Sparta Slot – Free Demo

Two reel sets that both spin every time

Here, players will find anything but a conventional slot, so disregard a single set of reels. I ran 460 spins at 5.00 a spin; 133 of them paid, and 66 of those returned less than the stake. Instead, players will find two 5-reel sets side by side as well as the Free Game Feature. Both sets run on the same 5 fixed paylines, and wins on the two are added together. Those sets are activated one at a time. In the base game both sets spin on every spin, and the staged activation belongs to the feature.

Sparta is a Merkur powered slot. Those 460 spins wagered 2,300.00 and returned 1,720.00, a session return of 74.8%, and the balance closed at 420.00 from a starting 1,000.00. It has twin 5-reel, 3-row reel sets and 5 fixed paylines, and players can wager from 0.10 to 20.00 per spin. The Three Musketeers and Black Hole are Merkur games that run the same 5 fixed paylines over a single set of reels.

Leonidas crosses from one reel set to the other

Keep a lookout for the Leonidas Wild symbol, which substitutes for every symbol except the Shield scatter. Only the highest win counts on each payline, and wins on separate lines are added. When it lands on the first reel set, it is transferred to the corresponding position of the second, and the Shield scatter, meanwhile, pays in any position. I caught that transfer at 5.00 a spin, with Leonidas on the second reel of both sets and a 10.00 win on payline 5 of the second set.

A win of 0.05 is enough to gamble

Land a win and the gamble will come into play, where there is the choice to either collect the win or to gamble it in an effort to boost it. The choice is offered on any win from 0.05 upwards.

Now, there are two gambles on offer. They are a card gamble on red or black, and a ladder that moves in 1:1 steps, with the choice to Collect Half along the way. A correct card call doubles the win, or awards the top win. The gamble is unavailable while autostart is running. The largest base win I saw was 175.00 on spin 120, 35 times the stake, which lifted the balance to its session peak of 1,050.50.

What the three feature rounds paid

Land 3 Shields and the Free Game Feature is entered with 10 free games. The longest run without a win in my session was 16 spins, ending on spin 332. 4, 5 or 6 Shields award 15, 20 and 25 free games respectively. Three triggers arrived across the 460 spins, on spins 57, 234 and 279, dealing 25, 25 and 15 free games.

Two reel sets begin active, and every Leonidas landing on the first reel set activates one inactive reel of an inactive set, turns wild on that reel of every active set, and adds one additional free game. The round on spin 57 paid 85.00, 17 times the stake. Once a set is fully activated, it joins in from the next free game onwards. The one on spin 234 was the best of the three at 150.00, or 30 times the stake. Rounds grow by that one additional free game per activated reel. The 15 free games on spin 279 returned another 85.00. The feature concludes when the free games run out, after which the base game returns. Together the three rounds paid 320.00, 19% of everything I won.

Minty’s Final Note: The three Shield rounds put back 320 credits, 19% of what the session won, and the balance still closed at 420 from 1,000 — 74.8% returned against a stated 96.15% over 460 spins. Most of that return came from the base game, where both reel sets are already spinning and a transferred Leonidas can pay on two sets at once.

Sparta at 5.00 a spin

With Sparta, Merkur has found a use for two reel sets at once.