If American nationalism makes you sick, you might unfortunately not really appreciate a game session on the Bars and Stripes slot machine. It proudly flies many flags from this country. Its symbols are also key elements of U.S. culture: hot dogs, hamburgers and other American pies. To these are added the head of an eagle and the Statue of Liberty, among other things.

Fortunately, although they remain very classical and sober, its graphics are nonetheless rather well designed. On the other hand, as far as the soundtrack goes, Microgaming uses once again its famous slot machine sound effects which are starting to become tiring.

A general overview

The Bars and Stripes video slot machine does not impress by the richness of its gaming possibilities. It has 5 reels and 25 payment lines. In order to help you win money, you can rely on a Wild and a Scatter symbol. As far as features go, this slot machine offers only a limited bonus game which can still, however, make you win 47.500 coins. The jackpot outside of this feature is of 5.000 coins.

A huge range of available bets

If you appreciate being given the choice on how much you bet, you will certainly not be disappointed with Bars and Stripes. Different currencies are offered. You can choose any of the following values: 0,01, 0,02, 0,05, 0,10, 0,20, 0,25, 0,50 or 1 $/£/€. On top of that, you can bet from 1 to 10 coins per payment line. Thanks to that, the range of bets is very wide since it goes from only 0,01 $/£/€ to no less than 250 $/£/€.

A multiplying Wild

The Wild symbol of the Bars and Stripes slot machine is inscribed with the title of the game. It is used to replace any other symbol in order to form winning combinations. On the other hand, it cannot be substituted either for the Scatter symbol depicting an American football or for the hat symbol which triggers the bonus game. If the Wild symbol allows you to for a winning combination, the gains you make are multiplied by 2. On top of that, if you manage to get 2, 3, 4 or 5 Bars and Stripes symbols on a single activated payment line, you win respectively 10, 150, 1.000 or 5.000 coins, which is the jackpot on this slot.

It can happen that this Wild symbol allows you to form, on a single activated payment line, several different winning combinations. In this case, what happens is, only the most lucrative one pays out. On the other hand, the gains from different activated payment lines naturally all add up.

A Scatter

The Scatter symbol depicts an American football. It can make you win money even if it does not appear on an activated payment line. If you get it 3, 4 or 5 times anywhere on the reels, it makes you win respectively 2, 20 or 200 coins, multiplied by everything you have bet.

A bonus game

If you get at least 3 symbols which depict a hat, anywhere on the screen, you can trigger a rather limited bonus game which takes place on the reels. It is largely reminiscent of the Click me features of some of Betsoft slot machines such as The Glam Life, Treasure Room or Aztec Treasures, to name a few. In the course of this bonus game, you will have to select 1, 2 or 3 hats, depending on how many you got in the first place. Each one of them is attached to a randomly defined sum. You then win the total sum of of these gains, multiplied by the number of coins bet and the number of activated payment lines. In total, you can potentially win up to 47.500 during this bonus game.

Despite its relative poverty as far as features are concerned, the Bars and Stripes offers great graphics. Its strongest selling points are its very wide range of bets and its bonus game which can make you win quite a lot of money. It can thus please small players and high rollers alike. Its pay-out rates is estimated at somewhere between 93% and 96%. As far as its variance is concerned, it is average, that is, that gains are evenly divided between small gains and huge sums. The maximum gain is of 50.000 $/£/€ if you play with 1 $/£/€ per spin. I have won 300 $/£/€ only last week while playing Bar and Stripes and betting 0,50 $/£/€ per spin and getting 5 eagle symbols on the same payment line.