Ambassador Slot Machine
Ambassador is a 4-reel, single payline slot machine from Betdigital that will be familiar to players who have ever been on a traditional fruit machine, of the type that can be found in pubs, bars and arcades. Cherries, oranges, BARS and bells have been used as slot machine symbols since the games were first invented, and Betdigital has gone down the traditional route, but added a range of special features to make it stand out. These include a Supermeter game that has higher payouts, a Fruit Pot bonus prize and the unique Ambassador Wheel, which can spin up wins of up to 1000x the triggering bet.
There’s also the option to gamble wins, which with a bit of luck, can turn modest payouts into much bigger rewards, and with an excellent return to player percentage of 97%, you have some great chances to collect prizes in this feature-filled online and mobile optimised slot game. Betdigital is based in Oxfordshire in the UK and has been providing games as well as software platforms to a number of major casino sites since it was founded in 2011.
While many of their games revolve around specific themes, the traditional fruit machine style remains popular with many players, especially when there’s a few bonus features to add to the excitement. The Ambassador video slot certainly serves up some thrills as symbols land across the reels, or the special features are triggered, and we haven’t even mentioned the Joker wild symbol that makes it even easier to grab some winnings.
The Ambassador is Waiting
Simple graphics suit the classic style and the reels are set against a plain blue background, with a straightforward design that marks this out as a no-frill slot. Above the reels we see the circular Supermeter (actually a ten-sided decagon, but that’s being picky), while the buttons of the gamble feature sit to the left side. There’s just a single payline running across the 4 reels and a review of the paytable reveals how many examples of the same symbol will be needed across it to get a win paid out.
Cherries are usually the lowest-value symbol in a fruit machine and it’s no different here, with prizes of 2x the stake paid out when it stops on reel 1 from the left side, while seeing it on reels 2, 3, or 4 will result in wins of 4x, 10x, or 40x the stake paid out. Other symbols will need to be seen on at least 3 reels across the line to be worth anything, with oranges and lemons both paying out 6x and 20x the triggering bet, while pears and apples are valued at 10x and 30x.
Plums and watermelons are worth progressively more, while a golden bell pays 20x, or 50x. Then we get to the high-paying single, double and triple-BAR icons, which are other classic symbols and pay high limits of 200x, 300x, or 600x the stake respectively. Somewhat confusingly, there are a few exceptions to how paylines are created, as the cherry can also be seen on reel 4 for a 2x win, or on reels 1 and 4, or 3, and 4 for a 10x award. A special star symbol will also pay when it’s seen on the first 3 or last 3 reels across the line.
Wild Joker
Another special symbol is the Joker, but he’s a welcome addition to the mix, as he can act as any other to complete winning combinations for you. His grinning face only appears on reel 3, so he won’t be able to make up any lines on his own.
Special Features
There are 4 different ways that you can multiply wins and the features start with a click on the Gamble button to the left of the Supermeter. Numbers and colours spin in a box below it and you can double a win by clicking red or blue buttons at the right time, while the bet is tripled when you manage to stop the numbers at either 2, 5, 7, or 11, and if you get the timing right and click the 4x button to stop on 1, 7, or 12, the win is quadrupled.
If you transfer wins to the Supermeter, which sits within the Ambassador Wheel, you can multiply prizes, although only when you are playing with 5 coins, while also enhancing the way that wins can be gambled. This also triggers the Fruit Pot feature, that lights up each fruit symbol when you get full lines of cherries, oranges, lemons, plums or watermelons on the main reels. Once all the fruit symbols are lit up, a bonus win of 5,000 coins is paid out.
You can win 1,000 coins in the Ambassador Wheel game, which starts when 3 or 4 star symbols stop on the payline. There’s 10 segments to the Wheel and these light up in turn, stopping on either the high-paying section at the top, or if it misses this part, you still get a win for landing the star.
Betting Options
With just one payline, the betting options are pretty simple and you click + or – buttons to raise stakes from a low limit of 0.01 per spin to the maximum of 25.00. Although free Ambassador video slots can be found, at such a tiny minimum wager it makes sense to play for real cash stakes and start collecting real cash prizes.
There’s also an Autoplay feature which can be set to run for up to 100 spins and to stop at your chosen win or loss limits, leaving you time to chill out and watch the game do all the work for you.
Feature-Filled Fruit Machines
There’s not many fruit machine style slots that carry so many features as this one, but similar symbols appear across the reels of the Jesters Jackpot video slot from Microgaming. Along with fruits and a Jester hat, there’s the chance to land some huge wins, and as the name suggests, the Jester pays out the top prizes, with punters collecting 2,400 coins when they land this symbol across the 3 reels.
Betdigital clearly know a thing or two about developing classic fruit machines, as their Joker 1000 Deluxe is a big hit at land based and online casinos alike. This game also has the popular Supermeter feature, plus a gamble feature, while landing the Joker will award random prizes of up to 10,000 coins, which will have players laughing all the way to the bank.
Closing Thoughts on Ambassador
The Ambassador video slot is aimed a certain market and punters used to having themed, multi-payline games where they trigger a host of bonus rounds probably won’t look twice at it. But for those of us who enjoy the classic style, while still wanting the chance to multiply wins and grab hold of some huge payouts, it’s definitely a game to look at.
The plain style of the graphics is to be expected in a machine designed from the outset to be a little retro, and the Betdigital slot developer has deliberately made it look like the sort of game that players will find in their local pubs. It’s a fun, fair and reliable slot that can be played on a variety of mobile platforms as well as desktop PC’s.
