This 5-reel 40-payline slot was developed by IGT in 2012 and it is still attracting high rollers. The slot accepts bets up to 2000 coins and offers wins up to x1000 a line bet. Stacked Wilds and free spins are there to help you win it big. Coyote Moon is based on an intriguing theme of Anasazi, or Ancestral Puebloans. This is a native American tribe who lived in the desert and mountain regions of the Southern America thousands years ago before they completely disappeared. This is a mystery and as such it adds thrills to the gameplay.

Gameplay

The slot features 40 paylines and you may select the number of lines you like to bet on. A line bet is also adjustable within a broad range from 1 to 50 coins. In fact, line bets may be set at an even higher level if you have enough money on your balance, so high rollers are welcome. Adjustments are easily manageable because the interface is typical for the IGT game library and requires no efforts at all. These two simple controls shape up your total bet which may range from 1 up to 2000 coins per spin (and more).

Slot symbols: Mystery stuff pays well

Ancestral Puebloans disappeared not without a trace but this trace raises questions with no answers so far. They left us many inexplicable artifacts including giant sketches in the desert visible only from a bird’s eye view. Could those ancient people fly? Do these sketches show the way to hidden treasures? It is unknown; yet the slot features one of mysterious sketches as a Bonus Scatter symbol which is meant to guide you to treasures and riches!

There are 9 non-feature symbols, a Wild and a Bonus Scatter. Non-feature symbols represent five playing cards from 9 through to A, a Cattle Scull and four desert animals – Lizard, Bird, Deer and Coyote (listed here in an ascending order of payout). Non-feature symbols pay from the leftmost reel to the rightmost reel each time when you land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on any active payline. If you manage to compose more than one winning line in a single spin, all line wins are added and paid to your balance. Line wins range from x5 up to x1000.

In contrast to other IGT slots, this one allows adjusting the number of lines between 1 and 40. It is advisable to take care of it in advance and activate all 40 lines each spin as soon as only the activated lines pay out, and the bigger number of active lines means higher chances to win. To keep you aware of a current game mode, all slot symbols slightly change their visual design when you enter free spins or return to base game.

You can entrust the autoplay feature with spinning the reels for you. To do so, you should select the number of active lines and set a line bet. Then you should choose the number of spins to run automatically within a range from 10 to 50 and the automatic spinning starts right away. You may stop the mode after any spin with the Stop button.

Stacked Wild feature

A Wild symbol (a Coyote) in this slot is of a special nature. Firstly, it pays out up to x1000 your line bet when 3, 4 or 5 Coyotes land on an active line. Wild symbols appear on the reels in stacks, so Wilds can fill in an entire reel or even a few reels at a time. A Wild symbol in the slot substitutes for all non-feature symbols and does it in an adorable and generous way. Try the slot, activate all the 40 lines and see the reels covered by Wild symbols!

Free spins: A bonus of great earning capacity

The slot is equipped with an essential feature of free spins. To activate the feature you have to land at least 3 Bonus Scatters in any position on any of 3 central reels, that is, reel 2, 3 or 4. This achievement awards you two bonuses at once. The first bonus is an instant cash prize equal to x2 your total bet in a triggering spin, so between 2 and 4000 coins depending on your line bet. This Scatter bonus is paid in addition to any line win you score in a triggering round.

The second prize is five free spins. The seemingly short duration of free spins may disappoint someone but there is a lavish extra bonus during free spins! The feature is played with Stacked Wilds that become more plentiful during free spins. Amalgamation of free spins and a Stacked Wild feature makes this bonus more lucrative than it might look at a glance. Give it a try and enjoy your wins, with a bit of luck you are going to raise a lot of cash.

Though a Free Spins bonus is not a retriggerable feature in this slot, it is indeed a good moneymaker. You cannot increase your bet after entering a free spin mode because the spins run automatically and all buttons are not active. So consider the prospects of running 5 free spins with stacked wilds, which are more generous in a free spin mode than in base game, and think of placing a higher line bet in base game in order to milk the feature for all it’s worth.

Summary

This is a 5-reel 40-payline slot that is powered by IGT and accepts bets of up to 2000 coins. The game awards line wins of up to x1000 a line bet and scatter wins of x2 a total bet. Features are limited to wild symbols, stacked wilds and 5 non-retriggerable free spins. Though simple in design and limited in features, the slot has a great winning capacity and deserves a good deal of gamblers’ attention.