Arabian Nights Slot – Free Demo
Provider:
NetEnt
Six Oil Lamp rounds in 440 spins, not one of which retriggered, and the best one paid 61x at a 1.00 stake. NetEnt's old Arabian Nights doubles any line its Gem Dealer wild touches and triples everything in free spins, yet my session still finished at 97.1% against a listed 95.62%.
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Lamps, Fezzes and a Gem Dealer
Next to take a crack is NetEnt in Arabian styled slot Arabian Nights, and alongside the 10 locked paylines is a bonus game loaded with trebled wins. It is triggered by an ancient oil lamp. This is vintage NetEnt play. The session ended with 427.40 won back from 440.00 wagered, a return of 97.1%. So, does it deliver?
There’s kind of no option when employing this theme. Scimitars, slippers and fezzes rest on the reels, accompanied by tents and camels - the traditional Arabian Nights style.
Arabian Nights kicks off with wagers from 10 p/c to $/€200 per spin, and it’s a game that doesn't need much patience to come to the juicy parts. At my 1.00 stake, the balance never climbed higher than 1,062.70 or dropped lower than 973.00. Free spins arrived six times in my 440 test spins. The gaps between them ranged from 12 to 166 spins. Its low volatility signifies the slot sparks only moderately. Yet win potential isn’t poor at all, and RTP on 95.62% is a number marginally below par. Hit frequency is listed at 39%, and 189 of my 440 spins paid something, which works out to 43%.
Royals, Camels and a Doubling Wild
5 reels show 3 symbols on each on every spin. Only the highest win on each payline is paid, and scatter wins are added on top.
A winning combo is created when at least 3 identical symbols land on a payline from the far-left reel forward, and at the bottom end of the range, I discover 9-K royals. These are trailed by camels, fezzes, a tent, slippers, and a scimitar. The royals pay between 7.5x and 15x the total bet for five of a kind. The top-tier image symbols are worth from 15x to 200x for five of a kind, but bear in mind that multipliers do perk the values up sometimes. Any payline win that includes a substituting wild is doubled, which makes the multiplier x6 during free spins. A Gem Dealer wild is also pushing up the hit rate, replacing all other symbols except the Oil Lamp.
Three Oil Lamps, Fifteen Spins
Punters profit from free spins as well as the wild. These are activated by the Oil Lamp scatter, and 15 free spins are granted if 3 or more Oil Lamps appear anywhere. The Oil Lamp also pays on its own in any position, from 2x the total bet for two up to 200x for five.
All wins are trebled during free spins, and 15 further are granted if free spins are re-activated by 3 or more Oil Lamps. None of my six rounds retriggered, and each started from exactly 3 Oil Lamps.
Small Wins and a 1,727x Ceiling
Arabian Nights can drag. It is due to a lot of wins lower than the stake, which were 107 of the 189 paying spins in my testing. These are sprinkled with the occasional bigger win. The biggest base game win was 26.00 on spin 119, or 26x the stake.
The max win has been capped at 1,727x, not including the progressive jackpot for 5 Gem Dealer wilds on a payline, and once more, modest symbol values hold it back. Four Gem Dealers on a payline pay 250x the total bet.
Minty’s Final Note: My six bonus rounds returned between 13x and 61x the stake. Together the bonuses paid 142.00, which was 33% of everything the session won. Arabian Nights doesn’t equal the top standards of the category.