5 Dazzling Hot Pokies
Retro-style pokies are still popular, and to appeal to those players who like no-frills fruit machines, EGT have released their 5 Dazzling Hot video pokie, where oranges, cherries and lemons line up to produce steady, reliable winning lines and little else happens. Actually, that’s being a bit unfair on this game, as like all EGT pokies, it has a gamble round that can multiply each win, along with the Jackpot Cards progressive bonus round that can be triggered at any time and lead players to some huge awards.
But the standard gameplay here is as simple as they come, with 5 reels and just 5 paylines to land them across. There’s no wild substitutions, no free spins, no interactive side games and no particular theme, but that’s the whole point of pokies like this, as players can just sit back, chill out and aim to get as many winning combinations as possible as they spin the reels. It’s hardly the newest pokie, but none the worse for it, and appeals to a core market that enjoy just this sort of game.
A bright red background contrasts with the fruit symbols, and above the reels, there’s 4 boxes that indicate what each progressive jackpot is worth at any one time, while below is the control panel. The minimum stake is just 0.05 per spin, and this will activate all 5 lines, while the high limit is set at 100.00, so it’s ideal for casual players and high rollers alike, although anyone wo doesn’t even want to risk 0.05 can find free 5 Dazzling Hot video pokies at most casinos.
Playing 5 Dazzling Hot
A quick review of the pay table shows that apart from a star symbol, everything on the reels will be a type of fruit, and they have different values depending on which form winning lines. Those lines will also need to be made up of at least 3 of a kind landing across a payline, on adjacent reels from the left side, although the smallest rewards will come from the cherries, which only need to be on the first 2 reels.
Landing 2 cherries will be worth a prize of 5x the line bet, with 3, 4 or 5 of them paying out 20x, 50x or 200x respectively. Next up, we have oranges, plums and lemons, which are all valued the same as the cherries, but will need to be on at least 3 reels, while the grapes and a watermelon are each worth 50x, 200x or 500x.
The classic red 7 symbol can return the highest number of coins, with wins of 100x, 1000x and 5000x the line bet when landing across 3, 4 or 5 reels on a payline, which just leaves us to cover the star symbol. This is a scatter, meaning that it can land in any places, although the payouts are pretty low when compared to similar video pokie machines, as players get just 10x, 50x or 250x their line stake back with this symbol.
5 Dazzling Hot
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Gamble Game
If a win was for less than 175 coins, it can be gambled in an optional round that’s featured across all EGT pokies. This is a simple mini-game where players will see a playing card flashing between red and black and need to click the right coloured button at the right time to double their last win, but a wrong pick loses the triggering bet. If they got it right however, the win can then be collected, or they can go again, up to 5 times over, which can lead to some huge winnings.
Jackpot Cards
Those 4 boxes above the reels are another feature carried across the EGT range and can lead to some more big awards. The Club, Diamond, Heart and Spade progressive jackpots are won in this randomly-triggered round, with players lucky enough to enter it being shown 12 cards face down.
Each card clicked will be turned over to reveal the suit and the first 3 matching cards will award the corresponding jackpot. Once triggered, punters are guaranteed to scoop one of them, although they start at a fairly low level, and because of the potential to get the high-value Spades jackpot, the round isn’t triggered very often,
The Verdict
With just 5 paylines to land symbols across, this is one of the most basic pokies that players are likely to encounter. Its success is largely due to the ease of play and lack of any bonus features that can interrupt the serious business of spinning the reels, but many players like this type of casino pokie machines, so it deserves to be a big success.