Christmas Carol Megaways slot that features 6 reels and 200704 paylines is the latest release from Pragmatic Play and it is inspired with the magic of Christmas. Should you decide to hit these festive reels, you can expect to get visited by the Christmas Ghosts of past, present and future. Immerse yourself in the Dicken’s story as seen by Pragmatic Play here for fun or at any Pragmatic Play Casino for real.
How to Play Christmas Carol Megaways Slot
Set your bets and travel through time together with Scrooge himself as he tries to redeem his soul.
- Hit +/- buttons will draw up a panel where you can increase or decrease coins per line and coin value that will constitute the bet, or you can simply increase the total bet value.
- Reels will start moving the moment you hit Spin button
- Autoplay opens up a panel where you can choose Turbo Spin, Quick Spin and the number of automated spins.
- Buy Free Spins will get you exactly that, a buy into a bonus feature.
- Ante Bet will double up the chances to trigger the feature regular way.
Slot Features
Scrooge is your Wild symbol that can substitute for all the symbols in the game except for the Pocket Watch Scatter. It can appear on middle reels, only on the top row.
Tumble
This very popular mechanic that we are always happy to see is featured in the slot, and each time you create a win combo, the symbols involved will disappear and make room from new symbols to fall on the grid. It continues for as long as there are win combos to create.
Free Spins
Scatter appears on all reels, and you need at least 4 of them anywhere on the reels to trigger the Free Spins round. You will get to choose one of the 4 options before the round starts.
If the round is triggered with 4 Scatters you can choose between 15 spins and x1 multiplier, 10 spins at x5 multiplier, and 5 spins at x10 multiplier. If it is triggered with 5 Scatters you get to choose between 19 spins at x1, 14 spins at x5 and 9 spins at x10 multiplier. If the round gets triggered with 6 Scatters you get to choose between 23 spins with x1 multiplier, 18 spins with x5 multiplier or 13 spins with x10 multiplier.
During the bonus round each Tumble you cause will increase a Win Multiplier by x1, and if you hit 3 additional Scatters during the round you will get 5 extra spins, and there is no cap on how many times you can retrigger these extra 5 spins.
Ante Bet and Buy-In
The game offers you both Ante Bet and Buy-In feature option, but you cannot have both of them on at the same time, of course. Ante Bet gives you the option to select bet multiplier that can be x20 or x25, and with the latter the chances to win a Free Spins round are doubled. This limits the max win amount during the bonus round to x20000 your bet, and when you reach the cap the round will end regardless of how many spins you have left.
With the Buy-In you will get to trigger the Free Spins round instantly, and this will guarantee at least 4 Scatters for x100 your bet.
Summary
Christmas Carol Megaways is taking you straight back to the streets of 19th century London. The theme seems to be very common one during holiday season, but with a win potential that can reach up x20000 your bet this slot seems to be worth your attention because there is nothing scrooge about it. Overall, this highly volatile game offers a popular theme that is fitted into a pretty nifty slot that has to offer a really festive on-reel action.
Christmas Carol megaways is a game from pragmatic Play that was released around a year ago. At the time I first discovered it on the Social Tournaments page where it was one of the games Pragmatic Play was doing tournaments on. At the time I played it a bit and lately I've been playing it again as it's one of the seasonal games that I do enjoy.Â
As the name already suggests, the game is inspired by the Christmas theme and includes many different characters, such as elfs, scrooge and a character that looks like a deadly ghost, at least in my opinion. The colors are bright and overall it does give you a quite festive feeling while not being too cheesy, which I like.Â
As for the technical aspects, the game has Megaways mechanic and the minimum bet is 20 cents per spin. Like it usually goes, whenever a win occurs, the winning symbols cascade and new ones take their place. In the base game there's no special feature, however, since it's a megaways game, I've had a few good hits on the base game due to multiple wins with wild symbols. While I wish there was a base game feature, I still find the base game quite exciting.Â
Aside from that, there's also a free spins bonus round, which can be not only very volatile but also exciting. Once you get 4 or more scatter symbols, you get to play the free spins. However, you'll need to choose between 3 different free spins options- either take 15 spins with 1x start multiplier, 10 free spins with 5x multiplier or 5 free spins with a 10x multiplier to start with. With every win the multiplier increases, which is when you can get good wins.
 I have to say, I've tried the 5 free spins multiple times but for me it feels too volatile- for the most part I'd get maybe or or two small wins and the rest are dead spins. So I usually go with the middle-ground option of 10 free spins and 5 xmultiplier, as it gives you a good chance to increase the multiplier and the feature lasts a bit longer. With this feature I've also had my best wins on the game, which were around 400x bet. But as I've said before, this game is volatile so on multiple occasions I haven't even reached a 10x bet win from the free spins.
Overall I think it's a good megaways game, especially during the festive period, and I like the fact that there are different free spins options to choose from. I'd only suggest being careful with bonus buys that cost 100x bet, since this game can either pay big or give a tiny return.