Flaming Dice Pokie Machine
Anyone who has played EGT pokies before will be instantly familiar with the symbols of their Flaming Dice game, as they seem to specialise in having colourful dice symbols filling the reels. They also like to notify players that they have landed a winning combination by having symbols burst into flames, and that pretty much sums up the reasoning behind the title of this 5-reel, 40-payline game.
A classic design has helped to make it a popular pokie however, and equally classic gameplay sees little in the way of extra features, although we have wild substitutions and a high paying scatter symbol, plus the Jackpot Cards progressive round common to all games from this developer, along with the chance to multiply a win over and over in the optional gamble feature.
It comes in a fairly simple design as well, where a brown background and payline indicators contrast with the colourful dice. Above the reels, there’s 4 progressive jackpot values, each linked to a card suit, while below is the control panel where players just need to decide how much to stake per spin, from a low limit of 0.40. All lines are active, so anyone who doesn’t want to bet this much on a game that they haven’t tried out yet can practice free Flaming Dice video pokies at most casino sites.
Playing Flaming Dice
An equally simple pay table outlines what each winning combination is worth, and a review of it sees that light blue, pink, green and red dice are all valued at 8, 40 or 100 coins when landing on 3, 4 or 5 adjacent reels, across a payline running from the left side.
Blue and yellow dice pay out 20, 80 or 200 coins for the same combinations, and then towards the top of the table, there’s a white dice with number 7 on each face that’s valued at 40, 100 or 300 coins and the number 8 dice will pay 4 coins just for landing it on reels 1 and 2. If 3, 4 or 5 turn up across a payline, the wins will be equal to 60, 200 or 1000 coins.
By far the most rewarding payouts however, come from landing the scatter symbol and this Chinese symbol dice doesn’t need to be across a payline. Any 3 scatters are worth 80 coins, while 4 of them pays out 800 and the top prize of 20,000 is awarded to the fortunate players who see 5 scatters on the reels at once.
Flaming Dice
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Wild Substitutions
Extra winlines can be created by the bonus wild symbol, that only appears on the middle 3 reels but when possible, it will act as any other, apart from the scatter. It’s able to fill in any gaps in a winning sequence, or extend a run of 3 symbols across an extra reel, although isn’t worth anything on its own.
Other Features
There’s no free spins games, multipliers or other unique features in the Flaming Dice pokie, but players can enjoy a couple of extras that are common to all EGT games. If a win was for less than 1400 coins, they will be offered the chance to double it, potentially several times over in a gamble game.
The aim is to correctly time a click on red or black buttons as a face-down playing card rapidly flashes between the 2 colours, doubling the win if successful, but of course, losing the triggering bet if the timing was wrong.
The Jackpot Cards progressive round can be triggered after any spin, and once it starts, players are guaranteed to win one of the jackpots that’s seen above the reels. 12 cards will be shown and the suits are revealed by clicking on them. Once 3 of a kind have been found, the jackpot connected to that suit is paid out, and while the Club prize can be quite small, they rise in value through Hearts and Diamonds to the top Spade jackpot.
The Verdict
Like all dice-themed games from EGT, the Flaming Dice video pokie is the sort of game that people will either love or hate. It’s very simple, and the only real input is when the bet size is selected. Once that’s done, players just set the reels spinning, and even this can be done in on automatic, so they can just sit back and watch what happens.
The optional gamble round makes things a little more interactive, and if the Jackpot Cards round is triggered, then things are certainly going to get interesting, although it’s only going to happen once in a while, and punters shouldn’t expect to scoop a progressive jackpot every day in this online casino pokie.