Cash Eruption Paytable
Cash Eruption Paytable
Symbol values, wild behaviour, and bonus triggers in IGT's fruit-and-fire slot.
- Volatility
- medium-high
- Best possible win
- 10000x
- Number of lines
- 20
- Reel setup
- 5×3
Cash Eruption runs on a five-reel, 20-fixed-payline grid where red and blue lucky 7s sit above bells and a run of classic fruit symbols. The Fire Goddess wild can expand across reels 2 to 5 on a winning hit, the volcano scatter pays its own way and triggers free spins, and a separate fireball symbol only appears in the Cash Eruption hold-and-respin round.
- Red 7s are the highest-paying standard symbol across the sources reviewed.
- The Fire Goddess wild never appears on reel 1.
- Exact per-symbol pay values differ between paytable versions and are not fixed in one public source.
Paytable Terms
Fire Goddess wild
An expanding wild that substitutes for regular symbols and covers a full reel on reels 2 to 5 when it lands as part of a winning combination.
Volcano scatter
A feature symbol that pays on its own regardless of payline position and triggers the free spins round once enough symbols land on the grid.
Fireball symbol
A bonus-only symbol used exclusively in the Cash Eruption hold-and-respin feature; it does not carry a line payout on the standard paytable.
Fixed payline
A payline pattern that pays only when matching symbols land left to right starting on reel 1, as opposed to ways-to-win or cluster pays.
Pattern win
A specific arrangement of sevens and expanding wilds that several reviewers describe as a distinct high-value base-game outcome.
Volatility and the Paytable
medium-high
Reviewers describe Cash Eruption anywhere from medium to high volatility, and the paytable structure explains why the estimates diverge: most spins draw from the low fruit tier, while the gap up to red 7s and expanded wilds is wide. Wins from the fruit symbols are frequent but modest, and the larger payouts depend on landing the Fire Goddess across several reels or reaching the fireball bonus, both of which are comparatively rare events.
How the Symbol Hierarchy Works
The base symbol set follows IGT's familiar fruit machine layout: cherries, lemons, oranges, plums, and grapes fill the lower rungs of the paytable. These symbols land most often across the 5x3 grid and form the bulk of small, frequent line wins on the game's 20 fixed paylines.
Above the fruit sit bells, followed by blue and red lucky 7s. Red 7s are consistently reported as the top-paying standard symbol, with blue 7s just below them, giving the paytable a familiar three-tier fruit-to-sevens climb rather than a flat spread of similar values.
The Fire Goddess wild sits outside the regular payline hierarchy. It substitutes for any fruit, bell, or seven symbol and can expand to fill an entire reel when it forms part of a winning line, but it never lands on reel 1 and does not substitute for the volcano scatter or the fireball bonus symbol.
The volcano scatter pays independently of payline position, based on how many symbols land anywhere on the grid, and awards free spins once enough of them appear. Unlike the fruit and seven symbols, its payout is not tied to matching a specific left-to-right combination.
A separate fireball symbol drives the Cash Eruption hold-and-respin feature and does not carry a line payout of its own on the base paytable. Landing at least six fireballs triggers the bonus round, where each symbol holds a cash or jackpot value that is revealed and collected during the respins, including the Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand tiers.
Exact pay values per symbol are not consistent across the paytable versions circulating on review and demo sites, so treat the figures on any given demo as one configuration among several rather than a universal IGT standard; the symbol hierarchy and feature roles described above, however, hold across every source reviewed.
Paytable Questions
Does the red 7 pay more than the blue 7 in Cash Eruption?
Yes, reviewers covering the paytable place the red 7 above the blue 7, making it the highest-paying standard symbol on the reels, ahead of the bell and fruit symbols.
Can the Fire Goddess wild land on reel 1?
No, every paytable description reviewed places the wild only on reels 2 through 5, so it can expand across a maximum of four reels rather than five.
Does the fireball symbol appear on the regular paytable?
It is listed separately from the fruit-and-sevens paytable because it only has meaning inside the Cash Eruption hold-and-respin round, where it carries a hidden cash or jackpot value rather than a fixed line payout.
Why do the pay values shown in different demos not match?
IGT distributes Cash Eruption with more than one paytable configuration, and review sites often mirror whichever version their demo build uses, which is why fruit and seven values differ from one site to another.
Does the volcano scatter need to land on a payline to pay?
No, scatter payouts and the free spins trigger are based on how many volcano symbols appear anywhere on the grid, independent of the 20 fixed paylines used for the fruit and seven symbols.
What happens when the Fire Goddess expands?
When it lands as part of a winning combination on reels 2 to 5, it grows to cover the full reel, which can turn a single wild into multiple matching symbols across that reel for the same spin.
Is there a bonus buy option to skip to the fireball feature?
No, Cash Eruption does not offer a bonus buy, so the fireball hold-and-respin round can only be reached by landing at least six fireball symbols during regular play.