Sunrise over the Serengeti sets the tone: blue sky, flat-topped acacia trees, tawny grass with the reels held in rough wooden beams. A large Magic Wheel is half visible on the left edge, with segments such as 400, 160, 1000 and 20 showing, and the jackpot tiers are mounted overhead. The starting balance reads DEM 20000.00 against a DEM 20.00 stake.
Theme and Gameplay
Four animals carry the best pay: the elephant, hippo, gazelle and meerkat, each set in a wooden frame with a coloured glow behind it. The card values Q, J, K and A, carved from stone with cracked green, blue and purple faces, fill the lower rows. A lion marked WILD crouches in the bottom-left corner of the board shown here.
Slot Features
Wild symbols replace every regular symbol and arrive as stacks of four, so one landing on a reel can fill its whole column.
The special symbols are the heart of the round. Gem-like special coins carry one of these multipliers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100. Six or more special and Jackpot symbols together start the Jackpot Game with 3 respins. All of them lock where they land, only they pay, and each arrival returns the tally to 3. It closes once the respins are spent or every spot is occupied.
Jackpot symbols feed a prize ladder: x5 for Grand, x4 for Major, x3 for Minor, x2 for Mini and x1 for DEM 200.00 at the 20.00 stake. A Collector symbol gathers the values from special symbols. Outside the bonus it simply banks their wins, while inside it banks them and clears them from the grid.
The Magic Wheel has two jobs. Out in the main game it may award an instant multiplier on the current stake, or the Mini or Minor jackpot, with possible multipliers of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. Inside the bonus it multiplies every special symbol except jackpots by a value from 2 to 10.
RTP and Win Potential
The return is listed at 95% with high volatility, so wins can arrive unevenly. At the DEM 20.00 stake, the elephant pays DEM 1000.00 for five, DEM 500.00 for four and DEM 200.00 for three. The hippo pays DEM 500.00, 200.00 and 100.00, the gazelle DEM 250.00, 150.00 and 80.00, and the meerkat DEM 100.00, 80.00 and 60.00. Reaching 5,000x halts the round on the spot, and that is the most you can be paid.
My Thoughts On This Slot
The bonus is where everything happens, which I like, and the buy tab gets you there quickly. Regular spins are classic line play with chunky animal pays, so the experience divides clearly into two modes. Regular spins may feel subdued while you wait for the feature.
