Grand Patron Slot Review

Grand Patron Slot Overview

Grand Patron from BGaming drops me straight into a cartel style underworld, set around a private airstrip packed with guns, drugs and cash. The slot uses 5 reels with 3 to 5 rows and 20 fixed paylines, so the setup feels familiar even while the theme leans hard into crime drama territory. Every spin plays out against watchtowers, cameras and armed guards, building a tense, high risk atmosphere.

Grand Patron aims to crown you El Patrón with a potential max win of 10,000 times the bet and a punchy feature set. Wild Symbols, Additional Reels, Wild Conversion, Spawners, Bombs, Prison, Win Multipliers, Free Spins, Ante Bet Chance 2X and a Feature Buy keep the base game busy. I quickly realised this is not some gentle spinner but a crime slot that can swing hard both ways.

Grand Patron Slot Information

Grand Patron runs on 5 reels with 3 to 5 rows and 20 paylines, taking bets from 0.2 to 20 per spin, which suits low to mid stakes for me. The stated RTP sits at a chunky 96.67 percent with high volatility and a hit frequency of 25.38 percent. On paper that means long dry spells are possible, but the game can land chunky setups when the extra reel mechanics line up.

Visually Grand Patron leans into a gritty cartoon style, with the reels placed by the airport gate and the background full of armed guards and security kit. During free spins the calm setup erupts as police cars and helicopters storm the strip, which I found adds a nice story arc. The slot runs smoothly on desktop, tablet and mobile, and pays for three or more matching symbols from the left.

Grand Patron Slot Features

Feature wise Grand Patron builds everything around two horizontal additional reels that sit above and below the main grid. Each spin they reveal one symbol, which can be a regular pay symbol, a Wild, Bomb, Prison, Multiplier or Scatter. When the two extra positions combine in certain ways they trigger Wild Conversion, Spawners, Bomb explosions, Prison locks or Multipliers, so most big hits I had started with those side reels.

Wild Conversion lands when one extra reel shows a Wild and the other a regular symbol, turning all copies of that symbol on the main reels wild. If both extra reels show the same symbol, three extra copies drop onto random positions as Spawners, which can be powerful with premiums or Wilds. Bombs either clear all matching symbols or wipe the entire grid for a respin when two appear together.

Prison symbols were the ones that really got my attention. A single Prison plus a matching symbol locks those tiles for a respin, while double Prison fills the whole grid with one pay symbol for a full line screen. Multipliers work off the extra reels as well, applying to wins with their matching symbol or to all wins if two land together. Ante Bet Chance 2X and the Feature Buy give paid shortcuts into the free spins bonus.

Symbols and Paytable in Grand Patron

The low paying symbols in Grand Patron are marijuana leaves, phones, guns, cigars and cocaine packets, paying around 1 to 3 times the bet for five of a kind. High paying symbols are the character portraits, from the green mule through the blue enforcer, yellow middleman and orange right hand man up to the red boss, paying 5 to 25 times the stake. Plane Wilds, badge Scatters, Bombs, Prison tiles and Multiplier icons round out the paytable.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x25
	4	x10
	3	x5
	5	x20
	4	x7.5
	3	x2.5
	5	x12.5
	4	x5
	3	x1.25
	5	x7.5
	4	x3.75
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.75
	5	x3
	4	x0.9
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	Wild

Additional Reels in Grand Patron

In practice the additional reels in Grand Patron give almost every spin a sense of potential, even on dead base game lines. I often watched the side strips first to see what combo would land. A Wild plus a premium character can swing a dud board into a strong win through Wild Conversion, while matching symbols acting as Spawners refill the main reels and set up stacked hits across several paylines at once.

Bombs and Prison symbols carry the highest drama. Clearing the grid for a respin or filling it with one character symbol gave me some of my best sessions, but also long stretches chasing that pattern. Multipliers on the extra reels can raise single line wins into serious hits, especially when two land together and their values combine, which suits the stated high volatility and the 10,000 times max win ceiling.

Free Spins in Grand Patron

Free spins in Grand Patron trigger when two badge Scatters land on the additional reels, awarding 12 spins by default. As the bonus plays, the extra reels open from left to right, and each time a feature hits that reel locks and another opens, which can snowball nicely. If you buy in, you can pay 100 times, 250 times or 1,000 times the bet for different setups, including starts with guaranteed Prison symbols.

Grand Patron Slot Verdict

For me Grand Patron captures that stylised cartel fantasy seen in crime series without going too realistic, helped by the chunky art and hectic sound design. The constant whirr of planes and distant sirens blends well with the extra reel chaos. When bombs, multipliers and prisons line up, the whole screen can flip from near miss to full board win, which suits players who enjoy high pressure spins with proper risk.

The flipside is that Grand Patron can chew through a balance during quiet spells, because so much of the value sits in those extra reel events and in the free spins bonus. I treat it as a high volatility crime caper for sessions where I am hunting explosive screens rather than steady play. If that style appeals, the 96.67 percent RTP and 10,000 times max win make it worth firing up.

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