It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year with Christmas Slots

Raging Reindeer – When Rudolph Goes Wild

Christmastime is all about love, sharing gifts, presents and an abundance of emotions. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. However, with emotions running high and so much to worry about, it is easy to find yourself in a bit of a rage. As such, many will find that they can truly relate as they spin the reels of Raging Reindeer slot.

Raging Reindeer is a 6-reel, 4-row video slot from iSoftBet that offers 4,096 ways to win. The festive slot shows another side of Christmas and will have you questioning whether it really is the season of good will.

In Raging Reindeer, the action takes place on a wooden grid of reels. Behind the reels, there is a cavern bar beneath the Northern Lights in the sky. The soundtrack for this slot is joyful, as an electronic guitar strums away to a rhythmic tune.

On the reels, players can expect to find eleven standard symbols. Six of those symbols are lower-valued royals, including 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. The five higher-valued symbols include a cunning rabbit with cards, an owl holding a champagne glass, a wolf wearing a pair of star-shaped glasses, a party bear and a raging reindeer. The raging reindeer is the most rewarding symbol in the game, paying up to 150 times your stake for 6 across a payline.

There is also a Wild symbol that substitutes for all all symbols, except for the scatter, to help form winning combinations. The wild can only appear on reels two, three, four, five and six. The scatter is represented by the game’s logo, with the words ‘Raging Reindeer’ written on it. Once you land three or more scatters on a single spin, you trigger the Jingle Spins feature.

The only bonus feature in Raging Reindeer is the Jingle Spins. Once you land at least three scatters anywhere on the reels, you will instantly trigger the bonus round, receiving 8 Jingle Spins in the process. The more scatters you land, the more free spins you are awarded. Here is how it works:

• 3 scatters award 8 Jingle Spins
• 4 scatters award 15 Jingle Spins
• 5 scatters award 20 Jingle Spins
• 6 scatters award 50 Jingle Spins

During the Jingle Spins, any wilds that land instantly transform into a x2 multiplier or a x3 multiplier. In addition, any Wilds or Reindeer symbols that land during the bonus round instantly pay out, regardless of whether they are on adjacent reels or not. For instance, if two reindeers land on the first reel, two land on the second reel and one lands on the fourth reel, you will receive a payout for the reindeers.

It is also possible to re-trigger additional Jingle Spins during the bonus round. For landing two, three, four, five or six scatters, you will receive an additional 5, 8, 15, 20 or 50 spins, respectively.

Raging Reindeer is one of the most enjoyable Christmas slots to play for those of you that want a slightly different theme, opposed to the standard Santa Claus games. The RTP for this slot is 95.94% whilst the maximum win is 4,332 times your stake.

Secrets of Christmas – Unwrapping Rewarding Presents 

If you are looking for a slot to help you find your Christmas spirit, you are in the right place. Secrets of Christmas is an absolute gem of a festive slot, set in Santa Claus’ house in the North Pole. The NetEnt video slot is played on a 5-reel, 3-row grid that offers 25 paylines.

The action in Secrets of Santa takes place in the snowy north and the reels are set on Santa Claus’ window. Around the reels, there are Christmas tree branches with sparkling red lights illuminating them. The reels sit above the windowsill, which is covered in fresh snow. There is a festive soundtrack playing in the background where you can hear a tambourine shake and bells ringing.

On the reels, players will find ten standard symbols. The five lower-valued royals which include 10, J, Q, K and A are formed from Christmas tree branches. As for the higher-valued symbols, they are more Christmas orientated, including a blue stocking, cookies and milk for Santa, a gingerbread house, a burning candle and a golden bell. The golden bell is the most lucrative symbol in the slot, paying up to 1,250 times your stake for 5 across a payline.

There is also a Santa Claus wild symbol and a bag full of toys scatter symbol. The Santa wild substitutes for all of the standard symbols whilst the toy bag scatter triggers the free spins bonus round.

The only bonus feature in Secrets of Christmas is the Free Spins feature. It is triggered by landing three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. Before the bonus round starts, you are taken to a screen of twenty Christmas Gifts. You have to click on the Christmas gifts to reveal the bonus features that will apply for the free spins. The number of scatters you land determines how many gifts you can pick. Here is how it works:

• 3 scatters awards you with 3 Christmas gifts
• 4 scatters awards you with 4 Christmas gifts
• 5 scatters awards you with 5 Christmas gifts

Once you have selected your Christmas gifts, the free spins bonus round can start. The Christmas gifts can be one of the following bonuses:

• A golden snowflake that awards an additional 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 free spins
• x1/x2 Multipliers that can be awarded to the standard x1 multiplier for the round
• A Santa that can change reels 2 and/or 4 into Wild Reels for the bonus round
• Wild Bells and Candles that can trigger one or both of the symbols to become wild during the bonus round

Secrets of Christmas slot couldn’t be more different to Raging Reindeer and it is definitely more in touch with the feelings traditionally associated with Christmas. The NetEnt slot offers an impressive 96.72% RTP and it could be the perfect game to begin the festive season.

