The Border Slot Overview

The Border is a new casino slot from Nolimit City that takes us to a place where a gigantic wall stands in the way of great riches, but the few people who manage to get past it can be richly rewarded. It's a place surrounded by dangerous cartels and patrol agents, where the lucky visitor can scoop up winnings worth up to 44288X the bet. They recently released the game Road Rage which, despite its angry theme, had a lighter approach design-wise, where within this version you once again get to enjoy a more solid, darker design reminiscent of what you've seen previously within Folsom Prison, among others.

This is a game that offers a large smorgasbord of various festive features, where we have among other mechanics like xNudge, xWays, xBet, xBomb, xSplit and xCluster, which help to create an entertaining gaming experience that certainly will create many nerve-wracking moments in front of the screen. Let's find out what stats this game has.

The Border is a video slot from Nolimit City that features 6 reels and 6 rows. You create a win by landing 5 or more of the same symbol type in a cluster, where a win then activates a cascading feature. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.20 and a Max.bet of 100, but by activating the xRip you can make a bet of up to 150. The game has been created with 3 different RTPs, with an RTP of 96.17% by default, but gaming operators can also choose to use one of the lower RTPs of either 94.07% or 92.15%. The Border has a high volatility and a hit frequency of 29.58%, where you can win up to 44288X the bet. This maximum win is achieved on average 1 in 44M spins. The game's free spins bonus game is activated on average at 1 in 260 spins and a win of 100X or higher is created at 1 in 634 spins on average.

In this volatile place among dangerous gangsters and trigger-happy agents, we have a couple of great features to help us in our quest for the bigger wins. The features are Cluster Payout, xWays, xSplit, xNudge Cluster Wild, xBomb Wild, xCluster, Boosted xRIP, Mule Spins, Coyote Spins, Seized & Destroyed and Bonus Buy.

The Border Slot Information

The game design is themed around the border between the US and Mexico. It is a place that people are constantly trying to cross as the grass is said to be greener on the other side. In the background of the reels, you can see the giant wall that separates these countries, and you can play this slot on all the devices notepads, desktops and mobiles. You create a winning combination by landing 5 or more of the same symbol type in a cluster, which then activates the cascading feature that removes the winning symbols and then new symbols fall down to cover the empty positions.

The lower paying symbols are a scorpion, a snake and a vulture. If you land 160 or more of the same symbol type, it pays 553.85X the bet. The higher paying symbols are characters with background colors of red, orange, green, beige and yellow. If you land 160 or more of the same symbol type, it pays between 1107.2X to 2214.4X the bet. During the spins you will also be able to take advantage of many other festive symbols, where we have xSplit, xWays, xBomb Wild, normal Wild and a dollar sign shaped symbol which is the game's scatter symbol. Let's find out what the features do.

The Border Slot Features

What is the max win in the slot The Border?

You can win up to 44288X the bet.

What features are available in the slot The Border?

The features are Cluster Payout, xWays, xSplit, xNudge Cluster Wild, xBomb Wild, xCluster, Boosted xRIP, Mule Spins, Coyote Spins, Seized & Destroyed and Bonus Buy.

Cluster Payout

When you land 5 or more of the same symbol type in a cluster, a win is created. The winning symbols will then disappear from the reels and then new symbols will fall down on the reels to cover the empty positions. This cascading feature continues as long as new wins are created.

xWays

If you land one or more xWays symbols, these will turn into 2 or 4 of the same symbol type each. They will always show the same symbol type, and this results in the chances of creating winning clusters increasing.

xSplit

During your spins, the xSplit symbols can randomly land on the reels 2 to 6. It will then split and double the symbols on the left, turning itself into a wild symbol. If splitting symbols have already been split, they will receive a multiplier of up to 64X, based on the number of symbols on its reel.

xNudge Cluster Wild

This symbol, consisting of a golden W with the American flag in the background, can nudge down or up if it is part of a winning cluster. The wild helps to enable more winning combinations by substituting for other paying symbols. Each nudge it makes will increase the win multiplier by 1X and if it nudges over a symbol that already has a multiplier, it will increment with that value.

