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About Relax Gaming
Relax Gaming, founded in Malta in 2010, has grown from aggregator to premium slot developer. Known for extreme volatility slots like the Money Train series.
Key Facts
- Founded: 2010, Malta
- Games: 100+ proprietary slots
- Specialty: High volatility, big max wins
- Jackpot: Dream Drop network
Popular Relax Games
- Money Train 2: 96.40% RTP, 50,000x max
- Money Train 3: 96.00% RTP, 100,000x max
- Money Train 4: 96.00% RTP, 150,000x max
- Temple Tumble: 96.25% RTP, 8,628x max
- Snake Arena: 96.25% RTP, 8,400x max
Dream Drop Jackpot
Relax Gaming's Dream Drop is a networked jackpot that can reach multi-million amounts. However, slots connected to Dream Drop typically have lower base RTP.
Money Train Series
Their flagship series with massive max wins (100,000x+). These are among the highest volatility slots available. Complete bankroll loss in sessions is common.
Relax Gaming Company History
Relax Gaming was founded in 2010 in Malta as a casino software aggregator — a B2B platform that helped operators integrate multiple game providers through a single technical stack. Around 2017–2018 the company pivoted toward in-house slot development, leveraging deep technical knowledge of how games perform across operator platforms to build a flagship slot studio.
Today Relax operates both arms: the aggregation business (used by many European operators) and the proprietary studio behind the Money Train series, Temple Tumble, Beast Mode, Snake Arena, and other extreme-volatility titles that defined the studio's brand.
What Relax Gaming Is Known For
- Extreme volatility. Relax slots routinely run 5/5 volatility ratings with max wins of 50,000x–150,000x bet. These are not games for steady play; they're built around rare massive wins.
- Bonus Buy as core gameplay. Where other studios treat Bonus Buy as an optional feature, Relax titles centre the bonus round as the main attraction. Most player time/spend goes into bonus buys rather than base-game spinning.
- Persistent symbol mechanics. The Money Train series uses persistent symbol values that grow across the bonus round — a payer (collector) symbol gathers values from cash symbols and pays out their accumulated total. The longer a bonus runs, the more the per-cash-symbol value compounds.
- Dream Drop networked jackpots. Relax's Dream Drop is a five-tier jackpot system (Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, Mega) integrated into many of their newer slots. Top-tier Mega has paid out €5M+ in past hits.
Money Train Series — Detailed Look
The Money Train franchise is Relax Gaming's signature creation. Four titles released to date:
Money Train (2019) — The original. 96.5% RTP, 20,000x max win. Cash-symbol-and-payer mechanic introduced; basic bonus structure.
Money Train 2 (2020) — Expanded mechanic with persistent symbols and more complex bonus features. 96.4% RTP, 50,000x max win.
Money Train 3 (2022) — Cult favourite. 96% RTP, 100,000x max win. Adds Persistent Sticky Wilds with multipliers, train-themed bonus stages.
Money Train 4 (2024) — Latest entry. 96% RTP, 150,000x max win. The most volatile and complex of the series.
What's true across the entire series: most sessions end with significant bankroll loss because the prize concentration is in extremely rare bonus outcomes. The "100,000x max win" headline is achievable by only a tiny fraction of bonus rounds. The realistic player experience is closer to "hopefully bonus pays 50–500x my buy cost".
Bonus Buy Mechanics
Most Relax slots offer Bonus Buy at 100x–500x your bet, depending on the title and the bonus tier. Higher Bonus Buy costs typically grant more aggressive bonus features (better starting symbols, higher multipliers).
The maths to understand: a 100x Bonus Buy at RM1 spin costs RM100. Even at 96% RTP, the expected return on a single bonus is RM96 — meaning over time you lose 4% of your bonus-buy cost. Variance dominates short-term outcomes; you might hit a 500x bonus and feel rich, or 10 consecutive 30x bonuses and lose a lot.
Maximum bet rule: if you're playing Relax titles while clearing a deposit-bonus wagering requirement, the 100x Bonus Buy on a RM1 spin is RM100 in a single bet — which exceeds the RM10–RM30 max-bet caps on most BK8 deposit bonuses. Disable Bonus Buy during wagering, or pause the bonus before using it.
Dream Drop Jackpot Network
Several Relax titles connect to the Dream Drop networked jackpot:
- Rapid: hits roughly hourly across the network, RM200–RM2,000 typical
- Midi: hits daily, RM2,000–RM20,000 typical
- Maxi: hits weekly, RM20,000–RM200,000 typical
- Major: hits monthly, RM200,000–RM2M typical
- Mega: hits roughly every 1–3 months, RM2M+ pool
The trade-off: Dream Drop-connected slots run lower base RTP than standalone titles to fund the jackpot pool. Worth playing if jackpot chase is the appeal; sub-optimal for steady-value play.
Mobile Performance
Relax slots are mobile-native with strong performance on modern phones. Older Android devices may show occasional lag during the Money Train series' more complex bonus rounds (which can have 50+ symbols on screen with active animations) but core gameplay works.
Who Should Play Relax Gaming Slots
Relax fits a specific player profile:
- Comfortable with extreme volatility — long bankroll dry stretches between rare big wins
- Adequate bankroll for bonus buys — at least 10x the bonus buy cost to weather variance
- Entertainment-driven, not steady-EV — playing for the thrill of bonus features, not for slow sustainable play
- Patient with droughts — sessions where nothing meaningful happens are normal
Relax does not fit:
- Beginners learning slot mechanics — too volatile to learn from
- Small bankrolls — gets crushed by variance
- Wagering-clearing focus — high volatility makes wagering unpredictable
- Players who get anxious during losing stretches — Relax titles produce many of these
For lower-volatility alternatives, see NetEnt. For high-RTP focus, see high-RTP slots guide. For Asian-themed alternatives, JILI or Spadegaming.
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