King of Slots Pokie Machine
A grand name is attached to the King of Slots video pokie from Net Ent, and while it may have a posh title, what’s important to us is whether or not it can live up to it. That depends on a player’s point of view, because while this is a perfectly reasonable game, with some nice features like free spins and Sticky Wins, it’s not the most visually stunning we’ve ever seen and in fact looks a bit plain.
The graphics are good in a basic sort of way and we see some swirly patterns behind the reels, while each symbol is shown in a box-like frame and to give a bit more interest, there’s a cartoon king sitting at the bottom of the game. It’s all fine, but nothing more and it looks like Net Ent have been pushing their luck with the name.
However, once we get over that it’s a good pokie that has lots of extra wins created by some of the special features, and players can wager from just 0.25 per spin all the way up to 250.00. This should suit most people although anyone who likes to test a game out first can try the free King of Slots video pokies that online casinos tend to offer. All 25 paylines are automatically active and as usual, 3 or more matching symbols are needed across a line on connected reels running from the left side to claim a coin win.
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The simple style extends to the symbols as well, and the playing card 10, J, Q, K and A are all in a straightforward typeface that’s easy to read but doesn’t really have any royal connections. Landing the 10 across a line will be worth 5, 10 or 40x the amount staked on it, while the top paying card icon is the A and this is worth 15, 30 or 125x when it stops on 3, 4 or 5 reels across a payline.
Higher rewards occur when the unique picture symbols appear and while these are the classic cherries, lemons and watermelons found across multiple fruit machines, each has been re-imagined as a precious jewel. Wins range from 15, 50 or 200x the line bet from the cherries, to a crown symbol that’s valued at 50, 150 or even 1000x for a full run across all 5 reels.
A blue jewel is marked up as a wild symbol and when this is in the right places, it’s able to act as any of those above, either filling in any missing pieces, or turning runs of 3 or 4 matching symbols into higher-paying combinations of 4 or 5.
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Sticky Wins
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the King of Slots online pokie machine is the Sticky Wins system which sees any reels that are part of a win-line staying locked in place as the other reels spin once more for free. This could add mean reels 4 and 5, or just reel 5 spinning again, potentially resulting in more valuable lines being created, and this will also be triggered by 3 or more scatter symbols landing, so it could be other reels spinning as well.
If another win is landed, the feature is repeated, over and over until no new winning combinations are spun up.
Free Spins
Bright purple jewels are the scatter symbol for this game, and when 5 or more appear a free spins round is triggered. The number of spins depends on how many scatters land at once, with 5 of them launching 10 bonus spins, 6 triggers 15 spins, 7 scatters at once sees 20 games and 8 scatters results in 25 extra spins.
Any 9 or more rewards the maximum of 30 spins, but no matter how many play out, all wins during them are tripled in value. If the bonus is retriggered by any 3 or more scatters appearing in a single spin, the new round won’t have a multiplier attached to any wins, which is unusual for a Net Ent game.
The Verdict
There’s lots to recommend about this real money online pokie as it has some nice bonus features to go with a plain, but effective, design. Normal gameplay should see some reliable prize-winning lines created, but it’s the special features that elevate this game to a level where it just perhaps deserves the title.
The Sticky Wins can lead to win after win being landed, while the excellent free spins with tripled payouts is another highlight that should see punters getting some decent rewards. It might not be the most exciting game to look at, but the King of Slots video pokie has got it where it counts, in the great potential for winning spins.