Egyptian Riches Pokie
It must be difficult for online pokie developers to come up with a new title for their latest Egyptian-themed game, because there’s so many of them that just about all combinations of words have been taken. But there seems to be a massive audience for this type of casino pokie machines, so WMS Gaming have scratched their heads, picked out some related words and come up with the Egyptian Riches video pokie that has all the gods, hieroglyphics, scarab beetles and royals that players can’t seem to get enough of.
It’s also got a simple bonus round and there’s a wild symbol to help complete extra winning lines, but that’s about it as far as features go, so it’s down to players lining up the best combinations of symbols in the base game to get the majority of payouts.
Those wins are heading their way whenever 3, 4 or 5 of the same symbol stop on any of the 20 paylines, on adjacent reels starting from the left side. Although the Egyptian Riches online pokie is quite simple, it’s got a nice design, where the 5 reels are surrounded by a multi-coloured border and sit against a nice background of a palace window that looks out over palm trees.
Playing Egyptian Riches
It’s possible to play free Egyptian Riches pokie, or just activate a single line for a stake of 0.01, but to qualify for all combinations that land, players will need to have at least 0.20 on the game and high roller players will be able to place bets of up to 100.00 per spin.
Every symbol is related to the theme of ancient Egypt and the smallest wins will be spun up by the Ankh, while a stone tablet, apparently called a Cartouche, a vase and the beetle will also return the lower-value prizes when landing across active lines.
A regal-looking black cat, equally majestic falcon, the Eye of Ra and the dog-headed god Anubis are the higher-value symbols of this game, and Anubis only needs to land on reels 1 and 2 on an active line to create a win. The Egyptian Riches game logo will also pay out when stopping on just 2 reels, and this is the highest value symbol of them all, paying out the best wins, plus it does double-duties as a wild.
Egyptian Riches
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Bonus Features
When the Egyptian Riches symbol lands, it can substitute for any other, with the exception of a Bonus symbol, and then complete winning lines by filling in the gaps, or turning lines of 3 or 4 into longer lines that will be worth more.
The Queen is a special symbol that triggers the bonus game when she stops in any 3 or more positions at once. Before the feature begins, players will get a scatter win that varies depending on how many landed, and the potential winnings from the bonus game will also vary if 3, 4 or 5 scatters started the round.
Players are shown a number of Scarab beetles, and need to pick one for a real cash reward, but the game isn’t over yet, as a second stage takes place among the treasures of Egypt, hence the name of this pokie, and further picks will award additional payouts. The picks continue until an item of treasure reveals ‘Collect’, which ends the game and all prizes earned so far are bundled together and paid out. If the first pick is the ‘Collect’ item, a consolation prize will be given, so anyone who starts this round will get both the scatter payout at the beginning and something during the main part of the bonus game. It gets even more interesting however, because if 3 scatters triggered the game, wins are at a standard level, if 4 scatters appeared then the prizes are doubled and if the bonus round was started by 5 scatter symbols, all winnings within it will be subject to a multiplier of 4x.
The Verdict
Although Egyptian Riches isn’t the most visually stunning of real money online pokies with this theme, it’s still quite an interesting example of the genre. Symbols are just what players have come to expect, and it’s none the worse for it, as WMS Gaming are merely providing what customers want, but the overall style isn’t exactly state of the art.
The bonus features are fairly unique though, with the two-stage feature game being particularly unusual. Having prizes doubled or even quadrupled is a welcome touch although some people may miss the more common free spins round that most pokies seem to have.
Like all games from this developer though, the Egyptian Riches pokie is mobile-optimised, reliable and has guarantee of fair play.