christmas bonanza megaways slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

Christmas was always fantastic for me growing up, there were always lots of close family around for Xmas day and Boxing Day, and back then, a tin of Quality Street or Roses was actually a tin and would last the whole family a good few days of tucking in. These days I can pretty much polish off one of those plastic containers they come in now after one sitting, washed down with a nice cuppa, of course. I guess things change and not always for the better, but that could all be set to reverse as one of the most significant games of the decade has gone into Santa's workshop and come out all festive looking. Yep, it's Christmas Bonanza Megaways, getting ready to take on all challengers for the best slot of the yuletide 2022, and there are a good few kicking about. If you want to see some of the competition, try Pragmatic Play's title, Bigger Bass Blizzard or the awesome Saint Nicked from provider Lucksome.

Bonanza may have changed slightly in appearance, but the nuts and bolts of the game are very much the same. This applies to the paytable too, although the gems you may be familiar with have been swapped out for presents instead. So, from the top, we have the purple gift box as the highest value symbol paying 50x for a 6 of a kind win; this is followed by the red box at 7.5x, and bringing the premium pays section to the end are the blue box and green box, both of which are worth 2x if all six lands on a payline. The royal symbols are in charge of the lower pays, and here you'll find the ace and king paying 1.75x for all six, the queen and jack at 1x for a completed line, and finally, the 10 and 9 paying 0.9x and 0.8 for a six of a kind win respectively. Wild symbols are present within the game, but as these only appear on the upper reel, they can only help to create winning combos by substituting for all other regular symbols. 

The betting structure remains unchanged from the original Bonanza Megaways, with players able to start spinning the reels of the game from €0.20 up to a maximum of €100. A bonus buy option is included in the Christmas version, which will be discussed later in the features section. 

base game & MODIFIERS

Bonanza was the first to really nail the format that we now play across 100s of Megaways slots, with this being a reel set of 6x6 where an escalating upper reel appears over reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. This creates an actual playfield of 6x7 that can, in theory, produce up to 117,649 paylines on any spin. Creating a win couldn't be easier; just match three symbols from left to right, or two in the case of the highest paying symbol, and you'll be credited accordingly in your balance. 

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christmas bonanza megaways slot bonus features

For the main bonus round to be triggered on Christmas Bonanza, you'll need to land a combination of the letters GOLD anywhere within the playfield. Doing so will award you 12 free spins, with each additional scatter that lands after adding 5 spins to your starting total. 

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