Great Rhino Megaways app

Great Rhino Megaways app overview

Great Rhino Megaways is Pragmatic Play’s Megaways take on its earlier Great Rhino slot, using the Megaways mechanic licensed from Big Time Gaming. The savannah theme puts the rhino and other African wildlife on the high-value symbols, with card ranks filling the lower tier. It sits in the same family as Buffalo King Megaways, which shares its maximum ways count.

There is no separate Great Rhino Megaways app. You play it inside a real-money casino app or mobile site from a UK-licensed operator, where it shares your account balance, limits and verification. For more on Pragmatic’s catalogue on phones, see our Pragmatic Play provider page.

Where the 200,704 ways come from

Each main reel shows a changing number of symbols on every spin. A horizontal reel runs across the top of the middle four reels, adding one more symbol to each of them. With the most symbols showing, the outer reels hold seven and the four middle reels hold eight, which gives 7 × 8 × 8 × 8 × 8 × 7 = 200,704 ways. Most spins show far fewer.

More ways does not mean more money back. The RTP is fixed regardless of how many ways a spin shows; a high count simply spreads possible wins across more combinations. Our ways to win entry explains the difference between ways and paylines.

Great Rhino Megaways on a phone screen

Megaways games pack a lot onto a phone. In portrait, the six reels and the top reel sit in the upper part of the screen, the ways counter shows above them and the spin and stake buttons sit at the bottom. When a reel shows seven or eight symbols, each animal becomes small, and the top reel symbols are smaller still. Landscape widens the reels and makes the animals easier to identify.

Megaways animations use more processing power than classic five-reel slots. On older phones, the game may take longer to load and drain the battery faster. Our casino app data usage page covers data and battery in more detail.

How to play Great Rhino Megaways in an app

1. Sign in to a UKGC-licensed casino app and search for Great Rhino. Choose the Megaways edition, as the original Great Rhino is a separate game.
2. Let the game load and open the information screen to check the RTP, paytable and free spins rules.
3. Set your stake. The selector stops at £5 per spin if you are 25 or over and £2 if you are aged 18–24.
4. Tap Spin. Wins pay for matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left, counting every symbol of that type on each reel.
5. Watch winning symbols tumble away and new ones drop in until no further win forms.
6. Review results in your account’s game history if you want to check a round later.

Our guide to playing slots on your phone covers stakes, history and settings more broadly.

Tumbles and free spins with a rising multiplier

Tumble feature

After every win, the winning symbols disappear and new ones fall into their places, dropping in on the main reels and sliding along the top reel. The chain continues until a tumble produces no new win. See our cascading reels entry for the general mechanic.

Free spins

Four or more scatter symbols start the free spins round. During the feature, each tumble win raises the win multiplier by 1x, so a long chain of tumbles can lift later wins considerably. Three or more scatters during the feature add five more free spins. Pragmatic Play’s description also refers to a choice of free spins options with different multipliers, so read the rules screen in your version to see exactly what is offered and how many spins each option gives.

Worked example: in free spins, a 40p stake produces a chain where the multiplier has reached 4x when a £1.50 symbol win lands. That win pays £6. The example shows how the maths works; many free spins rounds end below the stake that triggered them. Our multiplier entry has more examples.

RTP 96.58%, high volatility and the 20,000x max win

The published RTP is 96.58%, a theoretical cost of about £3.42 per £100 staked over a very long run. Pragmatic also supplies lower versions, and one of its own pages lists 96.50%, so the figure in your game’s rules is the one to trust. Our guide to finding a slot’s RTP in an app shows where it sits.

Volatility is high. Many spins return nothing, and a large share of the return comes from free spins with a high multiplier. The max win is 20,000x stake.

The max win is a ceiling that very few rounds reach. The likeliest outcome of any session is a loss.

UK rules for Great Rhino Megaways

Players in Great Britain do not get a bonus buy, so free spins come only from landing scatters. Autoplay and turbo are switched off and every spin takes at least 2.5 seconds. Stakes are capped at £5 per spin for those aged 25 and over and £2 for 18–24-year-olds. Returns smaller than your stake are not shown as wins, and your net position stays on screen. Demo play needs age verification. Our UK slot design rules guide explains each rule.

Great Rhino Megaways compared with similar slots

Buffalo King Megaways uses the same reel structure with a lower ceiling. The Dog House Megaways swaps the tumble for sticky wilds in free spins. Raging Rhino is the classic rhino slot with a fixed 6x4 grid.

Pros and cons of Great Rhino Megaways on mobile

Where to play Great Rhino Megaways on your phone

Pragmatic Play games are carried by many UKGC-licensed apps, but check the lobby before depositing. The apps below hold UK Gambling Commission licences; their offers are for 18+ new customers and apply to selected or eligible games under their own terms.

18+. Gambling should be entertainment that costs money, not a way to make it. Set a deposit limit before you play: how to set limits. Free, confidential help: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133.