Mega Moolah Isis Pokie
There are a couple of sure-fire ways to make an online pokie a big success. Firstly, base it around a popular theme and secondly give it a huge great progressive jackpot prize.
Well, Mega Moolah Isis from Microgaming follows what is probably the most popular theme, with images of ancient Egypt across its reels, and if a progressive prize that regularly exceed $10 million isn’t enough I don’t know what is.
Unsurprisingly then, it’s been a huge success, and of course that is self-fulfilling, as progressive jackpots grow more quickly as more people contribute a small portion of each wager to the main prize.
Even players who don’t suddenly become rich will still find plenty to like about this pokie, as it comes with wild multiplier wins, a gamble game and a free spins round with big multiplier payouts and they could even scoop one of the smaller progressive prizes that get won far more frequently.
Game Details
This game is presented in the classic 5-reel, 25-payline format and has an equally classic design, with images of a sarcophagus, gold orb, winged statues and the Eye of Horus making up the higher value symbols, while lower value ones are the usual playing card icons, 9 through to A which feature on lots of other games as well.
Players set their bets using the buttons beneath the game, with the minimum wager being 0.25. This automatically activates all paylines and means that while there’s no option to play just a few lines for a tiny bet, all winning combinations that land on the reels will be paid out, with lines of 3 or more matching symbols running across a line from the left reel worth a prize.
The maximum amount that can be staked on a spin is 22.50, which is quite low, but doesn’t seem to put of the thousands of people who play this game. Winning values are listed on the paytable, with the number of times the coins bet per line shown next to each symbol.
The low-value 9 for example, pays 2, 10 or 50 coins when landing on 3, 4 or 5 reels across a line, while the A raises the wins to 10, 30 or 500 for the same combinations and the picture symbols are worth significantly more, with the Eye valued at 30, 300 and 3000x.
Mega Moolah Isis
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Bonus Bits
Isis is represented in this game by a woman who looks like Cleopatra, but apparently isn’t. Whoever she is, she’s worth 10 coins when just 2 stop on a line, and getting a full line of 5 right across the reels pays 10,000 coins. This is also the wild symbol, which can act as any other, except the scatter, helping to complete winning lines, while doubling the base value when substituting for a win.
The other bonus symbol is an eagle, which is the scatter and has a couple of useful functions. Firstly, it will pay multiples of the total bet per spin rather than just the line bet when it appears, and it can be in any positons to create a win. 2x the bet is won when just 2 scatters appear, with the maximum of 5 being worth a payout of 600x, while any 3 will also start off 20 free spins, 4 will trigger 25 spins and if 5 scatters land at once, players are awarded 30 free games.
Any wins throughout them will be subject to a nice 6x multiplier, and getting more scatters will re-trigger the spins.
Small wins can potentially be multiplied into bigger ones in the optional gamble round, where players need to correctly guess the colour or suit of a playing card to double or quadruple the prize.
Of course the main appeal of Mega Moolah Isis is the chance to win a progressive jackpot. There are actually 4 in this game with starting values of 10.00, 100.00, 10,000.00 and the big one that begins at 1,000,000.00 and rises from there.
The jackpot round is randomly awarded and takes players to a wheel of fortune which has different coloured segments to correspond to the different jackpots. If the wheel stops on an orange segment for example, the mini jackpot is won, but the single white section equals the mega progressive that has paid out $10 million or even prizes approaching $20 million in the past.
The Verdict
Mega Moolah Isis could be themed around just about anything and it would still attract a huge number of players looking to get rich, so the fact that it follows such a popular theme is almost incidental.
Most of however, won’t win the jackpot, so it’s good to know that it still has some rewarding features to go along with the nice design.