Diamond Wild Slot – Free Demo

Sevens, Bars and a Diamond that ignores paylines

A slot named Diamond Wild is joining iSoftBet's catalogue. I played 420 spins of it at 2 credits each, starting from a balance of 1,000 credits. It not only carries Sevens, Bells and Bars back to the reels. Other slots with Bar symbols include iSoftBet's Absolute Super Reels and Playtech's Royal Respin Deluxe. It also employs a Diamond symbol that pays anywhere to propel the action along with five progressive jackpots. Of my 420 spins, 109 paid something, and 65 of those paid less than the 2-credit stake.

Propel it does. The longest stretch I had without any win lasted 16 spins, ending on spin 196. Diamond Wild is a no-frills game, and it's basically a 20 payline slot that unfolds on a play grid of 5x3 in dimension, with a few additional mechanics tossed in to supply some variety. My ninth spin paid 10 credits, 5x the stake, from wins on lines 5 and 13.

Where 95.20% went over 420 spins

Diamond Wild arrives with an RTP figure of 95.20%. My session returned 85.2%, with 715.60 credits won from 840 wagered, and the balance never rose above the 1,000 it started with. Beginning means choosing a stake of 0.01 to 20 credits per spin. The stake is built from a coin value of 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 or 0.10 and 1 to 10 coins per line.

Being a payline slot means players secure a win when 3 to 5 identical symbols land from left to right on one of the 20 paylines. Anywhere from 1 to 20 lines can be played, and only wins on active lines count. All regular pays are Sevens, Dollar signs, Bells, Cherries and single, double and triple Bars. The Free Games symbol does not form line wins of its own. The Bars likewise form combined wins, and one last symbol, for now, is the Wild. It substitutes for everything except Free Games and Diamond, and it pays on its own also. My best result from the base game alone came on spin 119, at 62 credits, or 31x the stake.

Final Minty Score: 95.20% on the label, 85.2% back across my 420 spins, and 57% of that return came from just two Free Games rounds. At a 2-credit stake the five jackpots were never live, so the Diamond table is the ceiling most players are actually spinning against.

What nine Diamonds are worth

On paper, Diamond Wild mirrors a familiar framework of landing Free Games symbols to activate free games, but in reality iSoftBet departs from the conventional manner of handling matters with the aid of a few small tweaks. I triggered the Free Games round twice in 420 spins, on spin 180 and again 232 spins later on spin 412.

Diamond symbols pay anywhere as a multiple of the total bet, from 1x for 3 Diamonds, and the highest tier is 9 Diamonds for 2,500x the bet. Between those tiers, 4 Diamonds pay 5x the total bet, 6 pay 50x and 8 pay 1,000x. At maximum bet, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 Diamonds award the matching progressive jackpot instead in the base game. Maximum bet means every line played at the highest bet per line, so at 2 credits a spin the jackpots were never in play for me, and 5 to 9 Diamonds would have paid the fixed table values.

Eight doubled free games did the heavy lifting

When landing 3 or more Free Games symbols anywhere, 8 free games are awarded, and they employ an upgraded version of the base game. Neither of my two rounds retriggered, and between them they paid 410 credits, 57% of everything I won. All wins are doubled, and Diamonds appear more often than in the base game. The first round, on spin 180, paid 62 credits, or 31x the stake.

Like everything else in the game, the free games contribute to the general rhythm. The second round, on spin 412, paid 348 credits, 174x the stake, and arrived when my balance had fallen to its session low of 538.20 credits. Employing figures to demonstrate this final point, I find win potential of up to 2,500x the bet, plus the progressive jackpots.