Santa’s Great Gifts

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An Introduction to the Santa’s Great Gifts Slot

If you’re a fan of the Jingle Ways Megaways slot, then you’ll find the look and feel of the Santa’s Great Gifts video slot to be fairly similar. However, the gameplay is completely different. This helps to highlight the real beauty of the online slots world in a major way:

This game helps to show just how much variety you can find within specific sub-genres.

The Christmas-themed sub-genre of online slots contains plenty of titles with a lot of the same tropes. This is particularly the truth when we look at the visual elements. In this game, for instance, we see Santa off to the side in a snowy winter wonderland. Snow is falling from the sky, and presents can be seen all around. Additionally, the highly detailed symbol set on the reels include gingerbread men, candy canes, trees and other common motifs of these types of holiday titles.

However, it’s the gameplay that makes this title stand out so much from the rest. In one example, having so many potential wins based around scatter pays is relatively unique overall. Additionally, you can also find features that tie into this basic difference in the way the game is played. As a result, it creates an entire atmosphere of a slightly atypical experience. With that said, Pragmatic Play didn’t get so far outside of the box that it’s “too different.” You definitely don’t have to worry about feeling alienated because they went in a different direction than the usual with this title’s play style.

Betting and Layout

The style used to award payouts here isn’t something you see every day. However, it’s not particularly difficult to learn and get used to. Moreover, we think most players will really take to it after a few rounds to get used to it. In any case, here’s what you will want to know before jumping in and getting started:

• The main grid of symbols for this title is larger than usual. It offers a total of six reels along with five rows of symbols for a 30-spot grid overall.
• Paylines and ways to win are not considerations here. Instead, every symbol operates as a scatter symbol.
• As such, all regular wins in this game can happen with symbols located in any position. This includes no limitations as to the rows, columns or “lines” where those symbols fall.
• Additionally, betting is set up to go as low as €0.20 per spin. This comes with an atypical betting setup where you’re wagering 20 coins per turn with a minimum coin size of €0.01 apiece.
• A maximum of 200 coins for each spin can be wagered as well. However, when this is paired with the €0.50 highest coin size, you end up with a €100 maximum wager amount.

Other Information

The atypical betting setup can make it seem tricky to determine the volatility intuitively. However, we’re here to tell you that it’s a little bit above average. Additionally, the swings are higher than average at the same time. A lot of this comes from the fact that it’s in your best interest to play with a side bet activated. The button for it is located in the top-left corner, and it increases your bet size by 25 percent. However, it also doubles your chances for free spins.

Another element of this that’s worth mentioning is how payouts are listed. With everything being scatter based, we’ll list prizes as multiples of however much your total wager happens to be. However, Pragmatic Play prefers their pay tables to use actual currency amounts. Just keep this in mind because it will automatically update based on how you adjust your bet sizes.

Gameplay and Features for the Santa’s Great Gifts Video Slot

With the way payouts are given being so different than usual, the Santa’s Great Gifts online slot has atypical features. These features are largely based around this different way of awarding wins. However, the game as a whole is not as far “out there” as something like Santa vs. Aliens.

On the one hand, we do think you’ll have no trouble learning what’s offered in this game from Pragmatic Play. On the other hand, we also believe you’ll benefit from reading over the following breakdowns. They will help you to transition into the atypical gameplay style with a minimal amount of confusion.

Tumble Feature

Just because of how it’s triggered, chances are that the tumble feature is the first feature that you’ll run into. It’s pretty intuitive but works slightly different in practice due to all of the scatter-based wins.

After any spin where you get wins of any kind, the tumble feature is activated. Additionally, you can see how it would activate more frequently than virtually any other feature that a slot could have. Regardless, the winning symbols all disappear after they have been paid out using Santa’s magic. New symbols fall down in place, and the process continues. It’s worth pointing out that Pragmatic Play didn’t put a limit on the number of tumbles that you can get in a row.

Multiplier Presents Feature

It’s not really the holidays without having a bunch of presents involved. That’s why Pragmatic Play had to include a feature that was all about getting some sizable gifts. In this game, they come in the form of presents in four different colors: green, blue, purple and red.

During the tumble feature and the regular game mode, as well as the free spins, presents can land anywhere. Each individual present that lands offers a multiplier worth anywhere from 2x to 100x chosen at random. Additionally, all of the presents are saved until the end of the given series of tumbles. From there, all of the multipliers from the presents are added together. This total end multiplier is applied to all of your wins for that set of tumbles.

This adds a whole lot of value to the end result of getting several tumbles in a row in particular. However, it also adds quite a bit of volatility to a title that otherwise has a high hit-rate.

Santa Scatter Symbol

More symbols in this game need at least eight of a kind to win. However, in the Santa’s Great Gifts video slot, a different scatter symbol is available that is Santa Claus himself. What makes this symbol stand out is that only one can appear on each reel at a time. As such, you end up with the following payouts:

• Six of a Kind – 100x
• Five of a Kind – 5x
• Four of a Kind – 3x

Again, since it’s a scatter, it can pay for any reel and any position. The only difference is that only one can show up on a given reel at a time.

Santa’s Great Gifts Free Spins

The scatters also activate a set of free spins when you land at least four anywhere on the game board. However, the number of scatters that show up also determine how many free spins you earn. Here’s what you can expect from four or more scatter symbols:

• Six of a Kind – 20 free spins
• Five of a Kind – 15 free spins
• Four of a Kind – 10 free spins

Each time a multiplier present hits in this game mode, it’s collected in a meter. They can then increase through four levels of play, which can increase the minimum sizes of the individual present multipliers.

• First Level – 2x to 100x
• Second Level – 8x to 100x
• Third Level – 15x to 100x
• Fourth Level – 50x to 100x

Additionally, you only need three scatters to add more free spins. However, any spin with three or more will add exactly five free spins to your total. This can be achieved multiple times, but you always get them five at a time in this way.

How to Win at Santa’s Great Gifts

We mentioned the side bet earlier. It increases your bet size by 25 percent while doubling your chances to get enough scatters to trigger the free spins mode. We recommend always having this side bet on because it increases your return to player percentage. However, with it activated, your volatility is in the medium-high range. As such, lowering your base wager to compensate is a really good idea to make it easier to weather the swings.

Players can also buy their way straight into the free spins mode. Additionally, you have four options to buy into the four different levels. A 100x wager gets level 1, and a 200x wager jumps to level 2. However, it’s 400x and 500x for level 3 or level 4. With these larger bet sizes, dropping your base wager is definitely something to consider and is almost a necessity for all players.

Payout Structure for the Santa’s Great Gifts Online Slot

Outside of the Santa scatter, each symbol will get its best payout for 12 symbols or more. They can be anywhere on the board, but they have to land all at the same time. For 12 or more of the snow globe, you’ll earn 50x. This drop to 25x for 12+ of the gingerbread man and 15x for 12 or more of the Christmas tree. Additionally, the candy cane and hot chocolate get you 12x and 10x, respectively, for 12 or more on the board.

From there, four hanging balls with different card ranks are used for low-tier symbols. The purple spade and red heart pay out 8x and 5x for 12+ of either. You can also earn 4x for 12 or more of the green club. From there, a set of at least 12 of the blue diamond balls will get you a 2x payout.

Overview

Even though the Santa’s Great Gifts slot has a more traditional theme presentation than something like the Christmas Nightmare game, the gameplay style is much different than usual. We think this is what will draw players in the most because it offers a whole lot of action. The levels of multipliers in particular with multipliers worth up to 100x is what caught our attention the most, and we believe it will be the same situation with players who hop in a session with this holiday title.

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