Another week has passed and a flurry of slot releases have hit the CasinoBeats inbox. Put your feet up as we guide you through a selection of what the industry has to offer, including a disco-themed title from Pragmatic Play for Slot of the Week and sensational slots from Wazdan, Betsoft and Relax Gaming.
Slot of the Week
Crank It Up – Pragmatic Play
Pragmatic Play hits the dance floor to earn the Slot of the Week crown with its latest disco-dancing slot release, Crank It Up.
Amidst a funky soundtrack, Crank It Up provides a 5×3 reel slot with 20-paylines and a maximum win of up to x10,000 the player’s wager.
In the jazzy, high volatile slot, RTP is set at 95.95 per cent, with low value symbols represented by playing card royals, from Jack through to Ace.
These symbols can offer between x0.25 and x5 the player’s stake, depending on the number of winning combinations that land on a single spin.
The slot title features a myriad of disco-themed features with party glasses, headphones, shoes and gold microphones representing high value symbols, offering between x1 and x35 the player’s preferred bet.
Vinyl scatters can also drop into play, awarding 10, 15 or 20 free spins when three, four or five appear on the same spin, respectively.
Finally, wild boomboxes can appear, substituting for all symbols in the game other than the vinyl scatter.
The free spins feature sees wilds place markers on the cells they drop into on every spin. If several wilds land on the same cell across the free spins, the cell will gain a multiplier, starting at x2 and increasing to x5 and x10 if a third or fourth wild drops into the same cell, respectively.
Once the awarded number of spins have been completed, players will receive three bonus spins, where each marked cell transforms into a sticky wild symbol to increase the win potential.
The multipliers on marked cells will only become active on the wild symbols for these three final bonus spins.
Landing three, four or five scatters on the same free spin will award 10, 15 or 20 additional spins respectively to prolong the bonus game mode.
Featured slots
9 Lions Hold the Jackpot – Wazdan
Wazdan has revamped a previously-released roaring slot release by adding its popular Hold the Jackpot mechanic to this 3×3 reel slot with a maximum win of up to x750 the player’s stake. This title has variable volatility levels alongside an RTP of 96.14 per cent.
Andrzej Hyla, Chief Commercial Officer at Wazdan, commented: “Elevating the gameplay of pre-established hits allows us to expand on strong existing player bases by enhancing their gaming experience.
“We look forward to 9 Lions enthusiasts enjoying the comeback of the successful title with increased opportunities to win through our all-encompassing bonus gameplay and stimulating bonus games on offer.”
There are no standard symbols in this game, and prizes can only be won in the ‘hold the jackpot’ bonus game.
This bonus game is activated by landing any three gold or bonus coins on the middle row.
Special cash infinity symbols can drop on the reels. These coins will stay sticky on the reels until the hold the jackpot mode is triggered.
With the bonus game mode, three spins are initially awarded to the player, with each new bonus symbol landing on the reels resetting the number of spins to three.
All symbols that drop onto the reels during this game mode stay stuck on the reels for the entirety of the hold the jackpot spins.
Gold coin symbols will drop into play with values between x1 and x5 the player’s preferred stake, with the aim of the game being to collect as many high value coins as possible before the ‘hold the jackpot’ spins run out.
Additionally, three different jackpot symbols can land on the reels to award players with their corresponding jackpot prizes. Jackpot prizes come in the form of mini, minor and major values, offering x10, x20 and x50 respectively.
Other symbols that can drop in during this bonus game mode include mystery symbols, which can transform into any symbol other than the infinity symbols, as well as a jackpot mystery symbol that will reveal either a mini, minor or major prize. These mystery symbols reveal themselves once all given spins have been played out.
Collector cash pot symbols can also appear, gathering the values of all coins on the reels, in addition to any other collector symbols, when they drop into play before multiplying the accumulated value with a random multiplier between x1 and x20.
If players manage to land symbols on all nine spaces on the reels, the grand jackpot prize of x750 will be awarded.
Additionally, lion symbols can appear in the base game. Each lion that appears will mark its respective cell on a corresponding 3×3 reel set that sits beside the main grid. Filling this bonus grid with lions will trigger the 9 Lions bonus game.
