Trick or Treat Slot Machine
Next to Christmas, Halloween is probably the annual event most celebrated by the developers of online casino slot machines, probably because it gives them free reign to add lots of fun characters to the reels.
Leander Games has added their Trick or Treat video slot to the options, and have given it some amazing 3D graphics that make it look like a big-budget animated movie. Accompanying the witches, skeletons and various other trick or treating kids, there’s bonus features such as expanding wilds, a pumpkin-picking side game and a free spins round with extra winning potential.
The design of this game is something quite special, with the 5 reels surrounded by creepy tree trunks and the witch standing to one side, slowly nodding her green head as the symbols spin away. Behind her is a full moon, in front of which we see the occasional witch fly past on her broomstick, while to the other side of the reels, a boy sits on the steps of his porch, perhaps suffering from too much candy.
Playing Trick or Treat
A bet range from 0.20 to 200.00 per spin should suit most budgets, or punters can practice with free Trick or Treat video slot games at most casinos where it’s featured. All 20 paylines are active by default and landing enough of the same symbol on adjacent reels across a line from the left side is needed to get a real cash win.
The high card symbols are all designed to look like gravestones surrounded by thorny branches and from the lowest-value upwards, we have the 9 and 10 that are each worth 5x the amount staked per line when they are on 3 reels, with 4 being worth 20x and a full line returns 50x. The J and Q symbols pay 10x, 25x or 75x, while K and A are each valued at 15x, 30x or 100x.
The trick or treater symbols help to give this free slot the unique style, and also help players out by rewarding the higher value win-lines. A boy in a skeleton outfit and a vampire girl each pay 20x, 70x or 200x the line bet and the cat-girl is worth 30x, 100x, or 250x. The top symbols are the boy dressed as a devil and the bottle of potion, with each worth 5x the line bet when appearing on reels 1 and 2, while the best wins of 500x occur with full runs of 5 right across a line.
Wickedly Good Bonus Features
The potion is also a wild symbol, so when it’s in the right places to fill a gap in a run of matching symbols, it will substitute for the missing piece and players still get paid for a win. In any spin, the witch can wave her magic wand and fill entire reels with the potion symbol, boosting the chances of players getting a nice prize awarded.
A couple of other unique symbols don’t actually pay any coin wins, but trigger some fun bonuses. The pumpkin in a witches’ hat needs to land in any 3 places to take players to a second screen filled with a 3x3 grid of pumpkins. Clicking on them in any order reveals hidden creepy objects and once 3 of a kind have been found, a prize is awarded for each.
Candy apples are a tasty treat at Halloween and they are a valuable symbol that launches a tasty free spins bonus round when landing on reels 1, 3 and 5. The round consists of just 7 spins, but they can be highly rewarding as our friendly witch will add wild reels to each one and to make them just a bit more special, the moon turns red and there’s extra animations to go with them.
No Tricks with a Progressive Jackpot
After any spin, win or lose, gamblers can be awarded a progressive jackpot prize. The current Celebration Jackpot value is displayed above the reels and it steadily rises as a small percentage of each bet placed across the Leander Games range is put aside for a single player to scoop.
A Real Treat?
Great style and animation, a high return to player and of course, those various bonus features all come together to make the Trick or Treat video slot a delight for the eye and hopefully the bankroll.
Halloween isn’t the most original theme choice, but there is clearly a demand for games based on it and this is one of the better ones that we have played. It’s also mobile-optimised, so available across compatible smartphones and tablets. Anyone who likes plenty of bonuses and great animations should give these frighteningly fun reels a spin at any time of the year.
