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| Provider | Inspired Gaming |
| Reels | 6 |
| Rows | 3 |
| Paylines | 40 |
| Bonus Rounds | 2 |
| Bet Range | 0.20 - 100 |
| Volatility | High |
| Max Win | 50,000x |
| Bonus Buy | No |
| RTP | 94.02% |
| Our Rating | 7.3 |
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Game Overview
Here’s a pretty looking game from one of the more established online slots studio, Inspired Gaming. Their new Scarab Fortunes Win & Spin slot machine is a six-reel game with an Ancient Egyptian theme, sporting 40 fixed paylines and a relatively low RTP of just 94.02% – 94.11%. My concerns were further elevated after I realised that the maximum win in this game is quoted at £250,000 rather than a multiple of your bet. This doesn’t fill me with confidence, and I would guess that a more realistic maximum win is probably something like £50,000 when playing on the maximum wager of £100 per spin.
The paytable looks busy with around 15 pages of information to work your way through, although many of these are devoted to fluff rather than essential content, Thankfully! The main bonus round is a free spin feature that awards between ten and 25 free spins depending on the number of triggering scatter symbols; the game may also opt to award you the Win & Spin Bonus Round instead of the free spins if it’s feeling quirky that day. That feature is a rather unique take on the standard three-spin bonus format, so be sure to play until you have seen it at least once!
I don’t know about you, but I find the Scarab beetle absolutely terrifying, much to the amusement of the people I was shooting guns with on a range in Ibiza a few years back. Fortunately, you won’t need to run away from these satanic creatures whilst playing our free demo slot of Scarab Fortunes Win & Spin.
Scarab Fortunes Win And Spin Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols
So why are Ancient Egyptian-themed slots so unbelievably popular? Honestly, I’ve no idea, but the trend was seemingly set in motion decades ago when IGT Released their original Cleopatra slot machine, and things have just snowballed from there. If you like the look and feel of these games, this sure is a good one; if not, I would probably give this a miss owing to the rather stingy RTP. You wouldn’t believe how much difference a drop of a couple of percent can make when it comes to online slots.
What about the paytable, then? There are four statues which take pride of place at the top of the paytable, representing a bull (3x your bet for a full pay line of six-of-a-kind), a cat (again 3x your bet for all five symbols), a pelican, which ups the ante to 6x, whilst what I believe may be an early domesticated dog is the most valuable of the bunch with a return of 12x for a completed pay line of six-of-a-kind. Sadly, the wild symbols pay no premium above this, so don’t get too excited if you somehow hit the unbelievably rare combination of a full payline of Cleopatra wilds.
And your betting options? The lowest bet permitted per spin is a low roller friendly €0.20, whilst the maximum is a wild €100.00 per spin – I hope you’ve re-mortgaged your house if you intend to play at those stakes!
Base Game & Modifiers
Base gameplay takes place on the familiar five reel, three-row slot machine setup that we all know and love against a backdrop of leaning columns and pyramids. Payouts are attached to all combinations of three or more symbols on a payline, although the winnings for three-symbol combinations are pitifully small.
The five-symbol combinations are worth between 20% and 33% of those offered for the maximum six-symbol combinations. Still, one thing that I did find interesting was that even the six-of-a-kind hits seemed to occur with relative frequency in this game.
Scarab Symbols
The scarab symbol appears in the base game and the win and spin bonus round. Landing six of these in any position during the base game will trigger the feature, whilst inside the win and spin bonus round, you will collect the values shown on each Scarab symbol instead. These can be multiples of the current stake or even mini, minor, major, or GRAND jackpot prizes.
Scarab Fortunes Win And Spin Slot Bonus Features
The bonus symbol appears on all six reels during the base game and the free spins bonus. Landing three or more of these anywhere in view will trigger the bonus, offering you the choice of either spin and win or free spins.
Free Spins
The free spins feature can award between 10 and 25 free spins depending on the number of triggering scatter symbols. Three scatters award 10 free spins, whilst four, five, or six will grant you 15, 20, or 25, respectively. The feature can also be re-triggered with the same number of spins.
Spin & Win Feature
This “three-spin” feature begins by illuminating all triggering scarab symbols whilst the remainder of the reel set becomes dark. Each time another scarab appears, your remaining lives counter will be reset to the initial three. The bonus will continue until you have filled the entire grid with Scarab symbols or lost all of your lives.
At the end of the feature, the values of all visible Scarab symbols will be totted up and awarded as your final prize. If the feature ends due to a completed grid, the game will award you the grand jackpot of 50,000x your bet instead. I really do wish you the best of luck in hitting that one!
Fortune Spins
I expected this to be a bonus buy or bonus bet facility, but it is instead something completely different. There are two modes, both of which feature only blank and Scarab symbols, and I guess the idea is that this mode gives you a much better shot at landing the Spin & Win Feature.
The price per spin is identical to that of the main game, but if you choose the “one in 30 average entry” option, then your odds of hitting the feature are – surprise, surprise – one in 30 – whilst the enhanced version halves your odds to one in sixty, however, any scarabs which land in this mode are worth 2x what they are in the first option.
Scarab Fortunes Win And Spin Slot Review Final Thoughts
Inspired Gaming has pulled off an excellent Ancient Egypt-themed game here, with bucketloads of high-paying features and a top jackpot prize that is sure to keep you coming back time and time again for just one more try!
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