Merry Spinning Slot Machine
Merry Spinning is a jolly, Christmas-themed video slot from the Booming Games casino suite. While you MAY only feel like playing this game for a few weeks a year – y’know, in December, when Christmas carollers yodel on every street corner and saccharine TV adverts do your head in – it’s available whenever the fancy takes you. Spaced over 5 reels, and with 25 paylines on offer, the game is characterised by gift-wrapped free spins and many symbols evoking the seasonal cheer of Yuletide.
Getting Started
Players taking part in Merry Spinning can choose how much they wish to stake per pay-line by using the + and – buttons in Settings. Otherwise, it’s all pretty self-explanatory: press Spin to spin the reels or Max Bet to activate all paylines. You can also take advantage of the Autoplay function to force the reels to spin continually.
The object of the game is simple: hit matching symbols on consecutive, active pay-lines to trigger wins. All wins pay left to right except the scatter, which pays in any configuration.
Gamblers will be pleased to note that Merry Spinning comes with a Double or Nothing round. This is available to play after every regular pay-line win, and gamers can continue gambling up to ten times in a row provided they guess correctly. The maximum you can win during the round is capped at 10,000, though it’d take one lucky man (or woman) to win as much as that.
Incidentally, you can stop the gamble game at any time by hitting Collect, at which point you’ll be returned to the base game. You can also exit by clicking the Exit symbol (duh) in the top right-hand corner. Unfortunately, you cannot access the Gamble feature during Autoplay mode.
First-Class Security
The security-conscious among you will be glad to hear that all Booming Games titles log out automatically after ten minutes of inactivity. This security measure is designed to protect the player, who need only log back in to continue where they left off. In the case of a malfunction in the game, whether it’s a hardware or software issue, all affected bets and pay-outs are rendered void, and all affected bets refunded, if you have played other titles such as Masters of The Sky you may already be familiar with this.
A Holly, Jolly Casino Game
’Tis the season to be jolly and all that malarkey. Well, you can be a cynic and call it malarkey, or you can embrace the warm-fuzzy nature of Christmas in all its tinsel-laden glory, as Merry Spinning assuredly does. We’re delighted to say there are no playing card icons in this game: every single symbol relates, in some way, to December 25. Symbols include a trio of Christmas carollers, sporting earmuffs and singing from songbooks; a red-nosed reindeer; a wonky-eyed elf; Father Christmas’s main squeeze, Mrs Claus; a snowman in a scarf and top hat; a sprig of holly; a gingerbread man; a gift box; a stocking; a Christmas tree; and Santa Claus himself, hauling a large brown sack.
The humble carollers pay paltry sums, but you tend to hit matching symbols rather a lot. The pay-table indicates that it’s 1.50 for five or 0.60 for four. Mrs Claus is a little better: she awards 2.25 for five, while the snowman awards 16.50 for five. The best-paying icons are the Christmas tree wild and the Santa Claus scatter. While the former pays 60 for five or 7.50 for four, the latter pays 75 for five or 37.50 for four. The Santa Claus scatter also triggers ten free spins: just land three anywhere on the reels.
OK, so the symbols aren’t high-payers – this is very much a penny slot. However, the wild in the game is a little special…
Merry Spinning Wild Reel
The Merry Spinning video slot includes a Wild Reel: all the symbols in reel four are wild, except for one possible scatter. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the Wild Reel can lead to frequent wins. It pays to keep an eye out for that bauble-strewn Christmas tree.
Dreaming of a White Christmas…
Merry Spinning is a slot that’s best enjoyed around Christmas, though there’s money to be won whenever you choose to play. The bright, cheerful slot is set in a snowbound winter wonderland, and there’s a certain charm about it, even if the pay-table isn’t anything to brag about. If you’re looking to play a good-looking Christmas-themed slot, Merry Spinning is worth a go.
