Crazy Balls Live: Our Review, How and Where to Play

You can purchase between one and four cards per round. All of them will randomly generate numbers between 1 and 60, spread out in a 5×5 grid. Each of these positions is called a cell and can hold either a number or a special mechanic.

There are two such mechanics, and you get to choose which one you start with.

• Free Space cards have a guaranteed ‘free space’ in the middle of the card. These free spaces complete any lines they’re a part of, as long as you hit the remaining 4 numbers.
• Multi cards start with a guaranteed multiplier on the centre cell which increases any payouts that include that specific cell.

Note that you can toggle any card between these two types during the betting period. There’s a switch at the bottom right.

You can also bet on one one the four bonus rounds. To participate in a bonus round, you need an active bet when the round starts.

At that point, 3-5 random numbers will be selected for every bonus bet. If those numbers are drawn during the round, the bonus feature kicks off. We’ll explain how these work individually below.

When the betting period round kicks off. The ball drum machine spins and starts drawing 20 balls from a total of 60.

If the number on a ball drawn matches a number on any of your cards, the game automatically ‘daubs’ them. If you complete one or more lines on a card, you win.

The payout depends on the bet you placed on that particular card, the number of lines completed on a single card, and any potential multipliers. Note that you can place a different stake on every card. The same applies to the two bonus cards.

Another important feature is that after every betting period, random multipliers and “free spaces” are generated across your cards. Free spaces act as if the number in that cell was already drawn, while multipliers can increase your winnings. There are three types of multipliers in Crazy Balls:

• Standard (10x or 20x) — if a winning line includes a number with a Standard multiplier on the card, your winnings are multiplied by that amount.
• Line (20x or 50x) — if a winning line includes all numbers and a Line multiplier, your winnings are multiplied by that amount.
• Global Multipliers – multiply all winnings from a specific card by 2x or 3x.

Bonus games are tied to specific side bets which are located to the right of your cards. Each of these is assigned a set of numbers that must be drawn in that round for the round to activate. If you have an active bet on an activated bonus round, you participate in it after the main round ends.

Coin flip takes 3 numbers to activate, Cash Hunt and Pachinko take 4 numbers to activate, while Crazy Time requires 5. However, bonus game cards can also receive random ‘free spaces’ and multipliers. The multipliers range from 2x to 50x and increase any payouts from the relevant bonus round.

Coin Flip

The Coin is a bonus round that was borrowed from Crazy Time with very few changes. It’s the simplest, shortest bonus round in Crazy Balls with the smallest profit potential. However, it’s also the easiest to win.

Basically, random multipliers are assigned to two sides of a coin – blue and red. The coin is then launched and flipped, and the winning side determines the payout for that round.

Occasionally, if both sides of the coin are assigned small multipliers, a special “rescue flip” may occur. This feature flips the coin again and adds another multiplier to the original value, increasing every participating player’s winnings.

Cash Hunt

The Cash Hunt bonus round is also relatively straightforward, but it introduces an element of player interaction.

It’s based on a big wall of 108 symbols. Each symbol is assigned a multiplier and then shuffled across the grid.

Your job is to pick one of the symbols. The choice is completely blind, so you don’t really know what you’re going to get.

Once the countdown ends, the multipliers are revealed. The one you picked is your payout for the round.

Pachinko

Crazy Pachinko is another Crazy Time staple that was given its standalone game back in 2023.

It’s played on a large purple screen with the prizes lined up at the bottom. An electronic puck drops from the top, and it slowly makes its way down to the prizes. The puck bounces around due to the obstacles and lands in a random, unpredictable slot at the bottom.

The payout is the same for every participating player, and it depends on the multiplier the puck lands on.

If the ball lands on ‘double’, all rewards are doubled and the puck is dropped again. This feature can repeat multiple times, up to a maximum possible payout of 10,000x.

Crazy Time

The famous Crazy Time bonus round is the hardest to hit, requiring 5 numbers. However, it offers payouts of up to 20,000x, and it tends to pay the most on average.

This feature takes you to the familiar Crazy Time wheel, which is a Money Wheel with 64 segments offering different prizes.

You start by picking a color – green, blue, or yellow. The corresponding flapper on the wheel will determine your reward.

The presenter then spins the wheel, and your reward is whatever prize your chosen flapper lands on. It’s quick, exciting, and elevated by flashy special effects.

Some segments of the wheel are marked as “double”. For players who picked the flapper that landed on “double”, all multiplier values on the wheel are doubled and the wheel spins again. This can happen multiple times in a row, but a single payout from the Crazy Time bonus round cannot exceed 20,000x.