Mysterious Egypt Slot – Free Demo

The panel above the reels during free spins

In the free spins the two special symbols are locked in before the first spin runs, and they sit in a panel above the reels for the whole round, next to a counter of the spins left. Mysterious Egypt offers 5 reels and 10 fixed paylines that pay left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win on each line is paid, and wins on separate lines are added together. It runs from between 0.10 to 250 per spin. I ran it at 7.00 a spin from a starting balance of 100,000.00 and finished on 99,561.10.

One random symbol, picked again every base-game spin

Mysterious Egypt is a slot that employs a mystery symbol. That mechanic can fill an entire reel from a single spin while also paying anywhere on the screen, and you'll also encounter a Queen who is scatter and wild in one, along with a free spins feature where two special mystery expanding symbols are in play throughout the round. Every base-game spin selects one random symbol that can expand vertically over all 3 positions of a reel, and that can land wins anywhere on the screen. An expanded symbol pays to its own paytable entry, anywhere on the screen rather than along the 10 fixed lines. Only after the regular symbols have paid does the expansion occur, and only when sufficient symbols for a win are already there.

Where the Eye of Horus sits in the paytable

You will encounter 5 card-rank low-value symbols in assorted shapes, placed within a torchlit hall and bordered by stone columns coated in ancient carved patterns. Among those five, A and K pay more than Q, J and 10. Along with them come 3 medium-value symbols depicted by falcons, cats and pyramids. The pyramid is the best of that group, and the falcon and cat pay the same as each other at every combination length. In the premium set, you'll spot the Eye of Horus as well as the Queen herself. The Eye of Horus is the top regular symbol, and the four highest symbols all pay from two on a line rather than three. The Queen is the wild and substitutes for all other symbols. She returns 200 times the total bet for 5 anywhere on the screen. Four of her anywhere pay 20 times the total bet, three pay 2 times, and three is also what starts the free spins. Pragmatic Play's other Egypt-themed machines include Egyptian Fortunes and Ancient Egypt.

The free spins round from trigger to payout

The main feature in Mysterious Egypt is the Free Spins bonus feature. It's triggered by landing 3 or more scatter symbols anywhere and awards 10 free spins. Here two special mystery expanding symbols are chosen before the round begins, in contrast to the base game, where a single mystery symbol is chosen per spin. Once chosen they stay for the whole round, retriggered spins included. With special reels in play, they expand one after the other over all 3 reel positions and pay on all reels, including non-adjacent positions, and landing 3 or more scatters during the round awards 10 more free spins, with no limit to the number of re-triggers. The feature's win is added to the payline win and paid once the round finishes. A running total for the round sits on screen and carries from spin to spin, so the credit meter does not move until the last spin has played out.

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Across my 440 spins that happened three times, on spins 70, 156 and 298. They arrived 86 and then 142 spins apart, and the largest of them put the balance at its high of 100,322.00. None of my three rounds retriggered, so each ran its 10 spins and stopped.

What 700.00 buys at a 7.00 stake

The free spins round can also be bought from the base game for 100 times the current total bet, which came to 700.00 at the stake I was playing. The buy hands over exactly that and nothing more for the money: 10 spins, two special expanding symbols and retriggers with no limit.

79 paying spins out of 440

There is less in the base game than in the bonus. Across 440 spins at 7.00 a spin only 79 of them paid anything at all, with 44 of those paying less than the stake and one dry stretch extending to 23 spins. That stretch ended on spin 208, and 99,188.00 was the floor for the run. The best spin I had without a feature was 455.00, 65.0x the stake, on spin 294.

Minty’s Closing Thought: The three bonus rounds I recorded paid 66.0x, 47.0x and 102.0x the stake. They made up 57% of everything won, which left the session at 85.8% of what went in.