San Quentin 2: Death Row Slot (Nolimit City)

The San Quentin 2: Death Row slot comes with, initially, 5 reels, 4 rows and 1,024 ways to win. Winning combinations are formed when 3 or more identical or matching symbols land on successive reels, in any position and beginning from the leftmost reel. As with most other slot games, only the highest payout per way to win will be won.

Bet options vary from as little as 20p to as much as £100 per spin. With such high win potential available, some sites may limit the max bet to £10 or even £5 a spin. As is the case with all Nolimit City slot games, use the $ icon/button to see all available stake options. It’s the same on all devices too. Non-UK players can use Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins with single win and balance limits) and Turbo Mode for lightning-fast spin speed.

The San Quentin 2: Death Row RTP rate is 96.13% which is above the online slot game average of 96%. 60.03% of that RTP is for the base game with 36.1% for the bonus features. As always these days, Nolimit City has created 94.03% and 92.11% alternative RTP settings. Open the game’s Paytable to see which RTP you’re playing with. The San Quentin 2: Death Row free demo uses the highest RTP setting.

In the extreme volatility category (10/10), the hit frequency rate is 26.9% meaning that a winning combination will form every 3.72 spins. Triggering the Green Mile Spins feature will occur every 299 spins. Both these numbers are on average though.

Finally, the San Quentin 2: Death Row slot game can dish out 200,000 times bet max wins. Known as No Escape, the max win probability is 1 in 1,525,786 spins. Winning 100 times your total bet or more will occur every 1,568 spins on average. Whilst the original San Quentin game offers 150,000 times bet max wins, the max win probability is 1 in 91 million spins so there’s quite the difference.

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With a prison theme, the San Quentin 2: Death Row slot game is the sequel to San Quentin (released in January 2021). This time around, freedom is short-lived as you head behind bars once again. However, you’re on Death Row and sharing a cell with a jacked Beefy Dick.

The setting is the outskirts of San Quentin prison as the reels appear on the back of a bus which takes the inmates to be processed. With security cameras, watchtowers and palm trees in the backdrop, the graphics are higher-definition than the original. The soundtrack is hard to describe but has a Latin, hip-hop vibe with a serious undertone.

On the reels, the low-value symbols include empty toilet rolls, gloves, dice, combs and pink bars of soap. The higher-value symbols are represented by inmates Crazy Joe Labrador, Biker Bill, Loco Luis, Heinrich the 3^rd and, of course, Beefy Dick. Beefy Dick is the best-paying symbol awarding a 2 times bet payout for 5 in combination.

San Quentin 2: Death Row comes with several special symbols which are revealed when the Enhancer Cells open. There is a Sheriff Badge Wild symbol, Razor Split or xWays. Other symbols include a Bonus Scatter and Jumping Wild. More details can be found on these symbols below. First though, a list of symbol payouts:

• Empty Toilet Roll: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.05, 0.1 or 0.2 x bet
• Gloves: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 0.4 x bet
• Dice: 3, 4, or 5 =  0.15, 0.3 or 0.6 x bet
• Comb: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 0.4 or 0.8 x bet
• Pink Bar of Soap: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 0.5 or 1 x bet
• Crazy Joe Labrador: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 0.6 or 1.2 x bet
• Biker Bill: 3, 4 or 5= 0.35, 0.7 or 1.4 x bet
• Loco Luis: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 0.8 or 1.6 x bet
• Heinrich the 3^rd: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.45, 0.9 or 1.8 x bet
• Beefy Dick: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1 or 2 x bet

San Quentin 2: Death Row Mobile

With HTML5 technology deployed for all Nolimit City slots, San Quentin 2: Death Row is compatible with laptops, PCs, tablets and smartphones. With a Portrait mode used for iOS and Android mobile devices, I highly recommend playing on a bigger screen to get the full prison experience.

The San Quentin 2: Death Row slot comes with 5 bonus features. Enhancer Cells, when activated by Bonus Scatters, reveal inmates, wilds, Razor Split symbols or xWays which can lead to many more ways to win and a wild reel with 10 wilds. With Split Wilds giving you more ways to win, the focus is on the Green Mile Spins where you can gamble for more Jumping Wilds and the max win. Once in, you’ll play with Jumping Wild multipliers which can double when Razor Split enhancers land. You can also win more Jumping Wilds.

Enhancer Cells

Like many other Nolimit City slot games including Serial and Mental, there are Enhancer Cell positions on the top and bottom of each reel.

To trigger the Enhancer Cells, you need to land 1 or 2 Bonus Scatters on any reel. Bonus Scatters transform into Sheriff Badge Wilds and open the Enhancer Cells on its reel. Enhancer Cells will then reveal 1 of the following symbols:

• Inmate: 1 of the 5 high-paying inmate symbols
• Sheriff Badge Wild: which substitutes for all paying symbols
• Razor Split: This splits all symbols on that reel to double position. Increasing the number of ways to win, a Razor Split can land on the top and bottom Enhancer Cells on the same reel to split them twice. If the Razor Split symbol splits a Bonus Scatter on its reel, the Bonus Scatter will transform into a Sheriff Badge Wild and splits its row respectively.
• xWays: They reveal the same paying symbols which are 5-high stacked. When xWays symbols appear on both Enhancer Cells on a reel, the entire reel will be filled with 10 single Sheriff Wilds.

