The title and rules shown in the screenshots identify this edition; they should not be substituted with those of the original non-progressive 5 Reel Drive. Its road-trip theme combines drivers, vehicles, a traffic-sign Wild and police-car scatters.
Bet settings and payout units
The photographed interface has 15 active lines and 20 coins staked per line, producing a 300-coin total bet. At the displayed 0.05 denomination, the complete spin costs 15.00 currency units. The captures do not show a currency symbol, so this amount is not presented as dollars or euros. These settings describe the historical screen, not a universal current betting limit.
Line awards run left to right, and only the highest combination on a selected payline is paid. Paytable values for regular symbols are multiplied by the number of coins staked on that line. Scatter awards instead use the total bet.
A verified line-win example
The paytable gives the truck-driver symbol 25 for three matching symbols, 200 for four and 1,000 for five; two pay 12. At 20 coins per line, the three-symbol result pays 25 × 20 = 500 coins. With a 0.05 coin value, that is a return of 25.00. If it is the sole award on the illustrated 15.00 paid spin, the net profit is 10.00.
The tyre-and-checkered-flag symbol has a five-symbol line award of 10,000. That number is a paytable value to multiply by coins per line, not 10,000 times the complete multi-line stake and not a progressive jackpot amount. Do not mix coins, currency units and total-stake multipliers.
Traffic-sign Wild and police-car scatters
The traffic-sign Wild substitutes for all symbols except scatters and appears only on reels two, three and four. Its rules do not describe the automatic doubling used by some other Mega Moolah variants, so that multiplier is not applied here.
Three, four or five police-car scatters pay 5×, 20× or 50× the total bet respectively, and trigger ten free spins. On the pictured 300-coin bet, three scatters therefore pay 1,500 coins, worth 75.00 at 0.05 per coin, alongside the feature. The scatter award is added to qualifying line wins.
Free spins and progressive jackpots
The free-spin feature has a 5× multiplier, retains the triggering bet and lines, and can be triggered again. It is separate from the randomly triggered progressive wheel, which awards one of four tiers: Mini, Minor, Major or Mega.
The progressive instructions say the wheel cannot trigger during free spins. If both features are awarded together, the wheel is played first. The screen also says a higher bet improves the chance of the progressive, but supplies no numerical odds. A higher stake also costs more and never guarantees a jackpot.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the nine-line original 5 Reel Drive?
No. The title bar and line diagrams identify the 15-line Mega Moolah progressive edition.
Does the traffic-sign Wild double a win?
The captured rules specify substitution and reels two to four, without a doubling rule. Do not import that rule from another slot.
What is the cost of the 300-coin setting?
At the pictured 0.05 denomination it costs 15.00 currency units, across all 15 lines.
Can the progressive trigger during free spins?
No, according to this edition’s photographed help. A simultaneous award resolves the jackpot wheel before the free spins.
Do these screenshots verify current availability or RTP?
No. They verify historical game rules and settings. A current RTP and operator-wide stake range have not been independently established here; check the actual offered game’s help.
Sources and edition notes
The numerical examples use the branded in-game rules and paytable captured in LCB’s Mega Moolah 5 Reel Drive gallery. All three screenshots were checked visually. Their Microgaming copyright marking and full game title distinguish the edition. The existing page address is retained even though its path contains “roulette”; this is a slot review.
