Egypt Spin Slots
Slot machine graphics have come a long way in the last few years, but we had to look twice at the beautifully rendered background image to Egypt Spin, from Playtech, to work out if it was computer-generated or somehow photographed for real. Some of the symbols that land on the 5 reels of this 50-line online casino slot game are highly realistic as well, including classic icons such as scarab beetles, ankhs, Anubis and the beautiful Queen Cleopatra.
Apart from the Queen, these higher-paying icons are all made to look like items of jewellery, while the lower-value playing card symbols are on stone-effect tablets, all spinning down reels surrounded by even more carved stonework. It’s highly effective and great to look at, plus there’s suitably Egyptian style music to go along with the mechanical sounds of tumbling reels.
Like most slots from the popular Playtech casino games developer, Egypt Spin comes with enhanced bonus rounds, with a choice of free spins features, plus we have a wild symbol to help you claim more winnings. The ancient Egyptian theme is one of the most popular for slots to follow, and while the features of the Egypt Spin video slot are not new, the quality of the design should ensure that it becomes a firm favourite.
Treasures Among the Pyramids
You will need to land enough examples of the same symbol across any of the 50 paylines, on adjacent reels from the left side to get a prize paid out, and Playtech provide free Egypt Spin video slots if you want to test the game out before making real cash wagers. All 50 lines are active, and the minimum stake is therefore 0.50 per spin, which can be raised to a high limit of 5,000.00. An Autoplay function is available, as well as a Turbo mode for quicker spins, so with luck, you will be landing those lucrative rewards at a faster rate.
If either the 10, J, or Q symbols appear across a payline, the ancient Gods bless you with prizes equal to 7x, 50x, or 150x the line bet, depending on how many reels they land on, while the K and A symbols pay out 10x, 60x, or 200x. Rising up the pyramid of payouts, we have the various Egyptian icons, ranging in value from the Eye of Horus, which is worth up to 400x, through the decorative beetle and the Ankh.
The top symbols will only have to be on reels 1 and 2, to pay out a prize, with a cat statue being worth between 2x and 750x the line stake, Anubis returns win of up to 800x and the beautiful Cleopatra pays 3x the line stake when she’s on reels 1 and 2 only, and 1,000x when she fills a line.
Wild Winnings
Pyramids, temples and palm trees all squeeze into a special wild symbol which can substitute for other icons and with luck, create further winning lines for you. This symbol won’t appear on the left-hand reel though, so it’s not able to make up a line on its own, nor can it act as the bonus symbol.
That bonus symbol is a golden Pharaoh’s mask that can uncover some of the riches of Egypt when it stops in any 3 places at once. It doesn’t have to be on a payline to trigger the main feature either, so it can be relatively easy to earn some free spins.
Before they begin however, you are given a choice of special wild features that will be in effect throughout them, choosing either 5 free games, but any wild symbols will become sticky wilds and stay on the reels until the round ends, or there’s 10 free games and any wilds that appear will expand across the relevant reel. The third option gives you 15 bonus spins, and the wild symbol will be stacked, so it could fill a reel, or just part of one. The Gods will decide, but you get to decide if you want more spins or a greater chance of landing a win from wild symbols. Whichever option you pick, the round can be retriggered by 3 or more bonus symbols appearing in a single free spin, potentially over and over. The new games will play out once the current round has finished, but you don’t get to pick this time, as they will be at the same option originally chosen.
What we Sphinx of Egypt Spins.
There seems to be an endless demand for games based on ancient Egypt and Playtech have delivered a beautiful example of the genre with the Egyptian Spins video slot. Beauty is more than skin deep however, as it offers up the chance to cash out some seriously big wins when some of the higher-value symbols stop across a line.
Like all Playtech titles, it’s mobile optimised and compatible with most platforms, although on the smaller screens of smartphones, a little of the stunning background detail is lost. But the impressive gameplay, features and potential rewards remain, so Egypt Spins deserves to become a very popular game at the multitude of casinos that use Playtech games and software.
