The Game

Santa’s Gifts is a 5 reel slot machine game including a bonus round, jackpot and free spins.  During standard game play, the objective is to achieve winning combinations of icons on the 20 paylines. In the bonus round, you must open presents to reveal teddies.

Below is the game screen on opening;

As the reels are not traditional sequential spinning reels, the reel symbols are determined randomly for each position on the reel using an approved random number generator.

How To Play

• Select the number of coins you wish to bet on each payline (default = 1), and the number of paylines on which to bet (default = 20), via the Coins using a method below;

-        use the Min and Max buttons beside the fields

• Select your stake value either using the up and down arrows in the Stake field, or by typing the amount into the Stake field and pressing Enter or clicking on a blank area of the game screen. The Stake amount shown is the stake you are placing on a single coin on a single payline.   
  Note: The default Stake varies by currency. In Euro example it is €1.00. The Stake amount must be within the minimum and maximum bet amounts. If you enter a Stake larger than the maximum Stake allowed and press Enter, the Stake reduces automatically. If your balance is more than the maximum Stake, the Stake drops to the maximum Stake value. If your balance is less than the maximum Stake, the Stake drops to your balance. If you enter a Stake smaller than the minimum Stake allowed and press Enter, the Stake changes automatically to the minimum Stake value but if your available balance is less than the minimum Stake, you cannot place the bet.
• The Total Stake field shows the total amount that will be bet on a single reel spin, calculated using Coins x Payline x Stake.
• The Auto Play field allows consecutive reel spins. The default for this field is 1. To spin once, set this field to 1. To specify consecutive spins, use the control beside the Auto Play field, or type the required number into the field. The total currency amount that will be removed from your available balance (assuming Auto Play is not stopped) is the Total Stake amount multiplied by the number of Auto Plays selected.
• Click on the Spin button to place your bet. The Total Stake amount will be removed from your available balance and the reels will spin once.
• Once the spin is complete, if you specified consecutive spins using Auto Play, your next bet will be placed and the Total Stake amount will again be removed from your available balance. This will continue until the specified number of Auto Plays have been actioned or Auto Play is stopped (see ‘Stop Auto Play’).
  
  

Quick Bets

• To place bets quickly, press the Space Bar. Bets will be placed using the values in the Coins, Payline and Stake fields.  The Auto Play field will determine the number of spins actioned.

Game Controls

Please read Slot Machines Game Controls for details of controls used within this game.

Winning Bets

A winning bet occurs when you achieve a winning combination of icons (see ‘Lines & Payouts’). The relevant winning line is animated, and the win amount is displayed.

Lines & Payouts

Below are the individual standard paylines on which to bet.

Below are winning icon details. Icons are displayed on the left of each section. The numbers in the middle of the section show the amount of icons matched. The numbers on the right show the odds payout values.

To win, you must achieve a winning number of icons on a standard payline on which you have bet, or 4 or more Bonus symbols across 4 or more reels. The monetary payout for each individual payline is calculated by multiplying Coins x Stake x the odds payout value for the appropriate number of matched icons. The monetary payout for Bonus wins is calculated by multiplying Total Stake x the odds payout value. If there are multiple wins, the single win amounts are combined.  Bonus wins are added to payline wins. A ‘Push’ is a payout of the Stake multiplied by the Coins value.

Standard paylines pay from left to right. Eg, if payline 1 was selected, Example 1 below would win as 3 winning icons are located on the first 3 reels of payline 1. Example 2 would lose as, although the 3 icons are shown on payline 1, they are not located on the first 3 reels.

Example 1

Example 2

The icon that has been deemed to be the Wild symbol shows the word ‘Wild’ on it. The ‘Wild’ icon can be substituted for any icon except Bonus or Free Spins. If multiple Wild icons appear at the start of a win line, they will be substituted for the next standard icon in the win line rather than the highest value icon. For instance;

The win line shown below,

would substitute to

If more than one Wild symbol appear in a win line followed by a Free Spin or Bonus icon, the Wild icons will substitute for the highest standard icon value possible.

Achieving 5 Wild icons on one payline, you win the Slots Jackpot. The Slots Jackpot is an additional available prize. For further details, please click here.

The icon that has been deemed to be the Free Spin symbol shows the words ‘Free Spins’ on it. If you achieve 2 or more Free Spins icons anywhere, you are granted free spins. The Free Spins indicator shown below tells you how many free spins you have left.

The icon that has been deemed to be the Bonus symbol shows the word ‘Bonus’ on it. If you achieve 4 or more Bonus symbols across 4 or more reels, the bonus round will begin (see ‘Bonus Round’).

Bonus Round

In the bonus round, you can increase your winnings by opening presents. Each present has an individual win multiplier eg ‘x 1’. The minimum bonus win multiplier amount is 0.5. The maximum bonus win multiplier amount is 4. The win amount for each present will be your Total Stake x the individual win multiplier.

The first bonus round screen is shown below. Click Continue to begin.

Click on a present to open it. If it is a winner, the individual win multiplier is displayed eg ‘x 0.5’.

As each present is opened and multipliers located, the indicator gradually fills and the current bonus round winnings are displayed.

When a damaged teddy is found, the bonus round ends. On completion of the bonus round, individual win amounts are combined to give your total bonus win amount which is displayed. Click ‘Return to Game’ to return to the reel display.

Likelihood of Winning

Please read Likelihood of Winning for details of win probabilities of this game.