Monopoly Big Baller in South Africa: 20 Balls, Up to Four Cards and a Dice Bonus
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Monopoly Big Baller is a bingo-style live game show that Evolution launched in August 2022. A host presents it, a machine draws 20 of 60 numbered balls, and you back up to four five-by-five cards, each of which wins when it completes a line. Random multipliers can raise that win, and two separate bets, 3 Rolls and 5 Rolls, open a bonus round on a 3D Monopoly board when their numbers come up. Evolution's rules give either card an RTP of 96.10%.
RTP (return to player): the share of bets the game pays back over time. Here it depends on the bet you pick or when you cash out.
The RTP moves with the bet you pick or the moment you cash out. The game's info screen gives the figures.
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In short
Monopoly Big Baller is a live game show by Evolution, released in 2022. Studio figures: RTP 95.20% - 96.10% depending on the bet. Found at 20 casinos we cover, from R1 a round at Betway SA. No. 30 in our South African top 100.
What Monopoly Big Baller looks like
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Images: Evolution, official game site (games.evolution.com).
Where Monopoly Big Baller comes from
Evolution announced Monopoly Big Baller on 24 August 2022. In the launch note, its product chief calls the bonus round "virtually the same" as Monopoly Live's, with more rolls. The Monopoly name, board and Mr. Monopoly are Hasbro trademarks, used with permission.
How a round of Monopoly Big Baller works
The show is set on a riverboat cruise, with a host, an automated ball machine and an augmented-reality Mr. Monopoly.
You back one to four cards, each with its own bet. Each five-by-five card fills with numbers from 1 to 60, and you can switch it between two types, Free Space and Chance.
When betting closes, the lever places random daubs and multipliers on the cards. Each daub is a free space that counts as a drawn number. Then 20 of the 60 balls come out, and drawn numbers on your cards are daubed automatically.
A card wins when it completes one or more lines, and "the more lines players make, the more they win", in Evolution's words. Each number on a card has a one-in-three chance of being drawn.
Free Space card or Chance card
A Chance card has "increased odds of a higher payout, but a lower chance of making a line", in Evolution's words. Both types return 96.10%.
| Card type | Centre cell | Pays per line |
|---|---|---|
| Free Space | A free space that counts as a drawn number, which Evolution says raises the odds of making a line | 2:1 to 39:1 |
| Chance | Always a multiplier, with no free space of its own, though the lever can add some later | 2:1 to 199:1 |
The three Chance multipliers
A multiplier counts when its number is drawn, and pays only on a card that makes a line.
| Multiplier | Value | When it pays |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 10x or 20x | Its number is drawn and is part of the winning line |
| Line | 20x or 50x | You make the line with the numbers it specifies |
| Global | 2x or 3x | Its number is drawn and the card makes any winning line, with or without that number |
How the multipliers combine
Without a multiplier, a winning line pays 3x the bet on its card, and two lines pay 6x. A Standard or Line multiplier replaces that 3x: a line with a 10x pays 10x.
Standard and Line multipliers on one line add up, and a drawn Global then multiplies the card's whole win. A card carries at most two Globals. With R5 on the card: R5 x (10x + 20x) = R150 for a line with two Standards, and R5 x (10x + 50x) x 2 = R600 with a 2x Global on top.
The Bonus Game: 3 Rolls and 5 Rolls
Two separate bets lead into it, and you can place them without backing any card.
- What starts it. 3 Rolls has three numbers and 5 Rolls four. Random free spaces may land on them, multipliers cannot. If all of a spot's numbers are drawn, its Bonus Game starts after the 20th ball. If both complete, both are played in turn.
- The board. Mr. Monopoly walks a 3D board laid out like the regular Monopoly board, with a multiplier on every property. Houses and hotels built at random raise some of them, within 1x to 500x. Two dice set each move: three rolls for 3 Rolls, five for 5 Rolls.
- Doubles and jail. A double gives an extra roll in a regular Bonus Game. Go to Jail holds him until a double comes up or two rolls pass without one, and winnings already collected stay.
- Chance, Community Chest and tax. Chance and Community Chest bring a random cash prize or, in Evolution's words, a fee. Income Tax takes 10% of the bonus winnings and Super Tax 20%, only if the winnings allow it.
- Passing GO. It doubles the prizes on the board from then on. When the rolls run out, the bonus is paid with any win from your cards.
3 Rolls or 5 Rolls: how often each one starts
With 20 of 60 balls drawn, three given numbers all come out about once in 30 rounds, and four about once in 100. So 3 Rolls starts about 3.4 times as often as 5 Rolls, which gives five rolls instead of three.
A random free space on one of those numbers counts as drawn too, so the real chance is higher.
What a round costs with every bet covered
Each card is its own bet, and so are 3 Rolls and 5 Rolls: up to six stakes a round. R5 on each is R30, and at Evolution's RTPs the house keeps about R1.23 of it on average over many rounds.
Each table sets its own bet limits and the most one round can pay: the cap shows under Payouts in the game's help, the limits in its Bet Limits panel.
Monopoly Big Baller RTP and volatility
Evolution gives Monopoly Big Baller's return to player as 95.20% - 96.10% depending on the bet.
Paying for Monopoly Big Baller in rand
We found Monopoly Big Baller at 20 casinos. All take cards, 18 take Ozow, 13 take Capitec Pay and 18 take cash vouchers.
The lowest minimum deposit among them is R1, at Luckyfish, World Sports Betting and Hollywoodbets.
Winnings are paid to a bank account in your own name, after the FICA check.
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Is Monopoly Big Baller legal in South Africa?
Monopoly Big Baller is a live dealer game. In South Africa you find it at licensed bookmakers, next to their sports markets.
All 20 operators we list for Monopoly Big Baller hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money
Set a budget and a deposit limit before your first round. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict
- A simple core: up to four cards, 20 balls from 60, and a line wins
- Either card type returns 96.10%, by Evolution's rules
- The bonus bets are optional and need no card
- The bonus bets return less: 95.80% for 3 Rolls, 95.20% for 5 Rolls
- 5 Rolls starts about once in 100 rounds from the draw alone
- Four cards and both bonus bets are six stakes a round
Monopoly Big Baller is bingo with a Monopoly bonus round: cards, a 20-ball draw, and multipliers that count only once a line is made. The real choices are how many cards to back, which type, and whether to add the bonus bets, which return less than the cards.
Monopoly Big Baller FAQ
What is the difference between a Chance card and a Free Space card?
The centre cell and the payouts. A Free Space card's centre counts as a drawn number, which helps make a line. A Chance card always has a multiplier in the centre instead, and its lines pay 2:1 to 199:1, against 2:1 to 39:1.
What is the RTP of Monopoly Big Baller?
96.10% for either card, 95.80% for 3 Rolls and 95.20% for 5 Rolls, by Evolution's rules.
Is Monopoly Big Baller the same game as Monopoly Live?
No. Monopoly Live is a money wheel whose 2 Rolls and 4 Rolls segments start its bonus. Big Baller is a ball draw with 3 Rolls and 5 Rolls bets, and a bonus round Evolution calls "virtually the same", with more rolls.
Who makes Monopoly Big Baller, and is the Monopoly brand licensed?
Evolution, which announced it on 24 August 2022. Its game page says the MONOPOLY name and logo, the board design and Mr. Monopoly "are trademarks of Hasbro" and "are used with permission": "Licensed by Hasbro."
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