Day of Dead Slot Machine

Day Of Dead, provided by Pragmatic Play, tackles the Mexican Dia de los Muertos, a deeply felt Holiday that involves skeleton costumes, dancing and singing in a rare explosion of colors and joy during celebrations of the deceased. The game grid consists of 5 vertical reels and 4 horizontal rows with 20 fixed paylines. The calculated RTP is 96.49% with high volatility.

Day of Dead slot machine: features

The slot is set in a cemetery with skeletal trees and funeral candles that create an eerie atmosphere. The animations are fun and the symbol design is well-crafted and relevant to the theme, featuring tombstones, masked characters, and musical instruments. The gameplay is dynamic and engaging, rarely boring.

The highest paying symbols are:

• The masked boy that pays up to 15x;
• The calavera catrina that pays up to 10x;
• The masked lady that pays up to 7.5x;
• The dressed-up dog that pays up to 6x;
• The guitar that offers up to 5x;
• The drum that offers up to 4x;
• The maracas that offer up to 3.5x.

There are also playing card suits with lower values: clubs and diamonds return up to 2.5x while hearts and spades return up to 2x on the base bet.

A high payout is also assigned to the Wild symbol, which offers up to 15x. The minimum bet is €0.20, while the maximum goes up to €100. The maximum win corresponds to 4500x the base bet.

Day of Dead bonus features

Wild: the standard symbol is a green plaque with its writing that, besides having high payout, functions as a joker.
Expanding Wild: this is another type of Wild, represented by a tombstone that expands on the reel when it appears on screen, activating the Walking Wild feature with re-spins.
Walking Wild: after paying any wins, the expanded Wild symbols move one column to the left activating re-spins that continue until they disappear from the screen.
Scatter: represented by a skull, appears only on reels 1,3 and 5 activating free re-spins with 2 starting expanded Wilds, visible above the layout, that fall on a random reel at the start of the feature.
Buy Spins: players can buy re-spins at 100x the bet.

Pros and cons of Day of Dead

Pragmatic Play tackles the Day of the Dead theme by offering a slot where Wild symbols are the absolute protagonists. They are tasked with optimizing wins in three different modes and providing re-spins in addition to Scatter symbols. The ability to buy re-spins at a not too high price is excellent. The slot dynamics are fun, simple, and provide gameplay suitable for anyone.

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