Starburst slot: Expanding wilds and respins

The reel layout is compact; the feature changes one reel at a time

The supplier describes three rows across five reels and a maximum of ten lines. A winning line is assessed under the game's paytable. A Starburst wild can substitute for ordinary paying symbols; it does not make every spin a win, and the provider lists the same base layout regardless of which symbols land.

The unusual part is the full-reel expansion. When the designated wild appears, it expands across its reel and a respin follows. That event changes one column while the rest of the grid remains part of the same sequence. It is a rule of the named release, not a general rule for other games that use wilds.

What a respin means in this release

A respin is another reel action linked to a feature event. NetEnt's public description says that the expanding Starburst wild triggers it. The page does not publish a fixed number of respins per session or a schedule for when the symbol will appear; neither can be inferred from the feature description.

The supplier's page gives an RTP of 96.08%, a maximum payout of 800 times the bet and a hit-frequency figure of 23%. RTP is a long-run model for the stated setting, while hit frequency is a different statistic. Neither number predicts whether a feature will appear during an individual session.

A simple sequence, without an assumed result

Imagine a spin places the special wild on a reel. The reel expands, the game checks the resulting arrangement against the paytable, and the linked respin takes place. After that step, the game returns to its ordinary spin flow unless another feature event is triggered. This describes sequence only; no winning amount is implied.

For an exact copy, open its help panel and compare the displayed RTP and rules with the provider's public specifications. NetEnt lists its minimum and maximum stake in euros on the public page, so those figures have not been converted into pounds here.

What the public facts leave out

NetEnt leaves the volatility field blank on the cited page. This guide therefore does not label Starburst low, medium or high volatility. A missing label is not evidence that outcomes are evenly spaced or predictable.

The provider page documents a bonus mode and a feature-buy control, but it does not establish whether every GB-facing game copy exposes the same controls. This page does not state that a named operator offers the game or any particular feature setting.

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