50 Horses Pokies
Saddle up for the 50 Horses video pokie from EGT that takes players for a ride around 5 reels and across 50 lines featuring various horses, riders and past the winning post with stacked wild symbols, free spins and a progressive jackpot side game. Beautifully drawn symbols will certainly appeal to enthusiasts of all things equestrian, but players don’t have to be keen on racing to appreciate this pokie, which, like all EGT titles is fair and reliable, with a decent return to player percentage.
Green fields roll out behind the reels of the game, while the payline indicators run up each side of them and below is the standard set of control buttons used by EGT. These allow players to decide how much they want to stake per spin, from a low limit of 0.50, to an upper limit of 100.00 although this relatively high entry point is determined by the 50 lines all being permanently active.
Anyone unsure about the game can try free 50 Horse video pokies at many casinos, and once happy with how it all works, they can make real cash gambles, winning prizes when 3 or more of the same symbol stop across a line, in an unbroken sequence running from the left-hand reel.
On Your Marks..
To review what each symbol is worth, and how the bonus features play out, players should take a look at the pay table, which lists each potential winning combination and how many times the line bet equivalent will be awarded. The standard playing card symbols J, K, Q and A are all worth the same amount, returning wins of 5x the line bet when stopping on reels 1, 2 and 3, while 4 of a kind lines pay out 25x and a full set right across all 5 reels will be worth a win of 100x.
Light and dark brown horses are the next most valuable symbols, and while some people may know the individual types of horse, we’ll just go by colour if that’s OK. These horses will each pay out 5x, 50x or 150x the line stake, while the white and black horses will reward players with 25x, 75x or 250x for 3, 4 or 5 of a kind on a line.
A male rider and female rider, both looking very smart in their red coats and riding hats, are the most valuable standard icons, as they are worth 25x the line bet for getting just 3 across the reels, while 4 or 5 of either type will be worth 100x or 500x respectively.
50 Horses
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Equine Extras
A lucky horseshoe and four-leaf clover symbol is worth 50x, 250x or the game jackpot of 1000x the line bet, while also being the wildcard of 50 Horses. This means that it’s able to act as any other, apart from the scatter symbol, if it is then able to either complete a win-line, stretch wins over additional reels for a higher prize, or both at once. It’s a stacked wild, filling any reel that it lands on to make it easier for substitutions to take place.
The scatter is a picture of the racecourse stands, which also has a couple of important jobs to do, firstly paying out 100 coins when landing in any 3 or more places and once this has been awarded, it also sets off 5 free spins. These are played out at the same trigger bet value, across an alternate set of reels, while they can be retriggered with any 3 or more scatters appearing again, with the new games added to the end of the current round.
Gamble Game
Any prize of less than 1750 can be doubled several times over if players choose to enter the optional gamble round and manage to correctly decide if a playing card will be a red or black card suit. Any wrong guess loses the triggering bet however, and although this is a true 50/50 gamble, it can be quite tricky to get past 1 or 2 correct picks.
Jackpot Cards
Above the reels, players will see 4 progressive jackpot values, slowly rising with each wager made across the EGT range. A Jackpot Cards round can be triggered at any time, and players simply pick from 12 playing cards, winning the prize linked to the first suit found 3 times as they click them in turn.
First Past The Post, Or Lame?
50 Horses is a nicely-designed online casino pokie that comes with some conventional, but still potentially rewarding features. Stacked wilds should go some way to boosting the win ratio, although it’s perhaps a shame that only 5 free spins are awarded, plus the 0.50 minimum bet could be a little steep for those players on limited budgets.