Air Dice - Mega Wheels

Mega Wheels is a dice game from the Air Dice studio in which even a losing game counts for something: it adds a credit to the Cashback Wheel counter. You drop columns of three dice into four grids, chasing a target that is easy to state and harder to reach: at least 100 points in twelve moves. The bonus game, for its part, holds two prize pots tied to your stake.

Sometimes written as Megawheels, the game is one of the online dice games at Crazy Dice. Its stated RTP is 96.51%, volatility is medium and stakes run from €0.25 to €20 per game.

Mega Wheels dice: four grids and twelve columns to fill

A game starts when you press START. You are then handed a random column of three dice, which you drop into one of the four 3 × 3 grids. Three columns fill a grid, so all four are full after twelve moves: that is exactly how long a game lasts.

You are trying to line up three matching dice on a horizontal or diagonal line. On every move, the only decision you make is which grid takes the column, and it matters: do you finish a line that is already well under way, or keep a grid open for later?

How a Megawheels score adds up

Not every die is worth the same number of points, and a winning line pays according to the dice on it. You need at least 100 points by the end of the game to win, and the rules reward stacking several lines in the same grid, which pushes the score up faster.

Two extras reward a well-built game. Winning in three grids applies a 1.5× score multiplier, and winning in all four raises it to 2×. Filling a whole grid with nine identical dice adds a further 200 points. Under these rules, giving up on a grid too early can cost you the end-of-game multiplier, even when the other grids are going well.

The Cashback Wheel: when a losing game sets up the next one

A game that falls short of 100 points earns you one credit. At 30 credits, the Cashback Wheel spins as your next game begins and awards either starting points for that new game or Mystery Games.

The "cashback" therefore comes as starting points or bonus games rather than as money. The game's help screen is clear on this point: credits are tracked separately for each stake level. In other words, changing your stake does not wipe the counter for your old level, it simply moves you onto the one for the new level, just as on Super Wheels Progressive.

The Mega Wheels bonus game and its wheel

Three bonus dice on one line open the Mega Wheels bonus game. A wheel spins there and stops on a prize: points, a cash win, Mystery Games, the ExtraPot or the progressive jackpot. If the result does not suit you, you can turn it down and spin again, up to four times; the fifth result is final.

Mystery Games, won on this wheel or on the Cashback Wheel, are games in which every base-game win takes its maximum value, namely 100 times the stake. They also feature in Infinity Dice, which runs on the same four grids but takes stakes of up to €50.

ExtraPot versus the progressive pot

The two bonus pots do not work the same way. The progressive pot grows as people play, and each stake level has its own: the one you are chasing at €0.25 is not the one a player on €20 is chasing.

The ExtraPot, by contrast, never moves: it is fixed at 250 times your stake, so €62.50 at the minimum stake and €5,000 at €20. You know its value before the game even starts, which is not the case with the progressive pot.

Mega Wheels casino: 96.51% RTP and stakes up to €20

In our Belgian online casino, where dice come first, Mega Wheels shows an RTP of 96.51%. That percentage describes what the game pays back on average over thousands of games, namely €96.51 for every €100 staked; it says nothing about how any single session will go.

Volatility is medium. You set your stake anywhere from €0.25 to €20, and it drives three things at once: the value of your wins, the value of the ExtraPot and which progressive jackpot you are playing for. Settling on a level before you start also stops your credits being spread across several Cashback counters.

Trying Mega Wheels in demo mode first

The demo button opens the same game using play money, and the built-in help sets out the rules over five pages before you even play. Twelve moves go by quickly, and a handful of games is enough to get a feel for when a grid is worth sacrificing and how often the bonus dice turn up.

Real-money play is open to players aged 21 and over and requires a verified account; winnings are then withdrawn from your player area, and you can cash out free of charge. Mega Wheels runs in the browser on a smartphone or a computer.

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