The Traffic Camera Game is a casino slot machine designed by Microgaming that revolves around the theme of traffic enforcement and fines for speeding. This 5-reel, 9-payline game has an exciting twist on classic slot gameplay, incorporating elements of authority and punishment into its design.
Theme and Design
At first glance, The Traffic Camera Game appears to be a standard online casino slot machine with bright colors and clear graphics. However, the theme is what sets it apart from other Microgaming CCTV Traffic Game for free slots. Players are transported to a bustling city where speeding tickets are being handed out left and right by traffic cameras mounted on streetlights. As players spin the reels, they will encounter various symbols related to traffic enforcement, including police officers, speed limit signs, traffic cones, and even speeding cars.
The background of the game is set in a modern metropolitan area with towering skyscrapers and busy streets, complete with moving cars, buses, and pedestrians walking by. The graphics are rendered in high definition, making for an immersive experience that draws players into the world of speeding tickets and fines.
Symbols
As mentioned earlier, symbols on The Traffic Camera Game reels relate to traffic enforcement. Players will encounter:
- High-paying symbols:
- Speeding Car (5x, 10x, or 50x bet multiplier)
- Police Officer (3x, 6x, or 30x bet multiplier)
- Speed Limit Sign (2x, 4x, or 20x bet multiplier)
- Medium-paying symbols:
- Traffic Cone
- Streetlight with Camera
- Warning Light on a Billboard
- Low-paying symbols:
- Standard Playing Cards
The high-paying symbols can be found on the reels in stacks of three to five. These stacked wins contribute significantly to the overall payouts.
Payouts
In terms of payouts, The Traffic Camera Game offers some fairly standard rewards for landing winning combinations on active paylines:
- 9-payline slot:
- Maximum payout: $10,000
- Average win per spin (based on RTP): 0.95% to 1.25%
- Wild symbol payouts are applied according to the original game rules.
Wilds
The Speed Limit Sign and Streetlight with Camera symbols serve as wilds in The Traffic Camera Game. When either of these symbols lands on a payline, they will substitute for other symbols (excluding scatters) to create winning combinations, increasing total payout values accordingly.
However, it’s worth noting that neither the Police Officer nor Speeding Car symbol acts as a traditional Wild in terms of its ability to create additional winlines or multiply payouts; their primary role is more thematic.
Scatters
The Traffic Camera Game does not use scatters strictly for triggering bonus games but rather serves another purpose:
- Bonus Game Trigger: The Streetlight with Camera (scatter) will trigger the Free Spins feature when 3, 4, or 5 of these symbols appear anywhere on reels 1 to 5.
Bonus Features
Free Spins are a key element in this slot. Upon activation by three or more scatters, players can choose from one out of five cameras set up along busy roads at either side of the street for the chance of Free Spin activations and their bonus features.
- Feature #1: Police Officer Bonus: This will give you 5 Free Spins with a progressive multiplier increasing as per your chosen camera.
- Feature #2 & Feature #3: Award up to an additional 10 extra spins after collecting all free games awarded from the 15 selected, respectively.
- Feature #4 & Feature #5 (Traffic Camera): These 2 variations feature randomly assigned Multiplier or "Random Extra Spin."
In addition to standard Free Spins with multipliers applied during that playthrough period in this slot machine.
The overall win limit per spin is capped at $10,000, while any total wins accumulated by players up through the duration their session are displayed separately.