Rich Wilde and the Book of Dead Pokie

The adventure starts from the procurement of supplies and some initial preparations. To complete this part and rush for the riches players have to activate up to 10 paylines and place a bet. The total bet is made up using two switches, the coin value and line bet. The coin value is adjustable from NZ$0.01 to NZ$1.00, the line bet starts from 1 coin and may be increased up to 5 coins. These options make it possible to start the adventure at NZ$0.01 to NZ$50 per spin. The riches of the Book of Dead are fetched by nine regular symbols and one bonus symbol playing a twofold role in the pokie machine as it works as a scatter and wild. Non-feature symbols are playing cards from 10 to A, 3 artefacts and Rich Wilde himself. All non-feature icons pay from left to right when they hit an active line but still, there is an important difference between cards and other regular icons. Cards pay when there are at least 3 of a kind and award wins from x5 to x150 (NZ$750 at max). Artifacts and Rich pay out when there are at least 2 matching icons on any active payline. Their payout starts from x5 and extends as far as x5,000 (NZ$25,000 at the highest bet). The ultimate goal of the mission is to find the Book of Dead as it knows all about hidden riches and also works as a Wild and Scatter. As a Wild symbol, the Book substitutes for any non-feature icon but it does not pay any award. Nevertheless, it awards when serving as a Scatter: landing 3, 4 or 5 Books in any cells grants x2, x20 or x200 the total bet. The courage pays off: if a punter opts for playing the pokie for real money, five Books of Dead adds to his balance as much as NZ$10,000. The Book offers an extra bonus: hitting 3 or more of these during the base game triggers free spins. This is a true bonus feature opening up the way to the most valuable treasure of the Book of Dead.

When the team collects at least 3 Books during a base spin, they show a secret location where the biggest share of ancient treasure may be found. In fact, this is the most exciting and also lucrative part of the gameplay. Firstly, the pokie machine pays all line wins and Scatter awards earned in the triggering round. Than it selects a random icon and assigns it a status of an expanding symbol. It keeps this status during all free spins which may be awarded. An expanding symbol pays in any position. There is no need to line them up starting from the leftmost reel. The only mandatory rule is to have enough expanding symbols to allow them to pay. As players remember, it takes three cards or two artifacts to make them award some coins (or some cash if the slot machine is played for real money). Besides, each expanding symbol occupies all the three positions on the reel it lands in the triggering free spin. As all 10 paylines go across each and every reel, the expansion makes all the ten lines pay respective awards, for 2-, 3-, 4- or even 5-icon combinations. The best outcome of the expansion is 15 regular icons of a kind. If all paylines are activated during the base game, the 15 matching icons pay the top award on each line. This means that the online casino pokie awards between x50 and x50,000 the line bet or up to NZ$250,000, which is the largest treasure the Book of Dead may offer.

A gamble feature activates after any win in the base game and also after a free spin round if there is a win. The bonus offers two options: firstly, players may bet on red or black and double the bet if they are lucky. The second option is more demanding: it is a bet on suits. A lucky guess on suits pays 4 times the original bet. The feature is over when the Collect button is pressed or when a guess is incorrect.

Rich Wilde and the Book of Dead is a 5-reel 10-line pokie by Play’n GO accepting bets between NZ$0.01 and NZ$5 per line and awarding up to x5,000 a line bet and Scatter prizes up to x200 the total bet. An expanding symbol pays on all 10 lines during free spins and may award up to NZ$250,000. A gamble feature lets players double and quadruple awards. The pokie is available in mobile casinos as well.