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Happy Hooves

Return to Player96.49%
Happy Hooves

Happy Hooves is another slot revolving around Pragmatic Play’s Powernudge feature. Nudging reels down (or sometimes up, in this case) gives you extra chances to match symbols and win cash prizes.

Happy Hooves offers a top payout of 5,000x your bet, and you can trigger the Powernudge Respin feature with Mystery symbols and increasing multipliers!

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Game Data

Software providerSoftware:

Pragmatic Play

RTPRelease Date:

2022-09-08

Reels amountReels:

5

Slot VolatilityVolatility:

High

Slot Game TypeGame type:

Video Slots

Slot PaylinesPaylines:

40

Min coin betMin coin:

0.40

Max coin betMax coin:

200.00

Free spins offeredFree spins:

YES Yes

Wild SymbolsWild symbol:

YES Yes

Progressive jackpotProgressive:

NO NO

MultipliersMultipliers:

NO No

How to Play

In Happy Hooves, the playing area features five reels with four rows and 40 fixed paylines. You can play it on your desktop or mobile browser, whichever device you prefer. When you’re ready to give it a try, follow these quick steps:

  • Launch our demo to play for free, or sign in to an online casino to play for real.
  • Choose a stake of between $0.40 and $100 for each spin.
  • Push the Spin button to try to land matching symbols.
  • Gamble responsibly and always stick to your betting limit.

Game Interface & Controls

When I started playing Happy Hooves, the interface and controls felt comfortably familiar from other Pragmatic Play slots.

It’s best to check the paytable before you play a slot for the first time, and you can press the ‘i’ button to open Happy Hooves’ paytable. This covers the symbols, payouts, and more.

The default bet is $2, but you can increase or decrease your stake quickly with the ‘+’ and ‘-’ buttons, respectively.

Happy Hooves Start
Ready to play? Just hit the Spin button to get started!

Game Symbols

There are four horse symbols, and each one can double up to become a two-horse Wild symbol. There are also four royals: J, Q, K, and A. The symbols are split into four colour groups: a blue horse with blue J, a purple horse with purple Q, a green horse with green K, and a red horse with red A.

Happy Hooves pay
There are also four royals: J, Q, K, and A.

Non-paying symbols include the Scatter, Mystery, Golden, and Nudge Up symbols. I’ll explain how these work and why they matter later.

Happy Hooves Scatter
Non-paying symbols include the Scatter.

The blue J and purple Q pay 0.75x your bet for 5. The green K and red A offer a little more at 1.25x for 5.

The blue, purple, green, and red horses award your stake 1.87x, 2.25x, 3x, and 3.75x, respectively. But the Wilds award 5x, 6.25x, 7.50x, and 10x your bet for the blue, purple, green, and red, respectively.

How to Win

Each paying symbol in Happy Hooves awards payouts for three, four, or five on a payline. Winning combinations pay from left to right and always start on the first reel.

Bonus Features

Here are the bonuses you can find in Happy Hooves:

1. Wild Symbols

Each of the four Wild symbols only substitutes for symbols within its colour group. For example, a blue Wild only stands for the blue horse or blue J.

2. Mystery Symbol

Mystery symbols open to reveal a Wild symbol or a Golden symbol. Each Golden symbol reveals a Scatter or a random money value as a multiplier of the bet. Possible multipliers are 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, 100x, or 250x your bet.

Happy Hooves mystery
Mystery symbols open to reveal a Wild symbol.

Reels containing Mystery symbols nudge down one position automatically, revealing new symbols at the top while the other reels respin. The game then pays again for any winning combinations, and the remaining Mystery symbols reveal new random symbols. The nudges continue until no more Mystery symbols are left on the reels.

Happy Hooves golden
The Golden symbol reveals a ScatterS.

3. Powernudge Respin feature

The Powernudge feature starts when three or more Scatters land anywhere. Eight Mystery symbols appear, split across two random reels. The game then nudges the reels and triggers respins as it does in the base game. The feature ends when no more Mystery symbols remain.

Mystery symbols may reveal a new symbol in the Powernudge Respin round: the Nudge Up symbol. When the next nudge occurs, the reels nudge up instead of down.

On top of that, a multiplier applies to each respin, starting from x1 and increasing by x1 for each subsequent nudge and respin.

4. Buy Respin Feature

You can trigger the Powernudge Respin feature instantly for 100x your bet.

Max Win, You Can Expect?

Happy Hooves has a max win of 5,000x your stake. That’s not spectacular, but it’s decent. It’s also the same as the top payouts in Pragmatic Play’s other Powernudge slots, Sugar Supreme Powernudge and Sweet Powernudge.

How RTP Affects Payouts

The theoretical Return to Player (RTP) for Happy Hooves is 96.49%, which drops to 96.29% if you use the Buy Respin Feature option.

Happy Hooves is highly volatileso that wins can be more significant than in a lower-volatile slot. For me, payouts came often and either matched my stake or fell just short of it.

Visual & Sound Experience

Happy Hooves has detailed graphics and excellent horse symbol animations when they land in a winning combo. The background in the base game is a little dreary, but it picks up in the Powernudge Respin feature when the action moves outdoors. The music has a gentle and relaxing sound that suits the theme, too.

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You can play our free Happy Hooves demo and test the gameplay without risk! Try the base game and the Powernudge Respin feature with thousands of virtual credits.

How Do Happy Hooves Compare?

Slots featuring animals are popular, and there’s plenty of variety. You can play slots with realistic visuals, multiple features, and simple cartoony games focusing on basic gameplay.

For example, Blazing Bison Gold Blitz includes four jackpots, a Free Spins feature, and Multiplier Wilds. Buffalo Ways, set in a similar North American setting, features stacked symbols and a Free Spins round.

But Bar Bar Black Sheep is a much simpler slot, with just three reels and no bonus features (except a Wild symbol). But its fun design should appeal to fans of traditional slot machines.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

  • Mystery symbols can award prizes and Scatters.
  • Nudges may create multiple wins during a spin.
  • Powernudge Respin feature includes increasing multiplier for potentially higher wins.
  • 96.49% RTP is solid.
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Cons:

  • Visuals could use more color in the base game.
  • Very low symbol values.

Our Verdict

Happy Hooves uses Pragmatic Play’s Powernudge feature to give you extra chances to win, and the Nudge Up symbol gives it a fresh spin. The max win is fine at 5,000 your bet, but you can play for more in other high-volatility slots. I found the symbol values to be disappointingly low, so the bonuses come in handy for boosting your payouts.

Overall, I enjoyed Happy Hooves, but Sugar Supreme Powernudge and Sweet Powernudge offer more value for money.

Author Lisa Michaels

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Lisa started off as a croupier at her local casino. However she found her niche in writing and has subsequently used her real-world gambling experiences to help produce and review the many online slots that are released monthly. Lisa also contributes to keeping you up to date with Canadian newsworthy stories.

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