Luxor Slot Machine
The mysterious world of ancient Egypt has served countless times as inspiration for online slots, and the appetite for such games shows no signs of slowing down. Hidden treasure chambers, powerful gods, sacred canines, and crawling scarabs simply provide plenty of fodder for exciting games. PariPlay is adding its own creation to the long list.
The Luxor slot is named after the ancient city on the River Nile that lies directly opposite to the sacred Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. It features an expanding game window, two fixed jackpots and a win potential of 17,312 times your stake.
The Egyptian Reels
Anything related to Egyptian royals is bound to look lush and luxurious. PariPlay went to great lengths to give the Luxor slot exactly that feel. HD graphics are underlined with bold colors and intricate pay symbols. A pyramid chamber dripping with gold serves as the fitting backdrop to the game window. On top of reel one and five are two displays showing the values for the major and grand jackpots. A rather tranquil Egyptian soundtrack changes into a dramatic drum beat when the reels start expanding or on big wins.
All pay symbols except wilds and scatters can appear stacked in the base game and during free spins. The low end consists of the usual 10 to A suits. The premium symbols in ascending order of value include an ankh cross, a gold ring embossed with the Eye of Horus, the jackal god Anubis, a bust of Queen Nefertiti, and the pharaoh Tutankhamun himself. The wild is in the shape of a golden scarab and appears on reels two, three and four only. The scatters appear as Tutankhamun masks from his sarcophagus, with a minimum of three needed to trigger the free spins.
The Pharaoh’s Stats and Numbers
Luxor is a video slot with five reels, three rows and 243 ways to win. The middle reels can expand to six rows and increase the win ways to up to 1,944. The features on the game include wild substitutions, respins, expanding reels, free spins with expanding wilds, and two fixed jackpots with wins of 100x and 2,000x the total stake. Pays for a single five of a kind range from 1 to 20 times the bet, while the overall win potential peaks at a staggering 17,312 times the bet.
The RTP of this medium-variance game is set at 95.95%. Entering the pharaoh’s treasure chambers will cost 0.50 to 25 coins. Just like all slots from PariPlay, Luxor is designed in HTML5 format, making it available for play on mobile and desktop devices across all OS platforms. AutoPlay allows players to set up 5 to 50 consecutive spins, with a range of options as to when the run should stop.
The Expanding Slot Reels
The expanding reels are the main feature in the base game of Luxor. Any wild scarab symbols landing on reels two, three or four will initiate the reel expansion by adding one symbol position to the reel while awarding a respin. Any further wild scarabs landing on the respins will see the feature repeat until no further wild scarab symbols land on a respin, or until the full 1,944 ways have been opened up.
The Pharaoh’s Tomb Bonus Game
Three or more Tutankhamun scatters anywhere on the reels in one spin will lead to the Pharaoh’s Tomb, where players are presented with 19 lucky urns. The aim is to pick urns until three matching prizes have been unveiled. The choices for the prizes are 10 free spins with 243, 576, 1,125 or 1,944 win ways; the major jackpot; and the grand jackpot.
There is also a single +5 spins prize which will add five extra spins to the 10 free spins when uncovered, as well as substitute for any other free spins option. For example, if two icons with 10 free spins and 576 ways are revealed together with the +5 spins icon, then the game awards 15 free spins with 576 ways.
In any other case where three matching icons are revealed, the round proceeds with 10 free spins. The free spins that are won are played out at the number of ways won in the pick-and-click game. The free spins can be retriggered up to nine times for a maximum of 100 or 150 free spins. Picking three matching major or grand jackpot icons will award the respective jackpot win of 100x or 2,000 the bet and end the bonus game.
The reel expansion is not active during the free spins round. Instead, the wild scarab symbols either appear stacked or randomly expand themselves up to three symbols high.
Other Ancient Egyptian Reels
There’s no doubt that a large selection of Egyptian-themed slots is available today, making it difficult to highlight some of them. However, the most epic ones to date must be Cleopatra from IGT and Queen of the Nile from Aristocrat.
The Mysterious Verdict
Mystery always abounds when it comes to Egyptian history – and that has found its way onto the reels of Luxor. It’s always a suspenseful moment when the reel expansion is triggered, letting you wonder whether enough wilds will land on the reels to open up the game window to the maximum 1,944 ways to win. On top of that, PariPlay has given Luxor that huge win potential of 17,312 times the stake, which will add even more suspense when spinning the reels. Ready for your expedition to ancient Egypt?