The direction of this nudge is where the winning symbols are, and it continues until there are no more symbols that are part of the winning cluster. If this symbol has been split by an xSplit, it will start by adding its current multiplier value to the total win multiplier.

xBomb Wild

This symbol will always explode before the next cascade occurs and then all adjacent symbols will be removed, except the wild and scatter symbols. This also increases the total win multiplier by 1X and if it has been split, the win multiplier will increase by the amount that the xBomb has been split into.

xCluster

Within the bonus mode, you can take advantage of the xCluster and it is activated by 2 or more symbol clusters being activated simultaneously. This will then increase the total win multiplier by 1X for each symbol cluster that occurs after the second cluster. Its addition to the win multiplier is immediate and will be applied to all wins on that spin.

Boosted xRIP

You can activate this by paying 50% extra of your bet size, which guarantees you to land a scatter symbol on reel 1 on every spin. Any winnings less than the amount of your bet size will not be paid out when you have the Boosted xRIP activated.

Mule Spins

If you land 6 scatter symbols, the Mule Spins will be activated, and you will be welcomed with 10 free spins. Within this bonus mode, cluster symbols will be infected before the xSplit and xNudge are activated if you have an xWays included in this win. Depending on whether the xWays show 2 or 4 symbols, will then result in these infected symbols also showing 2 or 4 symbols respectively. If you land additional scatter symbols, then you will upgrade the bonus to the Coyote Spins instead, which gives 2 extra free spins.

Coyote Spins

If you land 7 or more scatter symbols, the Coyote Spins will be activated, and you will be welcomed with 12 free spins. For every additional scatter symbol, you land beyond the first 7, you will receive 2 extra free spins. The xWays symbols will again infect cluster symbols, but the difference within the Coyote Spins is that all cluster symbols will be infected.

Within this bonus game, the total win multiplier will not reset and all xBomb symbols will add their multuplier to all symbols with an xX indicator on them, with the xBombs without a multplier adding 1X.

Seized & Destroyed

The game's potential maximum win is 44288X the bet and when this is reached, a winning screen will be displayed along with this multiplier and the winnings you have created.

Bonus Buy

If you want to take advantage of the bonus games right away, you can use the bonus buy option. You can then choose between these three different options:

98X = You activate the Mule Spins bonus game, where there is an RTP of 96.32% and the maximum bet size is €100.

914X = You activate the Coyote Spins bonus game, where there is an RTP of 96.03% and the maximum bet size is €10.

506X = You will have a 50/50 chance to activate either the Mule or Coyote bonus game, where there is an RTP of 96.05% and the maximum bet size is €10.

The Border Slot Conclusion

Nolimit City, known for constantly crossing borders in the gaming world with new innovative features and themes, chooses this time to create a game themed around the border between Mexico and US. Unlike this place's immense security that creates difficulties for people to cross the border, the game provider elegantly moves into a new territory, as they introduce the cluster pays mechanic. It's something we haven't seen before in games from them, and it proves to intertwine very elegantly with the other features. It's a cluster of nerve-wracking x-symbols that you can take advantage of during the spins, with the xWays, Split, xBomb and xCluster giving it great variety among the spins.

The base game many times proved to be able to deliver hefty wins during our spins, but the bonus game, especially the Coyote Spins was along with its infected cluster symbols, steady win multiplier and generous number of free spins, a very festive bonus game to take part in. There you quickly understood how it can be possible to win up to 44288X the bet, which by the way is a figure based on the number of kilos of powder for snow parties that were seized in 2021. The game has a solid setup with features, and it was about time this game provider took part of the cluster pays mechanic, better late than never and they apply it with great skill to this theme. Its captivating effects along with this great variety of events happening on the reels, will with great probability make this a new favorite for many players out there.

The Border is a slot where Nolimit City ironically breaks the border and tests uncharted territory, where they apply the cluster pays mechanic that intertwines wonderfully with the other features.