Alternatively titled Buena Suerte (translation: good luck); South of the Border is a Mexican May 2020 video slot subtitled “Loaded with Loot”, a gaming family also containing Arabian Fire (October 2019). Its developer Ainsworth games Sweet Chili (December 2019) and March of the Zombies are relatable.

Themes: motifs, Mexican customs, art, personification, desert plants, and condiments. South of the Border has: twelve total bets, three scatters, stacked puppets, thirteen symbols, 25 fixed and rightward win lines, reactivating free spins, collectible suns, eleven randomized bet multipliers, and four non-progressive jackpots.

One symbol (cactus) pays from X0.08 to X6 for two to five combinations. Nine symbols (hajalata sun, hot sauce, cocktail, pinata, 9, 10, J, K, Q) pay from X0.20 to X100 for three to five combinations.

South of the Border Game Characteristics

Mexican-style red-and-white motifs enclose the South of the Border’s purple-partitioned 5X3 grid, containing floral dark brown reels. It is set in a dusky Chihuahuan (or, Sonoran) desert, featuring sparse saguaro cactus and agaves on a gray ground that contrasts with its pink mountain range amid a star-studded orange-and-pink sky.

The South of the Border’s coins: $0.04, $0.08, $0.12, $0.16, $0.20, $0.24, $0.32, $0.40, $0.64, $0.80, $1.20, and $01.60. Total bets (X25 factor): $1.00 (minimum), $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $8.00, $10.00, $16.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 (maximum).

South of the Border has four special and nine ordinary symbols. Special symbols: substituting sombrero-wearing Mexican “wild” guitarist puppet in yellow; free spins/jackpot-offering and credit-embedded golden sun; jackpot-offering credited orange sun; and faced blue-and-golden hajalata sun (regular scatter).

Ordinaries: cactus; fiery hot sauce; lemon-garnished blue cocktail; colorful donkey pinata; and tribal font-styled orange-and-yellow 9, 10, J, K, Q.

South of the Border has the following payouts.
The $1.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.08, $0.40, $2.00, and $6.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $0.20, $0.40, and $2.00; K pay $0.20, $0.60, and $3.00; pinatas pay $0.20, $0.80, and $4.00; cocktails pay $0.20, $1.00, and $4.00; hot sauces pay $0.20, $1.20, and $5.00; and hajalata suns pay $2.00, $10.00, and $100.00.

The $2.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.16, $0.80, $4.00, and $12.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $0.40, $0.80, and $4.00; K pay $0.40, $1.20, and $6.00; pinatas pay $0.40, $1.60, and $8.00; cocktails pay $0.40, $2.00, and $8.00; hot sauces pay $0.40, $2.40, and $10.00; and hajalata suns pay $4.00, $20.00, and $200.00.

The $3.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.24, $1.20, $6.00, and $18.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $0.60, $1.20, and $6.00; K pay $0.60, $1.80, and $9.00; pinatas pay $0.60, $2.40, and $12.00; cocktails pay $0.60, $3.00, and $12.00; hot sauces pay $0.60, $3.60, and $15.00; and hajalata suns pay $6.00, $30.00, and $300.00.

The $4.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.32, $1.60, $8.00, and $24.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $0.80, $1.60, and $8.00; K pay $0.80, $2.40, and $12.00; pinatas pay $0.80, $3.20, and $16.00; cocktails pay $0.80, $4.00, and $16.00; hot sauces pay $0.80, $4.80, and $20.00; and hajalata suns pay $8.00, $40.00, and $400.00.

The $5.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.40, $2.00, $10.00, and $30.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $1.00, $2.00, and $10.00; K pay $1.00, $3.00, and $15.00; pinatas pay $1.00, $4.00, and $20.00; cocktails pay $1.00, $5.00, and $20.00; hot sauces pay $1.00, $6.00, and $25.00; and hajalata suns pay $10.00, $50.00, and $500.00.

The $6.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.48, $2.40, $12.00, and $36.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $1.20, $2.40, and $12.00; K pay $1.20, $3.60, and $18.00; pinatas pay $1.20, $4.80, and $24.00; cocktails pay $1.20, $6.00, and $24.00; hot sauces pay $1.20, $7.20, and $30.00; and hajalata suns pay $12.00, $60.00, and $600.00.

