Wild Gambler Interactive Online Slots

• Published: February 9, 2017
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Generally online slots are not interactive games. You do nothing after placing the bet except for spinning the reels. The outcome depends entirely on luck. On the other hand, online casino games like blackjack and video poker allow people to make decisions that control the outcomes. Once in a while you get video slots in which some interactivity is built in. This article looks at the two Wild Gambler online slots from Playtech, which can be played at Omni Casino and Mansion Casino.

The first of the online slots is titled Wild Gambler and it has an African Safari theme. The thematic symbols include zebra, leopard, rhino and flamingo. The lion is the wild symbol. The sequel is Wild Gambler Arctic Adventure. The scene has been shifted to the North Pole with animals like caribou, walrus, white fox and penguin. The wild symbol is the polar bear.

The key feature in both the online slots is Lock & Spin. It operates in an identical manner in Wild Gambler and Antarctic Adventure, but functions at many levels. At the first level you can lock any of the wild symbols that appear on the screen. The locked symbols will be held fixed for the next spin. Since this will give you a potential advantage there is a price to be paid, which is indicated on the screen. The amount to be paid depends on the likelihood of the locked wild symbol resulting in a payout. Two indicators are the number of wilds being locked and their location on the reels. The next level is the Play Your Way, which takes the locked wilds concept one step ahead. You can replace any symbol on the reel to a locked wild symbol with a multiplier of up to 5x. The cost for such this will be much more.

Both Wild Gambler and Arctic Adventure online slots offer different free spins features. In Wild Gambler the free spins are triggered through five meerkat symbols at the bottom of the screen. The feature awards 8 free spins. The Arctic Adventure free spins feature is triggered by three or more Free Spins symbols anywhere on the reels. This feature awards up to 20 free spins depending on the number scatters in the triggering spin. In both these video slots the wild symbols in the triggering spin will automatically get locked without any additional cost. The wild symbols that may appear during subsequent free spins will also get locked for the remainder of the feature at no extra cost.