Treasures of the Pyramids Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
IGT
A single 200.00 hit on spin 166, worth 100x the stake, outweighed the whole free spins feature sixteen times over: the one round of eight doubled spins came to 12.40. Across 440 spins at 2.00 IGT's pyramid game handed back 95.3% of what went in, a shade under its stated 96.22%.
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IGT sends five reels to the pyramids
Studio IGT makes a journey to the pyramids in Treasures of the Pyramids, and the gameplay happens over 5 reels. I played it at a 2.00 stake, starting from a balance of 1,000.00.
Punters can spin Treasures of the Pyramids by choosing wagers of 0.40 to 800 credits. Line wins are paid as multiples of the line bet, which is the total bet divided by the number of lines played. The maths model yields an RTP of 96.22%, and the volatility is medium. Over my 440 spins it returned 95.3%, with 839.00 won against 880.00 wagered.
4 symbols show on each reel with each spin, and so do paylines, up to 40 when all of them are in action. The game also lets you play 1, 10, 20 or 30 lines instead of the full 40.
A panther worth 5,000 line bets
I get 10 – A symbols on the bottom end of the paytable followed by an assortment of Egyptian symbols, and in rising order are the ankh and the bracelet worth up to 250 times the line bet, and the eagle and the eye worth up to 500 times. The bracelet sits with the ankh, eagle and eye among the four high symbols, and like them it pays along the lines.
The Black Panther is worth a great deal more, at 5,000x the line bet for a line of five. The biggest single win of my session was 200.00 on spin 166, which is 100x the stake. Lastly, it is also the wild, helping haul in wins. Across the 440 spins, 135 paid something, and 80 of those paid less than the stake. It stands in for any other symbol except the Pyramid to form combinations. The longest run I had without any win was 11 spins, ending on spin 328.
Where the Pyramids pay
Treasures of the Pyramids doesn't arrive loaded with features. Pyramids pay anywhere on the reels, as multiples of the total bet rather than the line bet. Little is particularly novel, and additions include Pyramid scatter pays and free spins. Three Pyramids pay 3x the total bet and four pay 25x.
Landing 3 Pyramid symbols awards 8 free spins, 4 Pyramids in sight grant 15 free spins, and 5 grant 100. Pyramids landing during the feature retrigger it for another 8, 15 or 100 spins, up to 600 free spins in total. Except five Black Panthers, all wins are doubled during free spins. In my session the feature fired once, on spin 136, where three Pyramids paid 6.00 and the 8 free spins added 6.40 without a retrigger.
The Minty Summary: The one free spins round I triggered paid 12.40 in total, 6.2x the stake and 1% of everything I won across the session.
Nothing amiss, nothing daring
There is nothing amiss with it as such. My balance ended at 959.00, after peaking at 1,038.40 on spin 166 and dropping as low as 840.40. Treasures of the Pyramids delivers a solid bit of slot gaming, but where it falls short is in the originality stakes, and it doesn't have a special vibe to it. Activating 100 free spins from five Pyramids, and the doubled wins that arrive with them, is the possible highlight here. Five Pyramids also pay 50x the total bet on the spin that lands them.
It'd be nice to see something a touch more daring in the next IGT slot.