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Aloha King Elvis
BGaming · 5x3, 25 lines · RTP 94.98% · Max win 2,000x · Released 22 July 2021
Figures from BGaming's published game data. Verify against the in-game info screen at your operator.
- Provider
- BGaming
- RTP
- 94.98%
- Volatility
- Medium-high
- Maximum win
- 2,000x
- Layout
- 5x3, 25 lines
- Released
- 22 July 2021
Here is the awkward fact about Aloha King Elvis: it is the sequel to BGaming's most successful game, and on paper it is worse in every headline number.
| Elvis Frog in Vegas | Aloha King Elvis | |
|---|---|---|
| RTP | 95.30% | 94.98% |
| Max win | 2,500x | 2,000x |
| Released | 2020 | 2021 |
Lower return, lower ceiling, released later. That is not the usual direction for a sequel, and it is worth understanding what you are actually getting for it.
What you are paying for
The answer is optionality. Aloha King Elvis adds things the original does not have:
- A choice of two free-spin modes rather than one fixed round
- A collect symbol feeding the respin feature
- Optional buy and chance features — pay extra to enter the bonus directly or improve your trigger odds
The 0.32 percentage points of return is roughly the cost of that machinery. Whether it is worth it depends entirely on whether you use it.
The buy feature question
If your operator offers the bonus buy, do the arithmetic before you touch it. Buy features on this kind of game carry broadly the same return as the base game — they change how quickly you reach an outcome, not how good the outcome is. On a game already returning under 95%, buying compresses a below-average expectation into a single fast transaction.
Availability depends on your jurisdiction. The UK prohibits bonus buys outright, so the option simply will not appear for UK players. Several other regulated markets restrict them too.
The respin engine
Mechanically this is the same six-coins-to-trigger hold-and-respin as the original, with three jackpot tiers sitting on top. The collect symbol is the addition — it sweeps coin values on screen, which shortens the distance between a mediocre respin sequence and a decent one.
That is a real improvement to the feature. It is also, along with the free-spin choice, where the missing return went.
The 94.98% problem
This is the lowest published return among BGaming's ten most-played titles on this site. Not dramatically — the spread from 94.94% to 97.34% is under two and a half points — but it sits at the bottom.
Two and a half points sounds small and is not. On $1,000 of turnover, the difference between 94.98% and Fruit Million's 97.34% is about $24 of expected difference. Over a long relationship with a game, that compounds.
Who it suits
Someone who liked the original's respin feature and specifically wants more control over it — mode selection, buy options, a faster route to the jackpot tiers. That is a real preference and this game serves it.
It does not suit anyone who assumed a sequel would be an upgrade. On the numbers it is a lateral move at a slightly worse price.
Also on this site
- Elvis Frog in Vegas — the original, better numbers, fewer options
- Wild Cash x9990 — the same studio's higher-ceiling multiplier game
- Bonus buys and what they actually cost
Source: BGaming's published game data. Reviewed 29 August 2026. BGaming publishes a "hit rate" figure we have omitted pending a definition from the studio.
Verify the return figure in the game's own information screen. Operators deploy different certified builds of the same game, and the figure shown to you is the one that applies. Set a deposit limit first.
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