Pelican Pete Pokies
Now here is a great novelty themed pokie which features the quirky character, Pete – a pelican with a big beak full of gold coins. Will you be able to snatch the cash from this big bird's gob? Well, with 5 reels and 50 paylines there is every chance that you might just come away with some nice big winnings.
Punters who have been to any land-based casino may well be familiar with this pokie from Aristocrat. Luckily for them, it is now available to play online, giving players the same exciting gameplay and bonus features such as frees spins, sticky wilds and a gamble feature.
Sail into the Sun
This pokie is by no means at the cutting edge of game design. In fact, it does look a little bit outdated when compared to many contemporary designs. Nonetheless, the game screen is colourful and eye-catching, making the gameplay interesting enough for those players who aren't particularly after something that is going to blow their minds.
The symbols in play include the standard card symbols with 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, but you don't really need to worry about these as they are generally the least valuable icons in the game. What you should be keeping an eye out for are the starfish, the anchor, the fish and the overflowing treasure chest. The most valuable symbol is an image of a setting sun, which tends to appear on the pokie bunched together in groups of 3 or 4. Line up 5 of these symbols over any active pay line and you will multiply your total bet by 100. Now that is a sunset worth staring into.
Pelican Pete
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How to Play
Now that you are familiar with the pokie's symbols, we bet that you are itching to get spinning. Well, before you go ahead and do that, you'll have to get a hang of how to play.
It's quite simple, really. Just set your total bet amount by adjusting the amount of activate pay lines and the bet per line amount by toggling the respective (-) and (+) buttons. The great thing about Pelican Pete is that it includes a great scope of bet per line denominations ranging from 0.25 up to 10.00 with absolutely loads of options in between. This allows players a great amount of freedom to as conservatively or as adventurously as they want.
Go for the Gamble
If you want to get really adventurous, then you can take on this pokie's gamble feature. As with a lot of other Aristocrat games, this round gives spinners the chance to double or quadruple their winnings after any spin. The gamble game itself is incredibly easy – as long as you luck is going the right way!
You will be presented with a turned over play card and all you have to do is correctly guess the colour to double the winnings or the suit to quadruple the winnings. Sounds easy, but have you got the nerve to gamble over up to 5 rounds of pure chance?
Free Spins of the Pokie
Pelican Pete is the star of this pokie in more ways than one. That is because he features as the game's wild symbol, propping up with his bountiful beak on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. That means that he will fill in as any symbol on any pay line except, of course, for the scatter symbol.
The scatter symbol is the lighthouse. And, just like a real lighthouse, players will be more than relieved to see these guiding beacons as they will provide small wins regardless of whether they appear on a pay line or not. In fact, you will want to come across 3 of these symbols. Why? Because that will lead to 10 free spins.
That may not sound like an absolutely huge bonus offering. But these free spins come with a twist, a stick twist. That is because the wild Pelican symbol will stick to each reel position on which it appears during the free spins round. So, after only a few spins you should be presented with a good few Pelican Pete symbols which won't go anywhere but will still substitute for all normal game icons. This is actually the most lucrative aspect of the pokie, so make the most of it when it comes around.
A Good Shout for Every Bettor
Pelican Pete is a solid pokie which takes after many of the Aristocrat games that have gone before it. While the game has a long history as a land-based pokie machine, it still translates well on to computer screens even if the graphics aren't at the very cutting edge.
What the game lacks in visual vigour, it more than makes up for in playability. That is thanks to such a varied range of bet per line amounts, meaning that all levels of players can get stuck in to the spinning action.