Santa Vs Rudolf – Let the Battle Commence

Christmas Eve is arguably the most special night for families around the world. Santa Claus and his eight reindeers deliver gifts to children across the globe. However, the leading Reindeer, Rudolf, has reportedly fallen out with Santa due to poor working conditions and in Santa Vs Rudolf slot, you have the chance to witness the great conflict first-hand.

Santa Vs Rudolf is a 5-reel slot machine that offers 20 fixed paylines. In the NetEnt video slot, the payline are bidirectional. That means winning combinations can form from left to right and from right to left. Each winning combination must include three matching symbols starting from either the first (the leftmost) or fifth (the rightmost) reel.

The cartoon-style festive slot takes place on the Claus residence terrace. On either side of the reels, you can see Santa and Rudolf. Santa (on the right-hand side of the reels) appears to be looking for his hat. Rudolf, (on the left-hand side) sits wearing the Christmas hat, sticking out his tongue with a smug look.

Behind the reels, there is snow as far as the eye can see. The cartoon-style is rather simple but suits the slot. In the background, you can hear a jingling tune that gives a real Christmas-feel to this festive slot.

On the cartoon-style reels, players will find five lower-valued symbols and five higher-valued ones. The lower-valued symbols are the royals 10, J, Q, K and A, all made out of candy canes. The higher-valued symbols include a note to Santa, a reindeer inside a snow globe, a reindeer collar, a bag full of presents and Santa’s sleigh.

In addition, there are two wilds in the game, the green Rudolf wild and the red Santa wild. Whenever a Rudolf wild lands, it will always appear on the first reel. Santa wilds will always appear on the fifth reel. This brings us to the game’s first bonus feature, the re-spins, which is triggered whenever a Rudolf wild or a Santa wild lands on reels one or five, respectively.

If a Rudolf wild lands, it will automatically shift one space to the right and a re-spin will occur. The re-spins keep on happening until the Rudolf wild has travelled from the first to the fifth reel and is removed from the grid. The same goes for the Santa wild, although it travels to the left from the fifth reel back to the first until it is removed from the grid.

The Free Spins bonus round is triggered when a Rudolf wild and a Santa wild appear on the same row. Once the two wilds clash with each other, the Free Spins bonus round is triggered, and the player is awarded 10 free spins. As there are three rows, it is possible for all three rows to have a clash, meaning up to 30 free spins can be claimed.

During the free spins, Santa and Rudolf wilds can land anywhere on the reels. If they clash during the free spins, the player is awarded with four additional free spins.

In addition, there are two bonuses that can be triggered from the free spin’s bonus round. The bonuses are Santa’s Gifts and Rudolf Spins. During the bonus round, two meters are visible above the reels. One of them is the Santa’s Gifts meter and the other is the Rudolf Spins meter. Each meter has eight spaces. Whenever a Santa wild or a Rudolf wild moves off of the reels, it is collected in the meter. Once either eight Santa wilds or Rudolf wilds have been collected, one of the features will trigger, ending the free spins bonus round. Which feature is triggered depends on which meter fills up first.

If you have collected eight Rudolf wilds, the Rudolf Spins feature is triggered. During this feature, the player is awarded with 3 spins and five Rudolf wilds are guaranteed to land. There are no other wilds in play during the feature.

If Santa’s Gifts is triggered, the player is taken to a pick and click game where there are five hidden items. The five hidden items include:

• Three-coin wins each containing different prizes
• One Multiplier that increases the multiplier by 1
• One Christmas hat that ends the feature

The player will have the chance to click on one of the five hidden items to reveal one of the above prizes.

If they click on the coin item, they collect a prize and continue the feature. If they click on the Multiplier icon, their x1 multiplier increases by one. The maximum the multiplier can increase to is x4. If the player clicks on the Christmas hat, the feature ends and all coins (with multipliers applied) are granted to the player, effectively ending the feature.

Santa Vs Rudolf is an exciting slot from NetEnt with unusual yet impressive gameplay. The festive cartoon-style slot has an RTP of 96.35% and offers a maximum win of 270,000 times your stake during the Rudolf Spins feature and 37,600 times your stake during the Santa’s Gifts feature.