Christmas Carol Megaways

If you know anything about Christmas, A Christmas Carol is one of the most popular stories told around the festive period. And, while Christmas-based slots aren’t uncommon, there aren’t many of them that come with the Megaways mechanic, and how many online slots offer up to 200,704 ways to win per spin? Not many.

Pragmatic Play have decided to throw together all the above and more by creating Christmas Carol Megaways, a slot based on A Christmas Carol, with the Megaways mechanic and with up to 200,704 paylines possible per round. And, if all that wasn’t enough, how does a top prize of 20,000x the bet sound?

Bringing together so many crucial elements is something that not many iGaming studios could pull off, but Pragmatic Play are experienced when it comes to slots and where providing players with precisely what they’re looking for is concerned, such as ensuring the betting range is inclusive, with spins starting at 0.20 and maxing out at 100.00.

For anyone who doesn’t know much about A Christmas Carol, it’s a story from a novel written by the legendary author Charles Dickens, starring Ebeneezer Scrooge as the main character. And it’s this that Christmas Carol Megaways is based on in all elements, including the design.

The backdrop of the game sees a London street covered in snow, which is in line with the story, and then on the reels, there are icons such as Scrooge himself, ghosts of the past, present and future, and Bob and Tim Cratchitt. There are royal symbols included too, but they’re the lower-paying icons.

The Megaways mechanic is active in this Pragmatic Play slot, but instead of having up to seven icons on each of the six reels per spin, it’s possible to have up to eight, which is why there can be up to 200,704 ways to win per round.

As with all Megaways slots, cascading reels are present, so when winning combinations form, the icons involved are removed and replaced, which can mean multiple wins per spin.

There is a wild in Christmas Carol Megaways, but it’s located on the reel above the game area and will act as a substitute rather than pay players by forming winning combos of its own.

The free spins feature becomes active when four or more pocket watch symbols land simultaneously on the reels, and players can select from one of the following options:

• Fifteen free spins and a 1x starting multiplier
• Ten free spins and a 5x starting multiplier
• Five free spins and a 10x starting multiplier 
• Mystery option, which is a random combination of free spins and a multiplier value

What’s worth bearing in mind is that the multiplier value is integral when it comes to waves of wins occurring via the cascading reels mechanic. 

Pragmatic Play have this knack of getting everything just right, and they do so again here with Christmas Carol Megaways. Is there a better story to port into a slot game during the festive period than A Christmas Carol? And the way they deliver the theme via the design is fantastic. It’s almost like you’re playing the story via the slot and have a chance to win prizes. And if you like this, there are many other Christmas slots like 9 Gifts of Christmas, Lock o' the Irish Christmas and Fishin' Christmas Pots of Gold available to play at Foxy Games. Good luck!