King Of Africa Pokie Machine
WMS Gaming have some speciality themes across their games, and the topic of Africa, its wildlife and people have been featured across several of their real money online pokies. The King of Africa video pokie is one of the newest examples and as well as lions, zebras, shields and necklaces, there’s the popular Hot Hot Penny bonus feature that leads to free spins, scatter awards and expanding wild symbols.
It has a conventional 5-reel layout and the symbols are arranged over 3 rows, while running from the left side, there’s 20 paylines, and players need 3 or more of the same symbol to stop across one of these lines, on adjacent reels from the left side to get a win.
The plains of Africa stretch out behind the reels, well, a little bit of them anyway, as it’s just a slightly fuzzy image of grasslands and trees to set the scene, and along with the title, there’s the Hot Hot Penny emblem of a smiling flame, while the reel surround is also made up of fire. The bet range runs from a low limit of 0.30 and runs to a maximum of 150.00 per spin, players will see all lines permanently activated, plus there’s a feature side bet that’s needed to trigger the bonus games. Free King of Africa video pokie games are available to anyone who wants to just try it out, although without wanting to state the obvious, no real winnings will come from this.
Playing King Of Africa
Before committing real cash to the game, players may want to review how it all works by looking at the pay table, which tells them how much each combination is worth, and it’s the shield and necklace that will pay out the smallest prizes, then the zebra, impala, elephant and leopard are up next.
King of the jungle is of course, a majestic lion, although the one on these reels looks a bit bored, but no matter, as he will award players handsomely when stopping across 3, 4 or 5 reels on a payline. But the biggest wins are reserved for those punters who see the King of Africa game logo land across a line, and as well as being worth 3x the amount as the lion, it’s also a wild card.
King Of Africa
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Bonus Features
In its capacity as a wildcard symbol, the game logo will help players to get extra wins by acting as any other standard symbol if it’s then possible to either complete a winning combination, extend a win across further reels for a bigger payout, or both at once.
A bonus bet equal to 10x that amount staked per line is needed, as this will allow for the Hot Hot Penny feature to play out, and this extra wager isn’t optional, so players will either have to accept it, or move on. It keeps the return to player percentage quite high though, so can be well worth the extra investment.
When the scatter symbol, which is a tree standing out against a setting sun, lands in any 3 or more positions at once an initial 8 free games are awarded, but before these begin a grid of 25 squares, making up a picture of the lion, will appear and players get to click a number of squares to reveal extra free spins or multipliers that will apply to any wins throughout them. Special coins will award 5, 10 or 30 extra spins and to make this bonus game even more lucrative, a wild giraffe symbol will fill entire reels at a time.
The number of picks is dependent on how many scatters triggered the round, but there’s also a scatter payout, so in the unlikely event that nothing is won during the free spins game, there is still an award as soon as this symbol appears.
The Verdict
Although the design is a little cartoon-like, there’s nothing comic about the potential rewards from the King of Africa video pokie, especially once the Hot Hot Penny feature has been triggered. Even in normal play however, this is a reliable pokie that spins up some fairly frequent wins, and should be one of the mane attractions at online casinos where WMS Gaming pokies are featured.