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Microgaming Launches Another Egyptian Online Slot

Microgaming Launches Another Egyptian Online Slot

Added: June 11, 2018

Hot on the heels of Temple of Tut, Microgaming has launched another ancient Egypt themed online slot. Egyptian and Norse mythologies seem to be the flavours of the season. Wild Scarabs has been developed in-house by Microgaming. It is live at online casinos like Royal Vegas, Jackpot City and Roxy Palace.

The setting for a change is in the open rather than the usual interior of an ancient monument. You can see the Nile, the Pyramids and the palm trees in the background. The scarab is obviously the wild symbol. It also awards the highest line payouts. The other high paying symbols are Horus, Anubis, Ankh and Eye of Horus. The scatter symbol is Isis. The crafting of these symbols reflects detailing and ornateness that one expects in the artwork of such themes. However, the low paying symbols are simple gems of different colours and shapes.

With so common a theme the online slot had to produce something different in its gaming features. This innovation is the Wild Deal. The feature may be randomly triggered on any winless spin that has a wild symbol in the central reel. If the feature is not activated, you simply move on to the next spin. But if the feature is activated, the wild scarab flies and converts up to four other symbols into wilds.

Three or more scatter symbols trigger the free spins with the Stashed Wilds feature. You begin with 10 free spins. All wild symbols that land on the reels but do not contribute to wins are stashed. When the stash contains three or more wild symbols, they are distributed on the reels in a manner that guarantees a win. Even if the ten free spins are over, the feature will continue till all the stashed wilds are exhausted. The scatter symbol does not appear in the free spins so the feature cannot be retriggered.

Wild Scarabs is a 243 ways to win online slot game. The top line payout is 750 times the line bet. The maximum scatter payout is 500 times the total bet. These payouts are attractive given that the total bet is only 20 times the line bet. The coin size can be varied from 0.01 credits to 1.00 credits and you can bet up to 15 coins per payline. The maximum total bet per spin is 300 credits. Wild Scarabs should have variance on the lower side.