Starburst Slot Guide
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NetEnt's Starburst is a 5x3 slot machine with 10 fixed paylines that pay both ways, released on 23 January 2012. Its Starburst Wild expands to cover the whole reel and triggers a respin, with a top prize of 800 times the bet.
How it plays
Starburst displays 5 reels in 3 rows. The 10 paylines are fixed, and wins pay both ways, meaning lines can start from either the leftmost reel or the rightmost. There are no cascades and no chains of bonus rounds. The expanding wild is the star.
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The feature that defines Starburst
NetEnt states that the Starburst Wild expands to cover the whole reel and triggers a respin. If a Starburst Wild appears on another reel during the respin, that reel also expands and the wilds already in place stay locked. The respins end when no new Starburst Wild lands on the reels.
The mechanism itself is not complicated. It just feels solid: one feature, a few respins at most, and a lot of flashing gems.
Published numbers
NetEnt publishes an RTP of 96.08% for Starburst, with a hit frequency of 23.00% and a maximum win of 800 times the bet. The hit frequency means that, on average, a little under one spin in four returns some kind of win, often smaller than the stake.
The maximum win of 800 times the bet is modest next to many newer slots, which fits a game built around frequent small hits rather than rare huge ones. Trying the free demo is the easiest way to see how that rhythm feels before playing for money.
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