Million Christmas

Just like Santa brings presents every Christmas, slot studios come with new Christmas-themed games to celebrate the winter holidays. Developer Red Rake is no exception, and Million Christmas is its production for the festive season of 2022, offering lots of features, rewards, and a staggering one million ways to win.

Those familiar with Red Rake’s portfolio know the provider already has a vast range of ‘Million’ slots, and this one follows pretty much the same concept. Thus, there’s hardly anything novel when it comes to the gameplay, and the only room to get creative was the skin. Yet, the outer look isn’t surprising as well, as Million Christmas plays in a pretty average setting. Anyway, it does get the job done providing a warm homely atmosphere.

The first thing that catches your eye when loading the game is the unusually large grid. The Million Christmas slot utilizes a 6-reel, 10-row setup, producing an unbelievable 1,000,000 paylines. The game can be played on any device, and bets vary from €0.2 to €20 per spin. The volatility is in the medium-high range while the RTP is below average at 95.3%. Still, wins should occur fairly often according to a 32.4% hit rate, meaning that theoretically, each third spin will be a winning one. As for wins, the maximum win value is capped at 10,000x the bet.

The symbol collection consists of 10 regular symbols. On the lower side, we see classic A-9 card royals, while the premium lot includes in ascending order lollipops, bells, stars, and Santa. Three or more adjacent symbols starting from the leftmost reel create a winning combo, except Santa who needs only two. Six-of-a-kind low symbol wins are worth from 0.8x to 1.75x your bet, and higher symbols pay from 2x to 50x your bet for combinations of six symbols. There are also Wild symbols included, presented by Reindeer. They can appear anywhere on the reels to help you achieve winning combinations, substituting for any other regular symbols.

Million Christmas Slot Features

Grey Santa symbols are blocker symbols, which do nothing but prevent winning combinations from being formed. However, they contribute to the progress bar on each non-winning spin, as well as 0.12% of the bet cost goes toward the meter. Once the meter is filled, the Million Christmas Minigame is launched.

Players receive 3 Respins and proceed to special 5×3 reels, where only cash symbols and a bunch of special ones can appear. At the beginning of the bonus round, 5 sticky cash symbols are placed randomly on the grid, and each new cash symbol also remains fixed in place for the remainder of the feature, as well as resets the respins counter back to 3.

There are four special symbols available, and when three of the same kind are collected, you get the respective enhancement:

• Key symbols – expand the reels by unlocking an extra row, up to 5×6.
• Boost symbols – increase the values of sticky cash symbols on the reels.
• Heart symbols – award an extra Respin.
• Multiplier symbols – award a Multiplier that is applied to the total win at the end of the bonus.

These special symbols also reset the spin counter when they land on the reels. The Million Christmas Minigame continues until there are no more spins left or the reels are filled entirely with cash symbols.

Central to the gameplay of the Million Christmas slot is the Cascading Wins feature, available both during the base game and free spins. Whenever you score a winning combo, all winning symbols get removed from the reels, and new ones tumble down to fill the gaps.

The cascades are also linked to the Free Spins feature. When 5 or more consecutive cascades are achieved, the feature comes into play. Moreover, there are special Bonus symbols that contribute +1 point to the cascades meter. Depending on the number of triggering cascades, you receive the following number of spins:

• 5 Cascades – trigger 8 Free Spins
• 6 Cascades – trigger 10 Free Spins
• 7 Cascades – trigger 12 Free Spins
• 8 Cascades – trigger 16 Free Spins

The free games feature operates in a similar way to the base game, and a major difference is that a Bonus Reel spins along with regular reels, which can award a random multiplier for that spin or grant extra free spins. If by the end of the feature the total win is less than 16x, an additional +4 spins are awarded, no limits.