Mexico is a country of great tradition and provides slot developers with a wealth of variety when creating online slots. Games have been created based around Piñata’s, Mexican music, Mexican Food etc just as an example. Symbols you will come across while playing Mexican themed online slot machines include: Mexican Men (with thick mustaches of course), stunning Senoritas, various shaped Piñata’s, several types of Food (Peppers, Tomatoes, Tacos Chilli’s, etc), Sombrero’s, Guitars, Caracas, beautiful scenery (including Cactus trees), and lots more!
Online casinos also run special promotions throughout the year to celebrate important dates on the Mexican calender. Those dates include Conco de Mayo which is celebrated on the 5th of May, and Mexican Independence Day which occurs on the 16th of September.
Most Popular Mexican Themed Slots
– Paco and the Popping Peppers
Paco and the Popping Peppers (Betsoft Gaming)
Betsoft Gaming added Paco and the Popping Peppers to their incredible range of 3D slot machines in 2011. It is one of the most fun slots they have developed with 3D character Paco situated on the left of the reels wearing a poncho and sombrero while he plays a guitar in true Mexican style. There are 5 reels and a maximum of 30 paylines, with the option of betting between $0.02 and $1 per line, meaning you can play for up to $150 every spin. Food symbols with faces on them are the main symbols in Paco and the Popping Peppers with Onions, Pineapples, Chilli’s, Tomatoes, Garlic, plus Green and Red Peppers used alongside a Donkey styled Piñata, and a ‘Hut’ bonus symbol. There are also two bonus features included in Paco and the Popping Peppers. The first feature sees the symbols pop after landing a winning combination and you then move up a multiplier ladder, with new symbols then replacing the popped ones and the process repeating itself until you stop landing a winning combination. The multiplier ladder ranges from 1x to a maximum of 10x so these wins can really add up. The other feature is a ‘Higher or Lower’ bonus game where you simply decide whether the next card will be higher or lower than the one shown. You get three lives in this feature and are rewarded with bigger prizes the longer you guess correctly!
Jackpot Piñatas (RTG)
Jackpot Piñatas was released by Realtime Gaming in 2007 and remains one of their most played slot machines, largely due to the life-changing progressive jackpot attached to it. It contains a total of 5 reels and 20 paylines, with the bet amount per line set at $0.25 meaning you can only play for $5 per spin. Piñatas is the theme of the slot and if you didn’t already know they are containers made out of papier-mâché which are filled with toys and sweets and struck until it breaks and the fillings fall out. The symbols used in Jackpot Piñatas include a Bull, Dog, Donkey, Present, Lime, Maracases, Pet Dog, Ring, Rose, Senorita, Sombrero, and Tacos. An exciting part of Jackpot Piñatas is the Piñata feature which is triggered by landing three or more Dog symbols. You then get to select two of the three Piñatas and are awarded the prizes they contain, with up to 200x your bet available. In addition to this you will also receive between 5 and 25 free spins, with wins doubled during these spins except those which feature the Bull symbol. Should you be lucky enough to land five Bull symbols in a row you will be awarded the progressive jackpot, which is almost always worth a life changing amount. At the time of writing it is currently worth over $1.7 million, and once it has been hit it will reset back to $250,000 and grow once again.
We will have reviews of more Mexican themed slot machines very soon!
