Scatters & Wilds In Online Slots Explained
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Remember the day when you put a few coins into the old fruit machine at the pub? The slot was easy to understand, only had a few reels and a few buttons, but the risk was enjoyable and the game is fun to play at Slots Racer Casino.
If you look at today’s online slots, you might be taken aback: so many new things you haven’t seen before! Unknown symbols, strangely shaped reels, extra characters coming in and out of the game, and what’s all this fuss about the “bonus”? Fret not, we are here to explain it all to you in a way that is easy to grasp. You might have heard of symbols called the scatters and the wilds. We delve into them in this article.
Scatter – the player’s best friend
Scatters are often called that for a reason. Scatters are the most-wanted when it comes to slots playing! These symbols have a unique appearance, it could either be the main character of the game, the game’s logo or just a fancy and valuable-looking symbol.
The scatter acts as the key to the slots’ bonus rounds. Now what is a bonus round, you might ask. A bonus round is most often a set number of free spins, or it could also be a shot at the prize wheel, similar fashion to the Wheel of Fortune game show.
- All winning symbols (fruits, bells, bars, etc.) must land in a form of a payline to be considered a win right? Either left to right, diagonal or other. The scatter does not have to be in a payline. All you have to do is land 3 scatters anywhere across the reels and you will be granted access to the game’s bonus round (free spins, prize wheel or other)
Wild – a substituting symbol
Wilds, to be plain and simple, are symbols that substitute for any other symbol (except the scatter, which is no less valuable in itself). Wilds can fill in the gaps to link up some wins for you. It will be easy to understand if you visualise a straight line of winning bell symbols across the reels. You’ve got a bell on reels 1, 2, 3 and 4, and on the 5th reel, you’ve got a wild. That’s a win! The wild substituted for the 5th bell symbol and winnings come raining down.
- There are several kinds of wild found across different online slots. Some of them will be a regular wild occupying 1 space. Others will be expanding wilds, which will occupy an entire reel. There can also be sticky wilds, which stick to their place for more than 1 spin. You could also find shifting wilds, which “dance” around the screen for multiple spins and help you link up multiple wins.
How to find games that have scatters and wilds?
When you find a slot that you like, go to the information section of the game and check the paytable. Here you will see all the symbols in the game along with their value. Any extraordinary symbols like wilds and scatters will also be present on the paytable, if the game has them.
