The Chicken Run slot machine is a 5-reel video slot game developed by Barcrest Games, which was acquired by Scientific Games Corporation in 2011. Released to commemorate the success of Nick Park’s claymation movie "Chicken Run," this game combines entertainment and humor with potentially lucrative wins.
Theme and Design
Set on a farm filled with chickens preparing for flight, Chicken Run’s theme revolves around Chicken Run escape, friendship, and determination. The slot features an animated barnyard scene with cartoon-style characters that roam about the reels when winnings are made or during free spin rounds. This adds to the game’s amusement factor as players join Ginger and her gang on their daring adventure.
Symbols
The paytable in Chicken Run features farm-themed symbols that bring home the theme:
- Wild Chick (Ginger) – acts like a substitute for other regular paying symbols
- Farmer – highest-paying regular symbol, awarding up to 500 coins per spin for five of a kind
- Hen – second-highest paying regular symbol, offering up to 200 coins when landing five across the reel set
- Cock – third in line among the standard symbol payouts with potential wins reaching up to 100 coins
- Letter B – part of the movie-inspired "Escape" feature where it triggers free games and prizes
- Low-paying symbols like Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten and Nine
Payouts
Winning combinations on Chicken Run are triggered by landing a minimum three identical symbols (left-to-right or right-to-left) across its five reels, starting from the leftmost reel to ensure that each winning combination is made. The total value of a payout for these regular paying symbols ranges between 5x and 500x bet amounts.
Wilds
In this slot, Ginger, the wild symbol, stands in place for missing icons to complete potential wins or improve payouts when landing next to other high-paying or low-paying symbols.
Scatters and Bonus Features
2 types of scatters exist:
- Escape Scatter – appearing on reels three and five triggers free games if the letter B appears anywhere across the first two reels.
- Regular Scatter (letter F) – appearing anyplace grants one extra spin after being landed during regular gameplay.
The Chicken Run slot does not offer a traditional progressive jackpot as seen in many other slots with this theme, yet it offers other rewards including potential wins of up to x2000 from the bonus feature which comes alongside free spins. A 50x win multiplier can also occur throughout these extra turns for higher earnings.
Free Spins
Up to two hundred free games are granted when players land specific combinations across reels during base game:
- Land escape letter and B, it awards twenty no multipliers
- Catching only F from anywhere increases regular slot action by a single turn (up to 200x)
Each time the "Escape" bonus is activated or triggered with additional wilds awarded for increased wins.
RTP
Chicken Run features an RTP rate of ninety-five percent, ensuring that more than two-fifths of stakes return as potential earnings over extended gaming periods.