santa's great gifts slot theme, stakes, pays & symbols

Wow, are we doing this again… already? The theme of this one is, of course, Christmas, and it’s something that Pragmatic Play definitely has lots of experience with – even if my memory is tricking me when it tells me that they have already produced a Christmas game this year. For example, there’s Christmas Carol Megaways, a Christmas-themed entry in the Big Bass Bonanza series, and no doubt a bunch more Pragmatic Play Christmas games already out there… and that’s before we even start to consider the multitude of similar titles available from every other online slot developer. In short, if you love Christmas-themed games, you are absolutely spoilt for choice… if you hate them, I guess you had better brace yourself – the next couple of months are certain to be absolutely bursting at the seams with more content such as this.

Will the paytable be enough to convince you of the merits of Santa’s Great Gifts? Once again, every symbol in this game pays as a scatter, meaning that you only need to land the maximum number of 12 symbols anywhere on the screen to be rewarded with the top payout from each. That may not be as easy as it sounds, even with the 30 possible positions available on the enlarged reel set. A snow globe holding a snowman is the highest-paying symbol and has a return of 50x your bet for 12-30 symbols, whilst a gingerbread man will pay you 25x your bet, and what could well be a Christmas-tree themed biscuit is worth 15x you’re your bet for each completed set of 12 or more. The candy cane will pay you 12x the current stake for a maximum hit, whilst a cup of candy holds the last high-paying symbol spot with a return of 10x for each maximum grouping.

The wagering options are standard Pragmatic Play, with three controls allowing you to change the number of coins and bet level to quickly switch between the minimum of €0.20 and the maximum of €100.00 for each round.

base game & MODIFIERS

The base game uses a large playfield with six reels, each consisting of five rows. This creates 30 possible positions for symbols to land, making the 12 symbols required anywhere in view to score a maximum win feel as if it should be relatively easy. Spoiler here – it’s not. All symbols appear in stacked configurations, and the stacks of lower-paying symbols seem much larger and more frequent than those of higher-paying symbols. Because of this, you may find yourself hitting groups of 12 symbols – but they are likely to consist of the lowest-paying symbols on the paytable. 

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santa's great gifts slot bonus features

There is just a single bonus round in Santa’s Great Gifts, but I didn’t find this to be much of a problem – the scatter-pay format of the base game makes it feel quite interesting and unique, meaning that you are unlikely to become bored or find the base game monotonous during an average session.

Winning yourself a bonus round requires hitting four or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels, with 10 free spins being awarded for the minimum four scatter trigger and 15 or 20 free spins awarded for five or six scatters, respectively.

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