Fat Santa (Push Gaming) Slot Demo & Review

Whilst we’ve got no shortage of Christmas-themed slots here at Demoslot, rather than reel off some recommendations in that genre like we usually would in this section, we’re going to concentrate on the mechanics used in Fat Santa instead, as Push Gaming use it in several of their other games. If you’re not aware of the releases I’m talking about, you’re in for a treat, as there are a number of titles in the provider’s “Fat Series” of slots that are worth trying out. I guess you could call it an early Christmas present if you were unaware of their existence, so consider it our gift to you as we have the free demos of Fat Banker, Fat Rabbit, and Fat Drac available to play on our platform.

It’s onto the pays section in Fat Santa next, and the most valuable symbols in the game are the Wild Santa and the Elf, both of which share payouts of 20x the bet for a full line of five. Rudolph follows worth 16x, with the Snowman paying 10x, and the Gift finalising the premium payers with a return of 6x for five matching symbols. The lower pays are represented by Xmas decorations, with the Red and Orange Baubles awarding 2x, and the Light and Dark Green Baubles having equal rewards of 1.6x bet for a winning connection of five.

The betting structure on Fat Santa differs slightly from what you will find on other online slots, especially at the lower end of the scale, where the minimum entry point is set at €0.25. Whilst this might alienate extreme low-rollers, at the other end of the spectrum high-rollers will have no issue with the maximum stake of €25.

Fat Santa is played on a 5×5 reel configuration with 50 paylines active on every spin. When three or more matching symbols connect from left to right across a way to win, their corresponding paytable value will be credited to your balance.

Santa’s Sleigh

Randomly throughout the game, as you start the reels off on another spin, you may see Santa appear on his sleigh and fly past. Although this can just be a base game tease, Santa will occasionally drop a random amount of Christmas pies onto the reels. These pies will then stick in place and act as wilds, and if you are lucky enough to get a good symbol set up, you could find yourself with a nice little win coming your way.

To trigger the bonus round on Fat Santa, you will need to land a Santa symbol on reel 1 and then a minimum of 1 Christmas pie symbol anywhere else in view. If this is achieved, you will be awarded with 5 free spins. Whilst it isn’t necessary to land more than 1 pie, the more you can start the free spins, the better, as we will now learn why.

Free Spins Feature

When the free spin feature begins, the size of your Santa Wild symbol will cover a 1×1 space on the reels. The aim is to collect as many Christmas pies as possible to fill the pie meter located to the right-hand side of the reels.

Collecting the following amount of Christmas pies will award you with the corresponding enhancements to your feature.

• Collecting 4 pies will increase Santa to a 2 x 2 icon and award 3 additional spins.

• Collecting an additional 5 pies will increase Santa to a 3 x 3 icon and award 2 extra spins.

• Collecting an additional 5 pies will increase Santa to a 4 x 4 icon and award 2 extra spins.

• Collecting an additional 3 pies will increase Santa to a full screen wild.

Reaching the stage of the full-screen wild Santa is something dreams are made of, and if you’re lucky enough to get that far up the pie meter, you can expect a handsome reward for your efforts.

Bonus Buy Option

Players on Fat Santa have the option of buying the bonus, which will cost 80x your stake to trigger this feature. Any slot where you can buy the bonus comes with a certain amount of risk/reward, and we always recommend that you have sensible deposit limits in place at all times.