Santa Express
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Santa Express Specifications
| Launch Date | November 24th, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Software | Stake Logic |
| Game type | Video slot |
| RTP | 96.17% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reels | 5 |
| Paylines | 20 |
| Max Jackpot | 20000 |
| Bet range | 0.01 – 10.00 |
| Max multiplier | 20,000× |
| Hit frequency | 29.85% |
| Paylines type | Fixed |
| Symbols | Wild Symbol, Scatter Symbol |
| Bonus features | Free Spins |
| Mechanics | Cascading Reels, Paylines |
| Modifiers | SuperStake |
| Progressive Jackpot | No |
| Practice Play | No |
| Autoplay | Yes |
Santa Express is Stakelogic’s festive offering for 2022. A slot filled full of festive fun; Santa Express provides a fantastic Christmas atmosphere while delivering a top prize of 20,000x the bet.
Although Stakelogic released Santa Express back in November ahead of the flurry of festive titles, it sits perfectly in the festive genre providing plenty of opportunity to win with multiplier wilds, collapsing symbols, free spins, and bonus rounds.
Santa Express
Played on 5 reels with 20 active paylines Santa Express is available to play on all devices from 20p up to £100 per spin. The slot is highly volatile offering fewer wins but higher when they land. Santa Express RTP is 96.17%, slightly above the industry average of 96.
Set on a backdrop of a village with trees and a railway covered in snow the reels sit in an iron structure with a toy train set across the top. On the reels are the low-value card suits along with a bauble, gingerbread man, hot chocolate in a mug, an elf, and Rudolph the reindeer. Rudolph is worth 25x for a payline full.
A green monster, similar to the Grinch acts as the wild and replaces regular pay symbols. Santa is the scatter, and he triggers the free spins.
Gameplay and Features
After a winning combination is formed the symbols involved collapse and a wild is placed in one of the vacant positions if a new combination is formed another collapse happens but this time the wild multiplier increases by x1 up to x10.
If 3 or more Santa scatters land on a spin the free spins feature activates. Once active the number of spins and what multiplier you receive is determined and a random pay symbol worth double during the feature is added.
During the free spins, the collapsing wilds are active, if you land more scatters the feature can be retriggered.
Like many Stakelogic slots, Santa Express comes with a Super Stake feature. This feature once active doubles the bet but it only increases the chances of triggering the free spins.
There’s an option to buy into the free spins at a cost of:
8-15 spins – 100x the bet
15 free spins – 200x the bet
A random number of spins – 175x the bet
*The above two features are not available to players in the UK.
Verdict
Santa Express is a great addition to the festive slot genre and Stakelogic have done a fabulous job creating a highly atmospheric slot with Christmas charm in abundance. The twist to the cascading mechanic makes a refreshing change with collapsing wilds, multipliers and a chance to bag a top prize of 20,000x the bet.
