You don’t have to wait until Christmas to enjoy a festive online slot machine and that’s good news because there are plenty about including Holly Jolly Penguins, this cute release from Microgaming; there are wilds and free spins aplenty so read on to find out how it all works.

Holly Jolly Penguins is a five reel slot with three rows and forty five fixed paylines; Christmas lights wind around the colourful frame surrounding the reels and it’s good to see that our penguins have not forgotten to decorate the space around their local lake.

Four penguins in various festive poses and a Christmas tree represent the higher value symbols while 10, J, Q, K and A make up the lower values.

Two more penguins – one with a stick of rock and one as a carol singer – are the wilds and they will replace all others to form winning combos except for the sledging penguins scatter and each other.

Bonus Features

Free Spins

They might be called scatter symbols but you’ll need to land at least three of the sledging penguins starting from the left hand side to trigger the free spins; three, four or five will award five, ten or twenty free spins respectively.

The positions of the triggering scatter symbols are important here because:

• Two scatter symbols on reels two or three will double the number of spins awarded.
• Two scatter symbols on reels two and three will quadruple the number of spins awarded.

Landing three or more scatters in the correct positions during this round will award more spins up to a maximum of eighty.

Verdict

Holly Jolly Penguins may not be the best seasonal slot out there but it’s quite enjoyable and there are a lot of free spins available for the luckier players. It also comes with a nice high RTP of 97.00%.

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