Wizarding Wins

Overview Wizarding Wins

Do you know which platform you have to get to at Kings Cross Station to catch the train to Hogwarts? Do you know what a dementor is? Do you know the spell to unlock doors? If your answers to these questions is an emphatic yes, then you will probably enjoy this magical slot game from the software providers Booming Games. If you haven’t guessed by now, this is a Harry Potter-themed slot (without actually explicitly being a Harry Potter themed slot), complete with all the trimmings, from Harry’s Nimbus 2000 broomstick to the grumpy sorting hat.

Booming Games don’t just present players with a fun looking slot however, they also back it up with plenty of fun gaming dynamics to give everyone a good experience, be you a fan of the Harry Potter books or not.

The main bonus feature for Wizarding Wins is a lucrative free spins feature which rewards players for landing more scatters by giving you more spins to play with. In addition, the hat symbol acts as an instant cash prize symbol and can reward players with instant jackpot prizes of up to 50x your stake. These hats are also present in the free spins round. Landing six of them here activates the 200x grand jackpot.

Theme and Symbols

The background for this slot immediately sets the tone for the rest of the game. It is an old dusty office covered in cobwebs, with a few well-placed visual elements to make you immediately think of the Wizarding world. The first being a Hamlet-style skull to the right-hand side of the reels. You can also spot books of magic on the left-hand side of the games window. This magical theme is continued with the design of the playing board, which has a medieval style swinging wooden sign hanging from it with the title of the game written on it.

As is the practice of most online slot games, Wizarding Wins splits its symbols into a high value and low-value set. The low-value set is a range of playing card emblems that comprise the royal symbols such as King and Ace etc. The lowest paying symbol if you land 3 on a pay line, will pay out 2.4x your stake. In terms of the high value set, there are a collection of magical icons. These include a magical chest, a black owl, the special Nimbus 2000 broomstick, as well as Harry’s legendary round spectacles.

Each of which has its value that you can look up in the paytable available via the information located at the bottom of the screen.
Players should keep a special eye open for the Basilisk, or for those not familiar with Harry Potter parlance, the large serpent. This is the most valuable symbol as it pays up to 40x your stake for a combination win. This snake symbol is also the game’s wild. Finally, the scatter is the red Hogwarts Express train symbol.

Game Play

This fantastic wand wielding slot is played on a 5 reel 3-row board with 25 pay lines. The play is pretty standard in that the pay lines are fixed and there are no fancy game mechanics such as expandable reels or cascade wins. The board is very much you see what you get. To create wins in this game, players must match 3 or more symbols across the pay lines starting from the left-most reel. The wild symbol (the snake) will replace all other symbols bar the scatter to help generate more wins.

The betting range for Wizarding Wins is very expansive, with a minimum required bet of 25p per spin and a maximum limit of £500 per spin. Changing your bet levels is very easy. All you need to do is locate the coin button and use the plus and minus symbols to toggle the amount you wish to bet per spin. The RTP for Wizarding Wins is 95.85%, a little under the industry average for these types of games. The volatility for this game is very high, something players should make sure to consider before beginning their play. The biggest payout that a player can achieve on one spin for this game is 200x your stake, which if it is £500, adds up to a £100,000 win.

Features

As mentioned previously, the snake or Basilisk is the wild for this game and can replace all other symbols bar the scatter to help players form wins. This is the most common bonus that players will come across. The main feature for this game though, is the free spins feature. To activate this bonus, you must land a minimum of 3 scatters on the reels at once.

Landing 3 scatters will give you 5 free spins, 4 equals 10 and 5 equals 15. The bonus round can’t be retriggered from inside the feature. When you are in the bonus round, you should look out for the hat symbol. This appears both in the bonus and base games. In the base game, it awards instant jackpots when you land 3 or more on the reels. Landing 5 will grant you a 50x bonus.

However, in the free spins round, it is much more valuable. This is because if you land 6 of these hats on the same spin, the game rewards you with the max jackpot, the 200x stake bonus. This is how you win that top payout described in the introduction.

Conclusion

You have to like the Harry Potter/Wizard motif to get on with this slot stylistically. Having said that, the free spins round and cash bonuses are attractive to any player. You should take note that the game is rated at the very top end of volatility, so wins will not be immediately forthcoming. The big top payout is also predicated on a very high stake from yourself, so the top wins might come at quite a cost. All in all, there are better slots out there with more favourable odds, unless you are truly besotted by Harry Potter, there isn’t much that would make you play this slot.