Split Wilds

In the base game, Split Wilds can land on any of the 5 reels. Split Wilds split all regular paying symbols on the same reel creating more ways to win. They do not split themselves though.

Green Mile Spins

The Green Mile Spins feature is played by landing 3, 4 or 5 Bonus Scatter symbols with 1, 2 or 3 starting Jumping Wilds respectively. Before the feature begins, you have the option to play with the Jumping Wilds awarded or gamble to win more.

There is a chance you could lose your free spins or gain 1 extra Jumping Wild. If you manage to gamble to reach a maximum of 5 Jumping Wilds, you can risk your free spins for the chance to win the maximum win of 200,000 times your total bet. Below are your chances of winning the gamble at each stage:

• Level 1: Get 2 Jumping Wilds (1 in 6 or 16.67%)
• Level 2: Get 3 Jumping Wilds (1 in 6 or 16.67%)
• Level 3: Get 4 Jumping Wilds (1 in 5 or 20%)
• Level 4: Get 5 Jumping Wilds (1 in 5 or 20%)
• Level 5: Get Max Win (1 in 7 or 14.28%)

If you choose to enter the feature, the high-value inmate symbol is determined which receives a multiplier for the remainder of the feature. Furthermore, the number of Jumping Wilds will determine the number of reels with active Enhancer Cells:

• 1 Jumping Wild: 3 reels with active Enhancer Cells
• 2 Jumping Wilds: 4 reels with active Enhancer Cells
• 3 Jumping Wilds: 5 reels with active Enhancer Cells

Furthermore, the 4^th and 5^th Jumping Wilds begin with a 2x multiplier. The reels will active Enhancer Cells are randomly chosen and remain the same throughout the feature.

Landing a Bonus Scatter on the reel with closed Enhancer Cells will open them up on that reel and transform the Bonus Scatter into a Jumping Wild. Landing 2 to 5 Bonus Scatters will award 3 to 6 additional free spins respectively.

Regarding Jumping Wilds, they jump to a random position on every free spin. When it lands on a reel with the Razor Split enhancer, it doubles its multiplier which remains for the rest of the feature as well as doubling all positions on the same row.

Jumping Wilds on the rows affected by a Split Jumping Wild also double its multiplier which remains in play. Basically, Jumping Wild multipliers count as the number of wilds on that reel position.

Nolimit Booster

San Quentin 2: Death Row comes with an optional Nolimit Booster feature. With 2 options, below are the details including the RTP rate and cost:

By using the xBet option, you have a 1 in 100 spins chance of triggering the Green Mile Spins feature as well as a higher hit frequency of 30=%. If you opt for the Double xBet option, activating the Green Mile Spins will occur every 10 spins with a hit frequency rate of nearly 50%.

Nolimit Bonus

Available outside the United Kingdom, there is a Nolimit Bonus feature where you can buy your way into the Green Mile Spins feature. With 4 options, below are all the details:

If you choose the Lucky Draw option, you’ll have a 405 chance of landing 3 or 4 Bonus Scatters and a 20% chance of landing 5 Bonus Scatters.

With the original game being such an iconic release, the San Quentin 2: Death Row slot game has a lot to live up to. Graphically, the imagery is sharper and the soundtrack is more serious. It feels like a more ‘grown-up’ approach and a natural progression. I like how Nolimit City has used the same characters from the first game.

Using Enhancer Cells, they can reveal the same symbols as in the original release. I found the Razor Split and xWays symbols to be the most lucrative with the latter giving you 10 single Sheriff Wilds if an xWays symbol appears on both top and bottom Enhancer positions.

With Split Wilds, the difference in the second outing comes from the free spins. For starters, there is a gamble option where you can begin with more starting Jumping Wilds. If you have the b*lls, you could gamble for up to 5 Jumping Wilds or even for the max win of 200,000 times your total bet.

Once you’re in the feature, it’s all about the Jumping Wilds with multipliers which are doubled when combined with the Razor Split enhancer. With 200,000 times bet max wins, San Quentin 2: Death Row has bigger win potential that the original game (150,000 x bet).

What strikes me is the max win probability figure. In the first game, the top payout would take approximately 91 million spins to win from the base game whilst it’s 1.52 million spins in the sequel. Below are some stats regarding what your chances are of winning the max 200,000 times bet jackpot:

• Base Game: 1 in 1,525,786 spins
• xBet: 1 in 534,000 spins
• Double xBet: 1 in 26,000 spins
• Green Mile Spins (3 Jumping Wilds): 1 in 6,000 spins
• Green Mile Spins (4 Jumping Wilds): 1 in 1,000 spins
• Green Mile Spins (5 Jumping Wilds): 1 in 170 spins

All in all, the San Quentin 2: Death Row 2 slot is similar to the original release but offers much bigger max wins and will award the max win much more often. The gameplay is very similar which I like as all the features and mechanics combine superbly.

If you love the game’s characters, Beef Dick features in Kenneth Must Die whilst Joe Labrador appears in The Rave. Loco Luis stars in Nolimit City’s first Cluster Pays slot, The Border.

The San Quentin 2: Death Row slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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