Spanish Passion Pokie Machine
Hola! It’s time to head to southern Europe and experience the emotions of Spain in EGTs’ Spanish Passion video pokie, where Senors and Senoritas in traditional outfits pay out some of the top wins, and a bull fighting stadium rewards bonus spins.
Of course, the morals of bull fighting are controversial to say the least, but this isn’t the place to debate that, and instead we shall just concentrate on the rich colours and intricate designs of this 5 reel, 20 payline game. The vibrant reds and yellows of the Spanish flag flutter behind the reels, but it’s the deeper reds and attractive symbols that really make this pokie stand out, and even the high playing card symbols are bright and colourful.
The minimum stake needed is just 0.01 and players can raise their bets from this low limit to suit their bankrolls, but of course getting all 20 paylines active will cost a little more and any winning combinations that fall on inactive lines won’t count. Those wins come whenever matching symbols land across an active line in an unbroken sequence from the left side, but wild and scatter symbols are also found here, along with those free games and the chance to claim a progressive jackpot prize. For anyone who likes to test a game out for free before committing to real money wagers, most online casinos now offer free Spanish Passion video pokie games for just this reason.
Playing Spanish Passion
The pay table reveals that landing either the J, Q, K or A across 3, 4 or 5 reels on a line is worth 10, 40 or 100x the line bet respectively, and then next up, we have a jewellery box and some candles that are valued at 15, 100 or 200x. Going up in value, there’s a red rose and a Spanish guitar, leading to the beautiful woman who pays out 30, 200 or 500x the line bet and the top prize in the normal run of play comes from the bullfighter, who is worth 40, 250 or 750x the line bet when he struts onto 3, 4 or 5 reels of an active payline.
A picture of a bullfight in progress is the wild symbol and when this lands across a line, it’s worth the biggest payouts of the game, with up to 1000 coins awarded. Because it’s a wild, it will also help to boost the number of winning spins by acting as all but the scatter symbol, completing paylines if it’s in the right places, or extending a winning combination across extra reels.
The arena is a scatter symbol, paying out a flat win of 40 coins when it stops in any places on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time. But this will then take players to the main free spins bonus feature, where an initial 7 games play out automatically, and any time the scatter appears, an extra spin is added on. They can’t be retriggered though, so once the bonus games have finished, players are sent back to the main set of reels, and although alternative symbols are used during the free spins, the actual odds of getting a win are the same as in the base game.
Spanish Passion
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Other Features
Like all EGT online casino pokie machines, there’s the option to gamble wins below a certain amount, which in this case has been set at 700 coins. If players correctly predict that a playing card will be from a red or black suit, the win is doubled and they can go on to try and double it again, or collect the prize. Getting a wrong pick at any point loses the gamble, along with the initial win that started the round.
There’s also the chance to pick up a special progressive prize in the randomly-awarded Jackpot Cards round. Players will see 12 cards and click 1 at a time to reveal the suits. Once 3 of a kind are found, they win a progressive jackpot which will range from the small Club prize to the much bigger Spade award.
The Verdict
Although the subject matter is going to put off this game immediately, it’s certainly a colourful pokie and one that comes with some decent bonuses. Wild substitutions and free spins however, are nothing new, so anyone gambling online, who isn’t a fan of bullfighting is probably going to want to pass the Spanish Passion video pokie by and head for another game that’s got similar features, but without the controversial theme.