La Reina Del Nilo Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
MGA
A one-payline Egyptian cabinet that lists 90.00% RTP returned 51.2% over my 407 spins, and the two Statue Games triggered by three Pharaohs paid only a quarter of everything won. Nudges, holds and a gem paytable topped by the Sapphire fill the gaps in between.
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Three Pharaohs and a row of mummy statues
La Reina Del Nilo is a Cleopatra-inspired slot from studio MGA. Eye of Ra symbols add 3, 6 or 18 bonuses to a bonus counter, and enough of them opens an upper game played on 8 paylines. It showcases a statue-selecting bonus game. That Statue Game is one of four bonus games, with the Roulette Game, the Pyramid Game and the Egyptian Casino all triggered in the upper game. In brief, this is an ancient Egypt depiction in fruit-machine fashion, and it is filled out by base game nudges and holds and the Statue Game. MGA is also the studio behind Chiquito and El Tesoro Pirata 5000.
The slot is played over a 3x3, 1 payline layout. A win needs three matching symbols on an active payline. It permits wagers from 0.20 to 1.00 per spin to be put. The bet is set as 1, 3 or 5 credits with the Bet button, and prizes rise with the bet level.
Sapphire, Ruby and Emerald on one line
High-payers are made up of three jewel symbols. They are a Sapphire, a Ruby, and an Emerald. The Sapphire ranks highest of the three, and diamonds of different colours combine for the lowest gem win. Not exactly a humble bunch, they pay out a reward worth 10 to 100 times the wager on 1 credit for a line of three of a kind, while the Cleopatra wilds substitute for the remaining symbols on the reels to form a win. Below the gems sit the Bell and fruits such as Grapes, with Scarabs and Sevens also on the reels.
Nudges, holds and a bonus counter
La Reina Del Nilo ships with numerous features, and one is the nudges and holds cropping up in the base game. The machine awards nudges at random and announces how many are available. Another is the Statue Game. It landed twice in a 407-spin session at a 1.00 stake, on spin 213 and again on spin 269. It can be triggered naturally. The second trigger came 56 spins after the first.
Nudges and holds are a simple feature. Buttons below the reels are used to nudge or hold. It brings a touch of variety to the base game: granted nudges shift reels, while holds lock reels in position as the remainder respin. After any win, the prize can also be taken into a risk game, where Play gambles it on a ladder of lit prizes and Collect banks it.
Hitting 3 Pharaohs triggers the Statue Game, where the player chooses statues for rewards, plus free spins. In the session the first Statue Game paid 33.00, or 33.0x the stake, and the second paid 20.00, or 20.0x the stake.
Minty’s Closing Thought: 407 spins handed back 51.2% of what went in, against a stated 90.00%, and the opening 200.00 stayed the highest the balance ever stood.
What 407 spins did to a 90.00% claim
On the gameplay side of things, the base game is there to plug away to trigger the bonus. Over 407 spins at 1.00 (5 credits), the balance went from 200.00 down to 1.50, a session return of 51.2%. Nudges and holds do surface at moments, though, to shake up the rhythm and set off a win or two. Of the 407 spins, 129 paid something, but 72 of those paid less than the stake, and the balance never rose above the 200.00 it started with.
The Statue Game won't be for everyone. The two Statue Games together paid 53.00, a quarter of the 208.50 won across the session. La Reina Del Nilo heaps on the Egyptian ambience.