Camelot Cash

Camelot Cash: Slot Overview

Just as the sun is likely to rise tomorrow, barring a catastrophic cosmic event, a software provider somewhere is likely to release another expanding symbol, aka 'book of' slot, sooner or later. This time, it is developer Relax Gaming which has taken on the baton and run with it. The slot is Camelot Cash, and as well as expanding, pay from any reel position symbols in free spins, it drops in a Cash symbol side feature while treating users' eyes to a unique way of viewing the Arthurian legends on the reels.

Subtly clever is the way Camelot Cash has been presented. Instead of a pretend trip back in time to the world of Arthur, Merlin, and magic, players instead join an audience for a night of onstage entertainment. Live drama being a sort of magic of its own. Utilising a charming paper craft graphical style, Relax Gaming has layered props on the stage to create a pop-out Camelot, soaking up the sun's rays as clouds on strings move about the sky. The effect is quite enchanting, and it gets better the more you look, making for a refreshing change from the way the Arthurian legends are usually viewed in a slot.

A total of 10 paylines are included with Camelot Cash's 5-reel, 3-row gaming grid. Most of the time, winning combinations begin from the leftmost reel and winning symbols must be in adjacent reels, except in free spins when evaluating expanded symbol wins. The game offers a wide array of bets starting from 10 c per spin and going up to a possible $/€200 a game round. RTP sits at 96.1%, or higher, when buying free spins, while the math model runs highly volatile.

Ten to Ace playing card ranks are the low pays, filling players' pockets with 5 to 7 times their bet for a 5 OAK winning line. Filling it further, at 20 to 100 times the bet for a line of 5 matching symbols when made of the higher paying knight, queen, wizard, and king. A sword in the stone is Camelot Cash's wild symbol, paying 100x for a line of 5 of them or substituting for any regular pay symbol.

Camelot Cash: Slot Features

Another symbol to be aware of is the Cash symbol. Cash symbols in a winning line award the values they display multiplied by the bet. Possible Cash symbol values range from 1 to 100.

Free Spins

The wild symbol is also the free spins scatter symbol. Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters awards 8, 16, or 24 free spins plus 1, 2, or 3 expanding symbols, respectively. During free spins, at least one symbol will be an expanding symbol - depending on how many scatter triggers the feature. Expanding symbols can expand to cover the reel and pay even if they are not connected left to right. Hitting 3 or more scatter symbols during free spins awards additional free spins and expanding symbols.

Feature Buy

Camelot Cash's feature buy costs 60 times the bet and triggers the free spins bonus round when bought.

Camelot Cash: Slot Verdict

Online gamblers have no shortage of 'book' style games or King Arthur/Merlin slots to choose from. The expanding symbols mechanic has been one of the most popularly used tools by software providers for years, and Merlin, King Arthur, and his merry knights are popular subject matter in their own right. Play'n GO, for example, is a studio that has really taken to the topic and the expanding symbols feature, but many other game makers have gotten in on the action in order to tap into a ready-formed audience.

Relax Gaming has as well, but instead of breaking out the cookie cutter, it was gone for a more unique angle, and the sitting amongst an audience approach is a neat touch. Camelot Cash is no revolution, but it brings something new to the 'book' table. Pleasantly new, it should be said, as the graphics draw you in so the gameplay can go to work doing its familiar thing. Another neat touch is the addition of Cash symbols, adding an extra layer of activity. This helps prevent the base game from turning into a complete scatter hunt exercise. Especially since pay symbol values are less than what they are in a 'regular' book slot where the top pay symbol is 500x for a full line rather than Camelot Cash's 100x.

Camelot Cash's winning potential has not suffered as a consequence of the decrease, however, as it is able to reach 5,000x, which is about the benchmark figure for these sorts of games. Another little helper is the way players can get up to 3 expanding symbols from the start of a free spins round, depending on the number of triggering scatters. Never a bad thing. Nor is it a bad thing when game makers reuse common mechanics or ideas but manage to pull them together into something fresh and fun like Relax Gaming has done in Camelot Cash.