Football Rules is a popular football-themed 25-payline video slot which operates on the Playtech software platform. The game is abundant with icons depicting football jerseys and the wild symbol is the Fan icon, while the scatter is the Stadium. Players can try the slot on this page free of charge or they can select any of the Playtech casinos found in the listings to play the game for real money.
In order to join a winning football team, players should adjust their bet first. To select one's coin size, ranging from 0.01 to 5, players should press +/–. Selecting the line bet is done with the "Bet Per Line" button and "Select Lines" adjusts the number of active paylines. "Spin" starts the game and "Bet Max" activates all paylines and spins the reels. Pressing the wrench symbol and then “Autoplay” turns the reels for a preset number of times uninterrupted.
Bonus symbols scattered on the reels 1 and 5 will trigger the Bonus round. A goal filled with balls emerges from which players pick to reveal a number of Free Spins. Then they decide which side to shoot in order to reveal a multiplier which will be applied to their wins during the Free Spin round.
In this slot there is also a lotto-type progressive game, Dollar Ball, where players select 5 numbers out of 49. As 5 numbers are randomly drawn, the more numbers players match the prediction, the more players win. In case all 5 numbers match players win the jackpot.
5 wild cards occurring on an active payline will award a jackpot of 10,000 coins.
Game Play
+/-: Select the coin size.
Bet Per Line: Choose the number of coins bet.
Select Lines: Adjust the number of enabled paylines.
Spin: Start the game.
Bet Max: Turn the reels at the highest available wager.
Autoplay: Spin the reels multiple times uninterrupted.
Football is one of the sports with the most fans on the planet and its fever is infected by many other media different to TV such as video games and in this case through video slots, Playtech has developed several slots inspired in this sport, of which my favorite is still "Football Girls", however "Football Rules" has its own attributes also able to attract other types of players, especially those who like to take advantage from the low variance of slots using them primarily for meet wagering requirements usually attached to bonuses granted to players by the casinos, that's the conclusion I reached after several sessions with this game where I have always managed to leave in positive without having many troubles. I thought at first that the paytable was a bit weak but after a while I realized that this game makes up for this very well with a good hit average, awards for the number of scatters you get and its bonus round has the potential to provide up to 20 free spins and multipliers up to 10x, which are designated into two penalty shots just before starting the free games, my best free round so far has been 20 spins with a 5x multiplier that I finally concluded in a total gain of about 70x my total bet, not bad for a middle popularity slot as it can be seen on most of the forums dedicated to casino games.
Playtech used on this slot a different way to select the bet level, for which it is necessary to repeatedly press the "Bet Per Line" button and the chosen bet level can be seen on the sides of the slot in the place where we used to see the number of lines on other slots, at first this confused me a bit but it took little time to get familiar with the control board.
In summary, I'd say "Football Rules!" is a fast and fun game despite its simple appearance before which you can easily spend long periods without getting bored, this also because it is not one of those slots that quickly eat your chips, maybe not a slot to get rich in one day, but suitable to try clearing some bonuses.