Luau Loot Pokies
Hawaiian wildlife, plants and happy characters bring lots of colour to the 5 reels of the Luau Loot video pokie by WMS Gaming. It’s guaranteed to make players wish they were soaking up the sun on these tropical islands, unless of course they are already living there, in which case it will make them feel at home.
For the rest of us however, the theme will have to do, but it’s not just about the colourful images, as this game has plenty more to keep players spinning the reels, such as wild and scatter symbols and a free spins game with extra features. There are 25 paylines across the reels and players win whenever 3 or more of the same type of symbol come to a rest across one of these lines, although the symbols will need to be on adjacent reels running from the left side.
Those people who just want to test this game out should be able to enjoy free Luau Loot video pokie games at most online casinos, and when they are ready to stake real money, the bet range starts from just 0.25 per spin and goes all the way up to a high limit of 75.00. All lines are permanently activated, and there’s no option to play just a few of them, although the vast majority of players usually activate all of the games anyway, so this shouldn’t be an issue for most.
Playing Luau Loot
The Hawaiian theme extends to a nice backdrop of palm trees, a sandy beach and blue skies, while the game title is flanked by flowers. The actual reels are framed by a fairly plain surround however, but maybe that’s a nice contrast compared to all that’s going on all around them and in the game itself. Everything on the reels has been well designed, and there’s a great attention to the details of each symbol, so although they are not photo-realistic, they are certainly better than many similar online casino games, and the colours make them stand out very effectively.
The pay table lets players review what each winning combination is worth and all symbols are directly related to the theme, starting at the bottom with a pineapple, then moving up in value to guava fruits, a shell and coconut. Filling the middle-value spots, we have a colourful carving of what looks like a clown but is probably something entirely different, a couple of parrots and a garland of flowers.
The most valuable symbols are the beautiful dancing girl and a surfer, plus there’s a wild icon that pays out the top awards when it lands on the line and also acts as anything other than the scatter symbol if it can then complete a winning combination.
Luau Loot
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Bonus Features
The wild won’t be able to act as the feature symbol, which is a nice image of a tropical beach at sunset. When enough of the feature symbols land anywhere on the reels, the Luau Loot video pokie bonus game begins, which is simply a free spins round, but on each spin, two reels at random will be turned completely wild. This should be enough to ensure that once the free spins begin, players will be getting a few winning lines throughout them.
The number of spins depends on how many feature symbols triggered them, with 3 landing at once starting just 5 spins, while 4 of this symbol will launch 7 spins and if 5 turned up, then 20 spins will play out.
Unless the top award is given, there’s not many spins in which to get these winnings, but 1 or 2 should be reasonably expected. Any 3 or more feature symbols appearing on a free spin will add more games to the end of the current ones, so players may benefit from several rounds, all with those potentially rewarding stacked wilds paying out plenty of coins.
The Verdict
Although there’s nothing particularly unique about the Luau Loot video pokies game, the nice style, accompanied by soothing Hawaiian music, decent bet range, vivid colours and of course, potentially rewarding bonus features, should ensure that Luau Loot is a success at the many online casinos that carry software and games from WMS Gaming.
Standard gameplay should see a reasonable return on players’ wagers, but what they will really want to do is trigger the free spins, as this is where the real benefits lie, and fortunately, they seem to get triggered quite frequently.