Piggy Riches in South Africa: Tripled Wild Wins and a Free Spins Choice
Piggy Riches is NetEnt's 2010 slot, which the studio sets in an affluent country mansion rather than on a farm. It runs on five reels, three rows and 15 bet lines. Two rules carry it: any line win with a wild in it is multiplied by 3, and when three or more scatters land they turn into free spins and multiplier offers, of which you take one. NetEnt's page and Evolution's games site both list a 96.38% return.
Figures from provider data, September 2026. The RTP is the figure the studio publishes; check the ranking and the game's own info screen before you deposit.
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Try Piggy Riches before you deposit 💰
NetEnt's own version of Piggy Riches, from playin.com, the site of the Evolution Group's studios. It loads into this page only when you press the button; nothing comes from that site before. Playin asks you to confirm you are 18 or older.
How Piggy Riches works
The game's help calls Piggy Riches a 5-reel, 3-row video slot featuring Wild and Scatter symbols with multipliers and Free Spins. There are 15 bet lines, and by the help a bet line win counts only when its symbols follow each other from the leftmost reel, with no gap between them; only the highest win on each line is paid.
NetEnt's page describes it as a multiple-coin slot. In NetEnt's gameplay video on Evolution's games site the stake is set from a bet level, the lines and a coin value: the bar reads Bet level 10, Bet lines 15 and Coin value 0.10 next to a bet of 15.00 euro, so by our sum the stake is the level times the lines times the coin value.
In NetEnt's symbol art the wild is a grinning pig in a top hat and dark coat, holding a cane and a fan of banknotes, and the scatter is a lady pig in a green dress and pink glasses, carrying a wrapped gift.
The wild: every winning line it joins pays x3
Apart from the scatter, the wild can take the place of any symbol to finish a winning line, and NetEnt's page notes that it is animated when it sits on a winning bet line. Its real weight is the multiplier. By the help, bet line wins with at least one wild symbol are multiplied by 3; NetEnt's page puts it as the coin win being multiplied by 3.
So one wild is enough: a line that would pay R2 on its own symbols pays R6 when a wild completes it, by our sum. In NetEnt's gameplay video a WINS X3 banner lights up over the reels.
The help says wilds appear in the free spins too. For that round NetEnt's page says that winning bet lines with wild symbols multiply the coin win by up to 18. That is the studio's own figure; its page does not set out how the 18 is made up or which free spins option it goes with.
From three scatters to the free spins 🎁
The order of events, from the game's help and NetEnt's game page. The number of spins and the multiplier behind each choice are shown by the game itself.
- Two or more scatters in the main game pay a scatter win: the multiplier in the paytable times the total bet.
- Three, four or five scatters in the main game start the feature. The scatters change and each one reveals a combination of free spins and a multiplier; which combinations are offered depends on how many scatters landed.
- You pick one of the scatters. The free spins then start at the same bet level, number of bet lines and coin value as the spin that triggered them.
- The chosen multiplier applies to all wins in the free spins, and a sign shows how many spins are left and what the multiplier is.
- Every scatter that lands during the free spins adds one more free spin to the counter.
What the pick changes
The pick is the one decision Piggy Riches leaves to you. Each offer pairs a number of free spins with a multiplier; the pairs are filled in by the game and NetEnt's page does not print them, so we do not list them. We have found no official statement that one offer returns more than another, so we give no advice on which to take.
Piggy Riches in figures
From NetEnt's game page, Evolution's games site and the game's help.
| Detail | Piggy Riches |
|---|---|
| Grid | 5 reels, 3 rows |
| Bet lines | 15 |
| Return to player | 96.38% on both NetEnt's page and Evolution's games site |
| Hit frequency | 34% on NetEnt's page |
| Volatility | Medium on NetEnt's page, mid on Evolution's games site |
| Wild | Line wins with a wild multiplied by 3 |
| Free spins | 3, 4 or 5 scatters, then a pick of spins and multiplier |
| Release | 16 August 2010 on NetEnt's page; 2010 on Evolution's games site |
| Bonus buy | None listed by NetEnt |
What 34% and a medium badge mean for a session
A 34% hit frequency, NetEnt's figure, puts a paying spin at about one in three by our arithmetic, so two blank spins for every one that returns something is the normal rhythm.