The $8.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.64, $3.20, $16.00, and $48.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $1.60, $3.20, and $16.00; K pay $1.60, $4.80, and $24.00; pinatas pay $1.60, $6.40, and $32.00; cocktails pay $1.60, $8.00, and $32.00; hot sauces pay $1.60, $9.60, and $40.00; and hajalata suns pay $16.00, $80.00, and $800.00.

The $10.00 bet: cactuses pay $0.80, $4.00, $20.00, and $60.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $2.00, $4.00, and $20.00; K pay $2.00, $6.00, and $30.00; pinatas pay $2.00, $8.00, and $40.00; cocktails pay $2.00, $10.00, and $40.00; hot sauces pay $2.00, $12.00, and $50.00; and hajalata suns pay $20.00, $100.00, and $1000.00.

The $16.00 bet: cactuses pay $1.28, $6.40, $32.00, and $96.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $3.20, $6.40, and $32.00; K pay $3.20, $9.60, and $48.00; pinatas pay $3.20, $12.80, and $64.00; cocktails pay $3.20, $16.00, and $64.00; hot sauces pay $3.20, $19.20, and $80.00; and hajalata suns pay $32.00, $160.00, and $1600.00.

The $20.00 bet: cactuses pay $1.60, $8.00, $40.00, and $120.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $4.00, $8.00, and $40.00; K pay $4.00, $12.00, and $60.00; pinatas pay $4.00, $16.00, and $80.00; cocktails pay $4.00, $20.00, and $80.00; hot sauces pay $4.00, $24.00, and $100.00; and hajalata suns pay $40.00, $200.00, and $2000.00.

The $30.00 bet: cactuses pay $2.40, $12.00, $60.00, and $180.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $6.00, $12.00, and $60.00; K pay $6.00, $18.00, and $90.00; pinatas pay $6.00, $24.00, and $120.00; cocktails pay $6.00, $30.00, and $120.00; hot sauces pay $6.00, $36.00, and $150.00; and hajalata suns pay $60.00, $300.00, and $3000.00.

The $40.00 bet: cactuses pay $3.20, $16.00, $80.00, and $240.00; 9/10/J/Q pay $8.00, $16.00, and $80.00; K pay $8.00, $24.00, and $120.00; pinatas pay $8.00, $32.00, and $160.00; cocktails pay $8.00, $40.00, and $160.00; hot sauces pay $8.00, $48.00, and $200.00; and hajalata suns pay $80.00, $400.00, and $4000.00.

5+ golden suns offer four “Loaded with Loot” free games, with possible golden/orange sun-embedded +1 to +3 free spins. The free mode solely draws: the grayed “+1/+2/+3 free games”; and the orange suns and golden suns, which move to the gray sun-like spaces lined along the grid’s right margin.

The orange/golden sun’s credits are calculated from randomized: X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X10, X15, X25, X50, X100, or X200 bet multipliers. Alternatively, purple “mini”, green “minor”, or red “major” may be emblazoned on the suns—thus awarding a $40.00 mini jackpot, $200.00 minor jackpot, or $2000.00 major jackpot accordingly.

Occupying the sunny voids from top to bottom, the sixth relocated sun pushes the bottommost space’s sun into the golden vault at bottom right; the vault progressively adds the suns’ credits whose collective value is offered afterward.

In the previous step, ten golden suns may enter the vault—progressively counted in the purple sun’s ten dark spots, at top right—thus, offering the $30000.00 grand jackpot.
The South of the Border software: HTML5 and Java Script technologies; bet history; mobile/desktop versions; max bet; and 10/25/50/75/100 auto spins, with betX1 to betX100 loss limits and betX20 to betX50000 single win limits.

Sound effects: ringing, strumming, whooshing, Mariachi music, “ahoy” and “free games” exclamations, zoom in, guitar-playing puppet, dancing cactus, cheering, and sloshing cocktail. The animated 3D graphics: colorful cascaron confetti, blazing sun, glittering, sunburst, gold-emitting vault, and descending and flung suns.

Luck in the South of the Border

South of the Border is a game of chance whose RTP rate is 96.50%, while the house edge is 3.50%.