Egyptian Fortunes Slot – Free Demo

Twenty fixed lines and a Wild above the Pharaoh

Query anyone about the most famous online slot themes, and the odds are that Ancient Egypt will be cited amongst the assortment. My own run on it came to 440 spins. This Pragmatic Play slot has been live since April 2019. It carries a stated RTP of 96.50%, against which my session gave back 82.4%. It sits in a studio lineup that has generated numerous sequels and reinterpretations, and naturally, this isn't the first occasion that an online slot has woven the theme of Ancient Egypt into it.

Egyptian Fortunes holds a configuration of 5 reels and 3 rows. Pragmatic Play has made certain to insert a total of 20 paylines into the slot, to match the arrangement of the reels. Of my 440 spins, 128 came back with a win. They are fixed and pay from left to right beginning on reel 1. Of those 128 paying spins, 54 returned less than the stake had cost. You can also readily modify the size of the wager that you bring into play per spin, which means that you have the chance to place a wager of between 0.20 and 100.00 credits per spin. I held mine at 240 credits throughout, which put 105,600 through the reels against 87,048 won back.

The first of its symbols are the frequently spotted playing card symbols, the 10, J, Q, K and A. Those card ranks are the low payers here. They've all been given a little bit of a style to conform to the Ancient Egyptian theme, and then arrive the symbols of the Egyptian characters, with the Pharaoh at the summit of them. A bull, a cat, a falcon and a jackal fill out the rest of that higher group. Above all of those rests the Wild. It also forms line combinations of its own. It pays the most of any symbol on the reels. My single best spin was number 401, which paid 15,120, or 63 times the stake.

Energy Spins, and six free spins with three symbols

This slot may not have as many built-in features as other releases. There are two of them: Energy Spins in the base game, and a Free Spins round. But what it does have do contribute towards rendering Egyptian Fortunes a lot more enjoyable, and first of all, there's the inclusion of the Wild symbol. It will substitute for the other standard symbols, helping you with creating winning combinations. The Bonus pyramid is the only item it won't stand in for. That pyramid turns up on reels 1, 3 and 5 and nowhere else.

That's only the first role of the slot's special symbols though. The Bonus pyramid can also set off the slot's Free Spins round, and for this to happen you'll need to spin three of them into sight, on reels 1, 3 and 5. Both of the rounds I saw arrived that way, on spin 353 and on spin 416. Once you do, 6 free spins will be handed to you as a prize. The first of mine paid 6,720, which is 28 times the stake. Before this round formally begins, three paying symbols are picked at random for the length of it, and only those symbols and the Wild show on the reels during the free spins, with the Wild dropping on reels 2 and 4 only. The second round, 63 spins after the first, paid 6,000, or 25 times the stake. The round cannot be retriggered. Between them the two rounds brought in 12,720, which is 15% of everything I won.

One other point to note here is that the slot also holds Energy Spins, which come into action following particular winning combinations that you create in the base game. They cost nothing on top of the spin that awarded them. They play immediately at the same wager, on top of the win itself. The paytable is where the combinations that award them are marked. More of them can be won while the feature is active. The Free Spins can trigger during it as well. My longest stretch without any win at all ran to 15 spins and ended on spin 180.

The Minty Breakdown: Two Free Spins rounds in 440 spins, paying 12,720 between them, which is 15% of everything the session won — the other 85% came out of a base game that gave back less than the stake on 54 of its 128 paying spins.

How 440 spins ended

The free spins round with its three randomly picked symbols is the part of Egyptian Fortunes that decides the session. My balance peaked at 109,144 on spin 12 and reached its low point at 61,456. Meanwhile, with the addition of the Energy Spins triggering off winning combinations in the base game, you'll have the opportunity to at least keep the reels revolving for free. After 440 spins I finished on 81,448 from a start of 100,000.

Where to go after the pyramids

In the mood for more Ancient Egypt? Look at Egyptian Sun from RubyPlay. Mammoth Gold Megaways is another Pragmatic Play release.