Ali Baba’s Luck Megaways

Ali Baba's Luck Megaways: The Bigger, Bolder Sequel

Barely any time passed between the original Ali Baba's Luck and this Megaways follow-up, made possible by Red Tiger's license from Big Time Gaming. The result fuses the older expanding-symbol 'Book of' mechanic with the more modern Megaways engine, giving the Arabian Nights theme a substantial structural upgrade.

Visually, the two versions are close cousins rather than complete strangers - the same pink-and-purple palace room reappears, just zoomed out slightly to accommodate the new 6-reel Megaways grid at its centre, with a similarly exotic Arabian soundtrack running throughout. The reel area looks almost smaller despite generating far more action, since each of the six reels can now hold between two and five symbols, producing up to 15,625 ways to win on a fully expanded grid.

Rather than adding a cascade or tumble mechanic, Max Win Gaming has stuck with an expanding symbol dynamic that follows winning combinations, keeping a link to the original game's identity even with the Megaways overhaul. Wins require two matching high-pay symbols or three lows landing adjacently from the leftmost reel.

The numbers here are considerable: stakes run from a modest 20p up to a comparatively low £4 per spin, yet the max win reaches an eye-catching 20,336x the stake. RTP sits at 96.1%, ahead of the original version, with volatility maxed out at 5 out of 5. The hit rate matches that intensity at 5 out of 5 too, meaning wins land often - but a separate free spins frequency of just 1 out of 5 tells a very different story, and players should be prepared for potentially long waits between bonus rounds given how RTP is distributed here.

Ali Baba's Luck Megaways is a game that rewards patience and a decent bankroll relative to its low maximum stake, with genuinely huge upside if the free spins round does trigger. It's a faithful yet substantially bigger evolution of the original, and one of the more extreme high-volatility Megaways titles in the Red Tiger stable. The free demo at johnessyslots is the ideal way to experience the 15,625-ways action before deciding whether to chase that 20,336x ceiling for real.