Formally titled Sweet Chili: Electric Cash; this Mexican December 2019 video slot has been developed by Ainsworth whose Electric Cash series also includes Rise of the Ox, Rise of the Phoenix, Rise of the Tiger, Legends of Giza, and Rise of the Dragon (May 2022).

Themes: Santa Fe style, personification, Mexican customs, spices, and musical instruments. Sweet Chili has: four jackpots; fifteen symbols; three scatters; collectible and sticky chilies; nine bonus bet multipliers (called electric wins); two sets of free games; 25 rightward and fixed winning lines; and nine total bets.

Two symbols (running chili and condiment jar) require two to five combinations, paying between X0.08 and X8. Ten symbols (logo, musical instruments, sombrero, whiskey, A, K, Q, J, 9, and 10) require a three to five-of-a-kind, paying between X0.20 and X10.

Sweet Chili Game Characteristics

There are retro and floral adobe houses, painted in warm colors and fitted with string lights, backgrounding the Sweet Chili’s 5X3 grid. Set in a Mexican street amid wall art depicting the Dia de los Muertos festival; there are gigantic jackpot-displaying condiment jars bordering the yellow-framed grid, which has red partitions for its Mexican textile-inspired crimson reels.

The Sweet Chili’s coin sizes: $0.04, $0.08, $0.16, $0.24, $0.32, $0.48, $0.80, $1.20, and $1.60. Total bets: $1.00 (minimum), $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 (maximum).

Sweet Chili has four special symbols: the substituting wild is a colorful Mexican mask; free spins-activating red-peppered “Sweet Chili” logo (scatter); and red poblano chili (scatter) and green poblano chili (scatter), showing jackpot-specific neon blue “mini” and neon purple “minor”.

The eleven ordinaries: running and fiery human-faced red fresno chili; peppery red-and-white condiment jar; golden guitar alongside rhumba shakers; patterned golden sombrero; lemon-garnished agave whiskey serving; and spotted and golden-lined purple A, orange K, yellow Q, blue J, jade 9, and red 10.

Below are the Sweet Chili’s regular and free mode’s payouts.
$1.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.20, $0.40, and $2.00; K/Q pay $0.20, $1.00, and $4.00; A pay $0.20, $1.40, and $5.00; whiskeys pay $0.32, $2.00, and $6.00; sombreros pay $0.32, $3.00, and $6.00; musical instruments pay $0.40, $3.00, and $6.00; logos pay $1.00, $5.00, and $10.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.08, $0.60, $4.00, and $8.00.

$2.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.40, $0.80, and $4.00; K/Q pay $0.40, $2.00, and $8.00; A pay $0.40, $2.80, and $10.00; whiskeys pay $0.64, $4.00, and $12.00; sombreros pay $0.64, $6.00, and $12.00; musical instruments pay $0.80, $6.00, and $12.00; logos pay $2.00, $10.00, and $20.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.16, $1.20, $8.00, and $16.00.

$4.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.80, $1.60, and $8.00; K/Q pay $0.80, $4.00, and $16.00; A pay $0.80, $5.60, and $20.00; whiskeys pay $1.28, $8.00, and $24.00; sombreros pay $1.28, $12.00, and $24.00; musical instruments pay $1.60, $12.00, and $24.00; logos pay $4.00, $20.00, and $40.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.32, $2.40, $16.00, and $32.00.

$6.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.20, $2.40, and $12.00; K/Q pay $1.20, $6.00, and $24.00; A pay $1.20, $8.40, and $30.00; whiskeys pay $1.92, $12.00, and $36.00; sombreros pay $1.92, $18.00, and $36.00; musical instruments pay $2.40, $18.00, and $36.00; logos pay $6.00, $30.00, and $60.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.48, $3.60, $24.00, and $48.00.

$8.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.60, $3.20, and $16.00; K/Q pay $1.60, $8.00, and $32.00; A pay $1.60, $11.20, and $40.00; whiskeys pay $2.56, $16.00, and $48.00; sombreros pay $2.56, $24.00, and $48.00; musical instruments pay $3.20, $24.00, and $48.00; logos pay $8.00, $40.00, and $80.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.64, $4.80, $32.00, and $64.00.

$12.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $2.40, $4.80, and $24.00; K/Q pay $2.40, $12.00, and $48.00; A pay $2.40, $16.80, and $60.00; whiskeys pay $3.84, $24.00, and $72.00; sombreros pay $3.84, $36.00, and $72.00; musical instruments pay $4.80, $36.00, and $72.00; logos pay $12.00, $60.00, and $120.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $0.96, $7.20, $48.00, and $96.00.

$20.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $4.00, $8.00, and $40.00; K/Q pay $4.00, $20.00, and $80.00; A pay $4.00, $28.00, and $100.00; whiskeys pay $6.40, $40.00, and $120.00; sombreros pay $6.40, $60.00, and $120.00; musical instruments pay $8.00, $60.00, and $120.00; logos pay $20.00, $100.00, and $200.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $1.60, $12.00, $80.00, and $160.00.

$30.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $6.00, $12.00, and $60.00; K/Q pay $6.00, $30.00, and $120.00; A pay $6.00, $42.00, and $150.00; whiskeys pay $9.60, $60.00, and $180.00; sombreros pay $9.60, $90.00, and $180.00; musical instruments pay $12.00, $90.00, and $180.00; logos pay $30.00, $150.00, and $300.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $2.40, $18.00, $120.00, and $240.00.

$40.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $8.00, $16.00, and $80.00; K/Q pay $8.00, $40.00, and $160.00; A pay $8.00, $56.00, and $200.00; whiskeys pay $12.00, $80.00, and $240.00; sombreros pay $12.80, $120.00, and $240.00; musical instruments pay $16.00, $120.00, and $240.00; logos pay $40.00, $200.00, and $400.00; and condiments/running chilies pay $3.20, $24.00, $160.00, and $320.00.

The inner reels may draw the red and green chilies, showing credits from X1, X2, X3, X5, X10, X25, X50, X100, or X250 randomized bet multipliers. Alternatively, there may be “mini/minor” red/green chilies, offering: $40.00 mini jackpot, or $200.00 minor jackpot. 3+ “Sweet Chili” logos offer ten nightly and re-triggering free spins.

6+ red/green chilies are sticky after unlocking the “stick & spin feature” whose three free spins are reset by 1+ re-landing red/green chilies. Collecting 10+ red chilies in the golden “major” jar at right offers the $5000.00 major jackpot; while collecting 15+ red and green chilies in the lime “grand” jar at left offers the $30000.00 grand jackpot.

The HTML5 game Sweet Chili has: mobile/desktop versions; textual prompts; and 10/25/50/75/100 auto games, with $1.00 to $400.00 loss limits and $20.00 to $680000.00 single win limits.

On/off sounds: ambient mariachi music; and whooshing, ringing, dinging, and “wild” exclamation effects.

The animated 3D graphics: flashing icons, glimmer and glitter effects, blinking string lights, dolly zooming, burning chilies and logo, gushing coins, diverging chilies, fiery reels, sunburst, nodding and fiery mask’s rolling eyeballs, and capillarity.

Luck in Sweet Chili

Sweet Chili, a game of luck, has a 96.17% RTP rate. House edge: 3.83%.