Rise of Maya

Rise of Maya Slot Machine

  If you are ready to venture into the jungle in Yucatan, Mexico it is time to don your adventurer hat and go in search of the Mayans one of the most secret civilizations of South America. This is a fabulous slot which offers some fantastic features which can lead to massive wins and exciting game play that will keep you glued to your seat!

Gameplay & Symbols

The Rise of Maya from the development team at NetEnt plays out over 5 reels and 10 pay lines with a stunning backdrop that is depicted by an interior view of a traditional Mayan temple which is complete with red hot flames either side. On your reels you can expect to come across a variety of Mayan masks and the usual playing card symbols 10 through to Ace.

The highest paying symbol is the deer mask and you can expect a huge win of 250x your stake if you land five on the same row. The slot offers a hit rate frequency of 24% which is approximately one in four and the return to player stands between 96.12% and 96.42%, with a life changing top win of £500,000. As you expect these days the slot is optimised to be played on all devices without the quality being compromised. 

All about the Wilds & Scatters

You expect to see wilds in most slot games, and they have a purpose to substitute for regular symbols to enhance your chances of landing a winning combination. Therefore, with Rise of Maya offering four different wilds it surpasses most of the competition. The wilds on offer in this slot are a serpent, a stacked serpent, two expanding serpents and serpent stake.

The single serpent and expanding serpent wilds can both appear in the base game; however, the stacked wilds are only offered in the Rise of Maya free spins bonus feature. The scatters along with the wilds are the way for you to activate the free spins feature and landing three scatters will give you immediately entry to the free spins. You can also expect to come across the scatter nudge which is activated at random when you fail to land a win in either the base game or free spins feature.

Hot reels and free spins

Slots that are devoid of a free spin feature are just plain boring, but this is not a word that you would associate with Rise of Maya. Collect three or more scatter or wild symbols and the feature becomes active. Any reels that contain a wild will turn into a hot reel and if you then get lucky and land a serpent stack wild it will expand to cover the entire reel. You do get the opportunity to land extra free spins if you land a serpent wild on any of your inactive hot reels. The reward for doing so is 2 additional spins and the hot reel then also becomes active.

Bonus Bet feature

This is an interesting feature that is rarely seen and is activated from the base game. The feature doubles your stake, but this does increase your chances of landing additional wilds and scatters which in turn activates the free spins feature. With this feature it really is more risk for more reward. If you land two wilds or scatters you are then rewarded with re-spins giving you the chance to land the third which is needed to begin the free spins.

Conclusion

If you were to ask me if this slot is worth playing I would easily say yes, this is because I like that you can customize your gameplay to your own specifics and increase the odds of landing the free spins which really can lead to big wins.