Crystal Ball Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
Gamomat
Four bonus rounds handed over 77% of what Crystal Ball returned to me over 350 spins at 5.00, which is how a game listed at 96.12% ended my session at 141.3%. The Crystal Ball itself does double duty as wild and scatter, and the free games hang everything on one randomly drawn expanding symbol.
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141.3% on a 96.12% game
Gamblers must initially choose how much they would wish to stake from 0.05 to 100 before observing the Crystal Balls arrive on the reels. I played 350 spins at 5.00 a spin, starting from a balance of 5,000.00. The mathematical framework has been calibrated to be extremely volatile. Only 73 of my 350 spins paid anything, and 187 spins passed between my second and third Free Games rounds. No matter how gamblers approach Crystal Ball, wagering 0.05 to 100 per spin, the RTP is the same at 96.12%. My session came to 2,472.00 won against 1,750.00 wagered, a return of 141.3%, and I finished on 5,722.00.
One ball, wild and scatter at once
Every base game spin sees symbols fall into a 5x3 grid. The low symbols 10, J, Q, K and A pay 20x to 30x the bet for five of a kind. Wins award left to right from reel 1 on 5 fixed paylines. The Amulet, Potion, Unicorn and Wizard already pay for 2 of a kind, with the Wizard paying the most. The four top symbols award 150x to 1,000x for five of a kind, and Crystal Ball symbols substitute for any other symbol. The Crystal Ball is also the scatter and pays anywhere on the reels, 2x the bet for 3, 20x for 4 and 200x for 5.
Four rounds, 77% of the money
This segment covers free games. In my session the free games paid 1,895.00 over four rounds, which was 77% of everything I won.
Landing 3 or more Crystal Balls in the base game triggers 10 free games, and every 3 or more Crystal Balls landed during the bonus grants another 10 free games. I triggered them four times in 350 spins, and the rounds on spins 98 and 285 both retriggered to 20 free games, the second paying 810.00, or 162x my stake. Before the bonus round, one random symbol is chosen as the designated expanding symbol. My last round, on spin 287, drew Q as the expanding symbol, and it covered whole reels on its way to 540.00, or 108x my stake.
An expanding symbol and not much else
Players hoping for enormous leaps in innovation might feel a tad let down, more so when you reckon the large, principal feature doesn't provide vast progression. Gamomat's Ramses Book and Books & Bulls also build their free games around an expanding symbol. Free games chiefly merely bring an expanding symbol to the display, and the most that can be won is 5,000x the wager. That symbol covers its entire reels when it lands in a winning count and pays on all lines, even on reels that are not adjacent.
Final Minty Score: It's difficult to blame Crystal Ball for what it is, even if it isn't the evolutionary leap some may have been wishing for.