Bugs Money (Yggdrasil Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Bugs Money Slot Overview

Bugs Money from Reflex Gaming looks gentle at first glance, yet it plays like a coiled spring. It runs on a 5x3, 10 payline setup with high volatility and a headline max win of 55,028x. The garden scene is clean and cartoon-lite, while the gameplay leans on Glow Wilds and a punchy free spins picker with variable multipliers. RTP comes in several versions, with 95.5% the top setting. Golden Bet can be toggled for a higher chance to reach free spins at an extra stake.

Bugs Money Slot Information

Wins pay left to right, starting on reel 1. The lower-paying suits (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades) return 5x for five of a kind. Premiums are a blue flower, blue butterfly, ladybird, and purple butterfly, which land 20x to 100x for five across a line. The wild is a corked bottle with fireflies, subbing for all standard symbols. The scatter triggers the bonus. In free spins, a special Queen Bee appears on reel 3 as a wild that can supercharge multipliers.

RTP is configurable, most commonly 95.5%, with alternatives of 94.0%, 90.5%, and 86.0%. The volatility is high in the base game and can ramp up in the most aggressive free spins mode. I played comfortably from 0.20 per spin and found the tempo straightforward. The interface is tidy on mobile and desktop. The theme sits between playful and naturalistic, with soft hues and a light touch on animation that keeps the focus on multipliers and the feature cadence.

Bugs Money Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x100
	4	x40
	3	x10
	2	x1
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	5	x40
	4	x10
	3	x3
	2	x0.5
	5	x80
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	5	x100
	4	x40
	3	x10
	2	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	Scatter

Bugs Money Slot Features

Feature set is compact yet lively: Wild Symbol, Golden Bet, Glow Wilds, and Free Spins. Glow Wilds can hit on any spin and drop extra wilds on random positions. Free spins arrive via 3+ scatters, and you pick one of four modes that trade spin count for higher multiplier ceilings. On each bonus spin, a multiplier is drawn from the relevant range. The Queen Bee can land on the centre reel, acts as wild, and increases the active multiplier by x10.

Wild Symbol in Bugs Money

The wild is the firefly bottle and it can land on any reel. It substitutes all regular symbols, which helps premiums line up on the 10 fixed lines. It does not replace the scatter, and in the bonus it also sits alongside the Queen Bee, who is wild as well. I’ve had several base game lines saved by a bottle on reels 3 and 4, and it pairs neatly with Glow Wilds when the modifier lights up the grid.

Golden Bet in Bugs Money

Golden Bet increases the stake by 50% and more than doubles the chance of triggering free spins. It keeps the same paytable values, so you are paying for access frequency rather than bigger line hits. On high-volatility slots with a heavy bonus, I tend to toggle it when I’m hunting the feature rather than grinding base play.

Across longer sessions, the toggle smoothed out dry patches by feeding extra bonus entries. Bankroll swings remain punchy, so I size down the base stake before switching it on. If you prefer longer cycles between bonuses, leave it off and let the natural hit rate play out.

Glow Wilds in Bugs Money

Glow Wilds can trigger on any spin in both base and bonus. When it fires, glow bugs mark random spots and add several wilds. It’s a simple reel modifier that changes dead spins into live lines, especially when a couple of premiums are already stacked on adjacent reels.

My better base game clusters came from a mid-reel Glow Wilds burst that bridged two premium symbols. In free spins, the same modifier can drop alongside the Queen Bee, which is where things can get spicy, as a wild-rich board makes far better use of any multiplier drawn for that spin.

Free Spins in Bugs Money

Three or more scatters launch free spins with a pick between four modes: 3, 7, 10, or 15 spins. Each mode has its own multiplier band that is randomly selected on every spin. The most volatile choice is 3 spins, where the top multiplier is 50x. The safer picks trade peak multipliers for more spins, which helps with coverage on the 10-line layout.

The Queen Bee can land on reel 3. When she hits, she increases the current multiplier by x10 and counts as a wild. That means the 50x band can jump to a staggering 500x on the same spin. I’ve seen medium bands jump into silly territory once the Bee lands, so the mode you choose sets the ceiling rather than the full story.

Retriggers are possible by landing 3 scatters during the bonus, awarding the same number of spins you picked at the start. My best runs came from a 7-spin mode retrigger, as the extra spins let the picker’s mid-band multipliers show up often enough to clip strong lines without overexposing the session to pure variance.