In this bonus game, players must select one out of nine lions that are hiding prizes behind them. These prizes include mini, minor, major or grand jackpot prizes, a standard prize coin ranging from x1 to x5 the player’s stake or a lion mystery symbol.
Coins of Alkemor – Betsoft
Betsoft challenges players with collecting spell-binding wizard coins in its latest 3×3 reel slot, which uses five-paylines, high volatility and an RTP of 96.18 per cent. The slot offers four jackpot prizes of up to x1,000.
Silver and gold wizard coins can appear on the reels, with silver coins appearing on reels one and three and gold coins appearing in the middle reel. Landing one gold coin alongside at least two other coins of any kind will trigger the hold-and-win game mode.
Each silver coin will display a prize value, ranging from x1 to x15 the player’s bet, or jackpot values of mini (x25), minor (x50), major (x150) or grand (x1,000). These prizes can be won in the hold-and-win game mode.
In the hold-and-win feature, the gold coin that triggered the feature will collect the values of all silver coins that appear alongside it, as well as any other silver coins – including jackpot coins – that drop into play throughout the feature.
Players are given three spins to land as many silver coins on the reels as possible or any more gold coins that will significantly increase the win potential by also collecting the values of all coins on the reels – including other gold coins.
All gold coins stay sticky for the awarded spins, while silver coins will spin off of the reels after having their values collected. Each coin that appears will also reset the number of spins to three.
When the feature draws to a close after all three spins have been completed, the player will receive the accumulated value of all gold coins present on the reels.
Any wizard coins that drop into play throughout the base game can randomly activate the hold-and-win bonus at any moment.
Finally, wild crystal balls can drop into play, substituting for all symbols other than the wizard coins. Landing three wilds in a winning combination will provide x10 the player’s stake.
Fang’s Inferno Dream Drop – Relax Gaming
Relax Gaming published its latest Dream Drop title this week, incorporating a fiery wilds feature into a fantasy, dragon-themed slot release with 5×4 reels, 20-paylines and a maximum win of up to x5,000 the player’s wager. The slot has an RTP of 94 per cent.
Shelley Hannah, CPO at Relax Gaming, stated: “This is another feature-filled hit that we expect to perform fantastically in the coming weeks, months and years. We couldn’t be more excited to see which brave players step up to the mantle and tame Relax Gaming’s latest red-hot arrival.”
Throughout the game, bonus reels sit above and below the main second, third and fourth reels. Special Fang dragon symbols can appear on these reels, with up to three appearing on the same bonus reel at once.
When a Fang dragon appears above or below the same reel that a wild dwarf sits within, the dragon will shoot fire across the reels, covering all cells between itself and the wild symbol. Each cell that gets covered in fire will transform into a wild symbol.
Fang symbols can also appear with multipliers ranging from x2 to x5, which will be applied to all wilds that it shoots across the reel set. If any multiplier wilds contribute to winning combinations, the payout prizes will be enhanced by its displayed multipliers.
When fang dragons appear both above and below the same reel as a wild symbol, they will both shoot fire across the reels. If they both have multipliers, the wild dwarf symbol will gain a multiplier that is equal to both dragons’ multipliers multiplied together.
Meanwhile, the other multipliers that are placed on the reels between both dragons will take the multiplier value of the dragon that is closest to them.
When three Fang symbols appear on the same bonus reel, the flamin’ respins feature will be activated.
This awards three spins – unless two bonus reels are filled, in which six spins will be provided – where all the initial Fang symbols, and any additional ones that appear, stay sticky in their positions on the bonus reels.
When three scatters appear, players can choose to either activate nine fiery free spins or Fang’s mystery prize. If taking the mystery prizes, players will be given a random multiplied bet amount that can be up to x5,000 their stake.
However, the fiery free spins option will award nine spins where any Fang symbols that appear will remain sticky in their positions. These Fang symbols can have their multiplier values randomly increased at the beginning of any of these spins.
Relax Gaming’s Dream Drop jackpot functionality has also been implemented into this game, with players able to win one of five progressive jackpot prizes when three Dream Dop symbols appear across the second, third and fourth reels.