Sneaky Santa
See this review of the new Spin Logic Sneaky Santa slot game and see how you can grow your gift list all year.
Sneaky Santa Released by Spin Logic
Released just in time for Christmas, this new slot just went live November 22, 2023. This latest release from Spin Logic, also known as RTG there is no doubt it is a feature rich game.
Game is a 5 reel slot with 25 paylines that are fixed. That means all 25 lines are active on every spin.
Christmas and Santa Theme
Everyone likes the holidays and Santa. This game covers the theme well with prizes and gifts just in time to raise your spirit. Christmas trees, lights and ornaments are plenty all in a homey atmosphere complete with a roaring fireplace in the living room. And keeps your eyes open throughout the game you will see Santa being sneaky delivering his gifts.
Symbols Seen in Sneaky Santa Slot
Beside Santa the additional symbols you will see contain a number of various ornaments which are commonly seen on trees or other decorations at Christmas time. You will see a Santa ornament, an elf, a gingerbread cookie as well as a golden angel. The other symbols seen are the cards A, K, Q, J and 10.
Pay Chart for Match Wins
Line win matches pay out according to the follow in game pay table.
- Santa ornament matches of 5 = 2000, 4 = 800, 3 = 100, 2 = 10.
- Elf matches of 5 = 1500, 4 = 500, 3 = 50, 2 = 5.
- Cookie matches of 5 = 800, 4 = 300, 3 = 40, 2 = 5.
- Angel matches of 5 = 700, 4 = 150, 3 = 30, 2 = 5.
- A matches of 5 = 200, 4 = 80, 3 = 10.
- K matches of 5 = 150, 4 = 50, 3 = 5.
- Q matches of 5 = 130, 4 = 40, 3 = 5.
- J matches of 5 = 120, 4 = 25, 3 = 5.
- 10 matches of 5 = 100, 4 = 15, 3 = 5.
Line wins are paid on consecutive exact match symbols counted left to right on a payline.
Sneaky Santa and His List
The scatter wild is Santa’s List. It acts as a regular wild symbol and substitutes for regular symbols on a payline. Additionally as a scatter you trigger the free games round when you land 3 or more of them. 12 free games are the award. The round includes a morphing or transitioning symbol that expands to cover the entire real. The expanding symbol with only morph if there are enough symbols to increase a win.
12 free spins is the reward for 3 or more list symbols.
Free Game Start
At the start of the free games round you are make a choice of the morphing symbol for the round. You are presented with a list of symbols and you may choose which symbol you prefer as the morphing symbol for the free spin round.
Regular Buy Feature
The regular buy feature allows you to buy the free spin trigger. The cost amount is clearly defined and adjusts based on the base spin amount for the round.
Bonus Bet Buy In
You can decide to use the Bonus Bet buyin feature any time after a regular spin. Be aware that this purchase will raise the per spin amount by 10X. If you are spinning at $1.00 per spin, this would then reflect a $10.00 per spin amount. Bonus bet rounds play in the same manner os free spins rounds and you will have a morphing symbol for each spin.
Bonus bet rounds pay out at the base bet and do not reflect the 10X amount. The feature remains active until you deactivate it so use wisely.
Sneaky Santa Range of Bets Per Spin
You can play this slot for as little as $0.25 per spin. Or you can ply max bet spins of $25.00 per spin. For most players that is a variety of range that will please almost all budgets.
Currently an Unconfirmed RTP
We can not confirm the rtp of the game as it is just not known at this point. Some sources have listed the rtp at 95% and a few have it listed at 96.35%. This leads us to believe it is 95% or above.
Once we can confirm the rtp we will update this review.
Conclusion and Wrap Up of Sneaky Santa Slot Review
This game can be a lot of fun and really add some extra Christmas cheer to your holidays if playing it during the gifting season. Although we enjoyed playing this game and will likely return to play it again, but see our bonus bet caution.
We found that although players may want to occasionally make the bonus bet purchase caution should be exercised. Raising the per spin bet by 10 and yet paying at only the base bet amount just is not that good of a deal in many cases. In our tests this never once paid us back the extra amounts of cost in a number of different base bet amounts. The regular buy feature however did pay off for us one time but not another. That feature allows you to purchase a free spin round with morphing symbols. Caution is once again suggested as it might pay off for you or it may not.
We honestly had more fun playing the regular base game and were pleasantly surprised by the free spin rounds without the extra buy-in’s. You can play this game at any RTG casino. See the one below or visit our casino review section.
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