Both of the group's sites put the game in the middle of the range: NetEnt's page shows a Medium badge, and Evolution's games site files it as mid. NetEnt also shows a max payout of 2,400 times the bet. That is the studio's own number; the help we read names no win limit.
A session can sit far from the 96.38% long-run average. No staking pattern beats the house edge, so set a stake that lasts as long as you mean to play. NetEnt quotes bets of 0.15 to 300.00 euro; the rand range is set by each casino.
The 2010 original, not the later pigs
The pig family grew after 2010. Evolution's games site gives Piggy Riches Megaways, Piggy Riches 2 Megaways, Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven and Piggy Riches Begins pages of their own. Everything above is about the 15-line original with the scatter pick, and our casino list counts only the lobbies where we found that first game.
Piggy Riches RTP and volatility 📊
NetEnt gives Piggy Riches's return to player as 96.38%.
Volatility is medium: small wins mixed with occasional bigger ones.
Paying for Piggy Riches in rand
Piggy Riches is in the lobby at 12 operators we list: all of them take cards; 11 take Ozow; 7 take Capitec Pay; 11 take cash vouchers.
The smallest first deposit for Piggy Riches among them is R1, at Luckyfish.
Piggy Riches winnings are paid by EFT to an account in your own name, after FICA.
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Is Piggy Riches legal in South Africa? 📜
Piggy Riches is a slot. In South Africa you find it at licensed bookmakers, next to their sports markets.
All 12 operators we list for Piggy Riches hold a South African provincial licence.
Before you play with real money ⚠️
Set your Piggy Riches budget and a deposit limit before the first round, not after a losing one. If it stops being fun, the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation helpline is free on 0800 006 008.
Pros, cons and verdict ⚖️
- Any line win with a wild in it is multiplied by 3, in the main game too
- You pick one of several free spins and multiplier offers yourself
- Each scatter inside the free spins adds a spin
- NetEnt and Evolution agree on the 96.38% return and a medium volatility
- The free spins combinations are not printed on NetEnt's page
- A scatter inside the round adds one spin, not a new pick
- No bonus buy is listed by NetEnt
Piggy Riches is a compact 15-line game whose value sits in two places: the x3 on every line a wild helps to complete, and a free spins round that starts with your own pick of spins and multiplier. A player who wants a say in the bonus gets one here; anyone after a bonus buy will not find one.
Piggy Riches FAQ ❓
What is the RTP of Piggy Riches?
NetEnt and Evolution both publish 96.38%. The game's help screen has its own line for the theoretical return, with the figure filled in by the game, so that line at your casino is the one to read before the first spin.
What does the wild do in Piggy Riches?
It replaces every symbol except the scatter, and any bet line win that includes at least one wild is multiplied by 3. For the free spins NetEnt's page says winning lines with wilds multiply the coin win by up to 18, which is the studio's own figure.
How do you trigger free spins in Piggy Riches?
Three, four or five scatters anywhere on the reels in the main game. The scatters then reveal combinations of free spins and a multiplier, and you pick one. The spins play at the same bet, and every scatter during the round adds one more spin.
Which free spins option should you pick in Piggy Riches?
We have found no official statement that one option returns more than another, and NetEnt's page does not print the offers. If one has fewer spins at a higher multiplier, it swings harder, while more spins at a lower one spread the result out. No choice turns the house edge in your favour.
How often does Piggy Riches pay?
NetEnt gives a hit frequency of 34%, about one spin in three by our arithmetic. That is a long-run average of how often a spin returns something; it says nothing about the size of the wins or about your own session.
Where to play Piggy Riches in South Africa
Licensed South African operators we have found carrying Piggy Riches, each with its licence and our score, and the date where we saw the game in the lobby ourselves. Ordered by that score. How we score Offers checked September 2026.
Also carrying Piggy Riches. Bonus, payment and payout terms for each are on its review.
